A Nigerian man has killed his friend in an argument over who is better of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
The row, which Spanish news agency EFE reports as having taken place at a birthday party, was between two Nigerian men living in Nalasopara, an area of the Indian city of Mumbai.
Local police chief Kiran Kabadi revealed that a man known as Obinna, who was celebrating his 34th birthday, threw a glass at Cristiano Ronaldo fan Nwabu but missed after a heated discussion over the players’ respective merits.
The 24-year-old Nwabu picked up a piece of the broken glass and attacked Messi enthusiast Obinna, gashing him and leaving him to die on the floor of his apartment.
Nwabu has been detained by police.
Both footballers had stellar weekends, with Messi back to his best in a 4-0 destruction of Eibar in the Basque Country.
The Argentine forward scored a wonderful solo goal, as well as a penalty, to ensure Barcelona finished the weekend eight points clear of nearest rivals Atletico Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo, meanwhile, scored four goals in the 7-1 destruction of Celta Vigo.
The Portuguese was jeered by the Bernabeu crowd as Real Madrid laboured in the first half. But the Portuguese turned it on in the second period to fire Zinedine Zidane’s men to a convincing victory.
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