Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are football's great rivals, constantly striving to better each other and reach new heights.
And with his third Ballon d'Or win confirmed on Monday, Ronaldo, 29, is just one behind Messi who has won the accolade a record four times.
Relations between the pair have been frosty in the past - and neither voted for the other - ahead of this year's gala, but that didn't stop the counterparts from enjoying a touching moment behind the scenes in Zurich.
Cristiano Ronaldo is sitting with his five year-old son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr when Messi emerges.
The youngster coyly approaches Messi who warmly pats him on the head and asks how he is before Ronaldo admits: "He watches videos of all of us online... and he talks about you."
