Wrexham's fierce National League title battle with Notts County has been comparable to the great rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Ben Tozer.
There has been a great deal of focus on Wrexham over the past two seasons after the club were bought by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
The Welsh side have thrived in the spotlight, finishing second last year and falling agonisingly short in an epic play-off defeat to Grimsby Town.
Wrexham bounced back this season and are now in pole position for the single automatic promotion place, needing only to beat Boreham Wood on Saturday to seal their return to the Football League.
That is only after a remarkable tussle with Notts County, however, culminating in the dramatic 3-2 Easter Monday win at the Racecourse Ground.
Both Wrexham and Notts have passed 100 points, with the league leaders setting a points record for the top five divisions of English football.
For defender Tozer, that incredible standard encourages comparisons with perhaps football's greatest rivalry, which saw Messi at Barcelona and Ronaldo at Real Madrid hit their peaks at the same time.
"Everyone would rather have won the league by March, and that's just the way things are," Tozer said, looking forward to the Boreham Wood game.
"People generally want things easy, but if you want to go and win a league, it's tough, it's hard. You have to do the right thing day in and day out.
"And again, it's been great to have that pressure. It probably was the same. We'd both be pushing each other really, and that's okay.
"It's a bit like the Messi and Ronaldo situation pushing each other on. It's been tough and it's been good."
