Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo will play in the Champions League final for the first time since 2013, but Mario Balotelli does not believe they should be criticised.
Messi and Barcelona were beaten by Liverpool in a remarkable semi-final second leg on Tuesday, following Ronaldo s Juventus, beaten by Ajax in the last eight, out of the competition.
With Liverpool facing either Ajax or Tottenham in the final, the two stars considered among the greatest players of all time will be missing from European football s showpiece.
This last happened when Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund at Wembley in 2013.
But Marseille striker Balotelli claims any criticism of the pair for their teams failures is nonsense , describing Messi as an alien and Ronal…