- A Russian man is seeking divorce after his wife’s preference for Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Mess
- The wife, Lyudmila maintained that Portugal’s Ronaldo star remains a better player to Messi
- But Arsen formally filled for divorce because his wife has been berating Messi since they met in a bar
A Russian man has commenced move to part ways with his wife after a fight erupted following his wife’s preference for Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi after Nigeria’s last Group D fixture against Argentina on June 26, reports suggest.
According to a UK Mirror report, citing Argumento I Fakti newspaper, the football-crazy couple, Arsen and Lyudmila are on the war path following the man’s excitement that Argentina sent Nigeria packing from the global football fiesta.
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Surprisingly, Lyudmila maintained that Portugal’s Ronaldo star remains a better player to Messi.
At this point, Arsen opted to move his personal belongings out of the apartment before leaving his wife, Lyudmila.
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Indeed, this is the latest in the series of comparisons involving the two greatest football stars that have dominated the Ballon d'Or award for over a decade.
However, on the next day, Arsen headed for the court room in the city of Chelyabinsk in the Urals, Russia, to formally seek dissolution of the marriage after filling for divorce.
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The report further revealed that Arsen, also took out time to recount the numerous times Lyudmila has berating Messi since they met in a bar during the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan.
“Since the beginning of the World Cup, she mocked Messi and said he couldn’t even score a penalty against Iceland.
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“I could not contain myself and told her what I thought about the vain Ronaldo, the Portuguese national team and all the clubs she likes.
“Then I took my belongings and left her forever,” Arsen submitted.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously had reported that Lionel Messi has said that the South American nation knew they would defeat Nigeria to book a spot in the last 16 rounds.
Speaking moments after the crunch match on Tuesday night, June 26, Messi insisted Argentina never doubted for a moment they would beat Nigeria.
'‘It was a difficult match because of the results before and many other things that have been said,’' the Metro UK quoted Messi as saying.
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Source: Naija.ng