Rivalries and battles makes elite football what it is , adding further intrigue and anticipation.
Some players famously don't get on while others simply bring the best out of each other whenever they go head to head.
Here's a look at the seven of the best head to head battles in football.
7. ROBERT LEWANDOSKI vs MATS HUMMELS
Robert Lewandoski and Mats Hummel's have lined up as both teammates and opponents on countless occasions but now again sit on opposite sides of Der Klassiker between Bayern Munich and Dortmund.
The pair know each other very well indeed and regularly come into contact. But there were rumours of a training spat while both were at Bayern in 2018.
Lewandoski later said it was 'sad' that Hummels didn't for his place at Bayern in 2019 and chose to return to Dortmund instead.
6. SERGIO AGUERO vs DAVID LUIZ
A healthy competitive rivalry that sometimes tips over into nasty territory is the best way of describing the battles between Premier League stars Sergio Aguero and David Luiz.
The South Americans pair have brought the best and worst out of each other with Aguero in particular guilty of dangerous tackles on Luiz on more than one occasion.
With Luiz now at Arsenal and over eight year after they first went head to head in England, they continue to line up on opposite sides for hotly anticipated battles.
5.MOHAMMED SALAH vs SERGIO RAMOS
The world is waiting for the next time Liverpool face Real Madrid, with the battle between Mo. Salah and Sergio Aguero set to be a headline event when it happens.
The clubs haven't met since a challenge from Ramos resulted in dislocating his shoulder in the first half of the 2018 Champions League final.
Salah and Liverpool are yet to take revenge for dat moment.
4.JAMES CARRAGHER vs GARY NEVILLE
James Carragher and Gary Neville were one-club men to the very end, representing Liverpool and Manchester United respectively quite like no one else.
Their clubs were fierce rivals which meant they were too, striving for every inch in order to win and maintain bragging rights until they meet on the pitch.
In the retirement, there on field rivalry has turned into the best double act in football broadcasting.
3.ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC vs GIORGIO CHIELLINI
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Giorgio Chiellini were once teammates at Juventus, but the pair have been opposite of sides of two heated Serie A rivalries since.
Chiellini has subjected Ibrahimovic to rough treatment and heavy tackles on the pitch, while Zlatan has also taken revenge and said he once 'dragged him like a disobedient dog'.
2. ROY KEANE vs PATRICK VIEIRA
Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira clashed on many occasions over the years in the battle for supremacy between Manchester United and Arsenal.
One particularly fierce encounter came in 2005 when the pair erupted in the tunnel before a game when Keane suspected Vieira of trying to intimidate his teammates.
Their iconic rivalry and midfield battles were fuelled by competitive drive, but also a mutual respect, understanding that the other was at the top of the game.
1. LIONEL MESSI(LM10) vs CHRISTIANO RONALDO(CR7)
They were never directly opposed on the pitch but Lionel Messi and Christian Rinaldo have the single best competitive rivalry in the history of football.
Both players have genuine reason to be considered the greatest of all time and have spurred each other on the second to achieve more and more for over a decade.
Neither would have done anything like they have were it not for the other pushing them to new levels as they constantly battle to outdo their rival.
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