India, June 25 -- Former American football player Michele Grella hasn't minced words and believes that, despite Cristiano Ronaldo's two goals against Uzbekistan the other night, he doesn't deserve any comparisons with Argentine genius Lionel Messi.

Grella, who played a lot of football back in the day in England for clubs like Leeds United, Brentford and Bury, however, acknowledged the Portuguese star has been an incredible footballer over the years and has had an incredible career. 39-year-old Grella has his reasons to believe that Messi and Ronaldo - long-time rivals at the international level - are not in the same conversation anymore.

"If you think Messi and Ronaldo are in the same conversation, football is maybe not for you. Maybe t...