Paulo Dybala recalls telling Cristiano Ronaldo he hated him as a kid

Paulo Dybala has recounted telling Cristiano Ronaldo that he “hated him as a kid” shortly after he arrived Juventus from Real Madrid.

Dybala who blamed his hatred for Ronaldo on his Argentine roots during an interview with presenter Diletta Leotta on DAZN’s ‘Scacco Capitale’, noted that the rivalry between the Portuguese football star and Messi is deeply felt in Argentina.

He said;

“It was three good years with Cristiano, the team was strong and he gave us something extra. The rivalry between him and [Lionel] Messi is deeply felt in Argentina and as a child, of course, I was always on Messi’s side.

“One time we were on a plane to go play a game, I was at the back and he was sitting further forward. At one point he came to me to talk about football and other things. We used to discuss our lives in general and so I said to him ‘I basically hated you as a kid’. We had some laughs. We’ve always had a good relationship, a good dialogue.”