Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are far and away the best football players on the planet. The battle as to who is the better player has been raging on for years with no conclusion being reached.
But I have few reasons to point out that the Argentine is far more superior than his Portuguese counterpart.
- Messi is technically much gifted
Ronaldo lovers always bring up stats- well here are some stats we have for you: It took Ronaldo 56 shots more than Messi to score just 3 goals more than him last year. Ronaldo seems to be shooting at every opportunity he gets (instead of passing the ball to his team mates) and scored 31 goals in 216 shots! Messi however scored 28 goals in just 160 opportunities. Messi also is credited to be a high scorer when it comes to assist- because that’s exactly how Barcelona players play- assisting and passing all the time. Real however- believes only in counter attack and long ball.
2 Messi is much disciplined than Ronaldo
Ronaldo has been seen to be involved in fights in many occasions. It wasn’t a new experience for either of us to see Ronaldo being shown the yellow card or being sent off. Fouls come naturally to Ronaldo. Messi although has faced yellows, but statistically- he is much more disciplined than the Portuguese. Messi’s highest yellow cards in a season were 3, back in 2013-2014. Ronaldo’s highest number of yellow cards in a season were 16 in that same year! Apart from that Ronaldo also was sent off once in that season. Messi is yet to face a red card while Ronaldo was sent off for 8 times since his career started in 2003.
3 Messi’s international record
This was a point where Ronaldo used to beat Messi and all Ronaldo lovers used to point out. But may we remind you, every time Ronaldo has led Portugal into the World Cup or any other championships have only led to disappointment. Ronaldo simply isn’t a leader that players look up to. He’s selfish- he’s way to drama queen and most of all- he dives to the ground in every opportunity that he gets. Messi on the other hand led his team to the World Cup finals and gave a good fight to Germany. He single handedly led the team from all the way in the group stage- beat that Ronaldo!
4 Messi is a perpetual goal scorer
Ronaldo might be a goal scorer- but Messi adds the word “Perpetual” before it. Scoring 91 goals in a single season is a feat that Ronaldo can only dream of achieving- even in Real Madrid where players look up onto him of being the #9 and the #7 player of the team as well (#9=poacher, #7=talented / trickster). Messi has more free kick goals than Ronaldo! Messi used to play in the false 9 position back in Pep Guardiola days- which made him a playmaker and a poacher- both!
