Let's not forget Lionel Messi is younger than Cristiano Ronaldo

FC Barcelona did not just win the Copa del Rey, they wiped the floor with Sevilla. And Lionel Messi did not only score his 40th goal of the season, because Messi is not only about goals, it's the way he plays and makes others play, even though strikers, with the exception of Karim Benzema, are judged for their goals.

We are lucky to watch every year the best sporting duel in the world between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and the truth is the two players feed off each other.

Even though it might taste bad that Andres Iniesta is leaving when he still has so much to give, and although he has earned the right to take the decision, we can take solace in the fact that Messi is 28 months younger than Cristiano. That's why, seeing that the Portuguese is 33 years old, we can be happy about that because even though we know Messi will retire one day, he still has a long way to go. It's likely that when Cristiano hangs up his boots, Messi will still have a few years left to play and a few more goals to score. Cristiano is a great goalscorer and when his physical prowess drops so to will his goal tally.

Messi, however, just as Maradona did back in the day, will be able to continue to play at walking pace, continuing to dazzle and make other players shine until he is 40 years old. Iniesta will leave, but let's look on the bright side: we still have plenty more years to watch Messi.