Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have just broken the internet with 'picture of the century' - SPORTbible

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo person conscionable breached the net aft appearing successful a photoshoot together.

The brace of footballing titans person dominated the beauteous crippled for much than 15 years and taken the athletics to caller heights with their unthinkable achievements.

Messi and Ronaldo person a full of 12 Ballon d'Ors betwixt them and person pushed 1 different to beryllium the precise champion successful 1 of sport's astir epic rivalries.

There's a communal respect arsenic opposed to a relationship but connected Saturday nighttime fans were shocked to spot an representation of the brace unneurotic posted online.

Both Messi and Ronaldo took to Instagram to stock the snap, which sees the legendary duo playing chess connected a Louis Vuitton briefcase.

The Argentine captioned the post: "Victory is simply a State of Mind. A agelong contented of crafting trunks photographed by @annieleibovitz for @louisvuitton."

The representation rapidly went viral and whitethorn good spell down arsenic 1 of the astir liked posts successful the past of Instagram aft racking up much than 10 cardinal likes crossed some posts successful conscionable implicit 30 minutes.

Fans were successful awe implicit the surreal drawback and however historical it promises to be.

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One idiosyncratic wrote: "Best. Photo. Ever."

Another said: "Nothing overmuch to spot here... Just 2 goats playing chess."

A 3rd added: "Picture of the century."

A 4th said: "This is Legendary."

In his explosive interrogation with Piers Morgan connected TalkTV, Ronaldo talked astir his relationship and had thing but bully things to accidental astir the 35-year old.

He said: "Amazing subordinate is magic, top… As a person, we stock the signifier 16 years, imagine, 16 years. we share. So, I person large narration with him. I'm not person of him successful presumption of, what I mean person is the feline who was with you successful your house, speaking connected the phone, no, but it's similar a teammate.

“He’s a feline that I truly respect the mode helium ever talk astir me. Even his woman oregon my wife, my girlfriend, they ever respect and they're from Argentina. My woman is from Argentina. So good. What I americium going to accidental astir Messi? A large feline who does large things for football.”

Ronaldo besides joked that they would merchantability a batch of shirts if they were to play successful the aforesaid squad 1 day.