MESSI OR RONALDO?

MESSI OR RONALDO? THIS MAY SETTLE THE NEVER ENDING DEBATE
When one talks about the greatest ever to grace the beautiful game known as football, there are many players that will be shortlisted with the likes of Pele, Maradona, Johan Cruff, Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldinho, Maldini, Zidane, Beckham and many other Legends of the game. It’s hard to pick one from them as the competition level is very high. 



The part of the world we live in today has been overshadowed by two phenomenons since they showed the world of their capabilities on the big stage. They are the ones who are a dream for millions of football followers to become like.

Lionel Messi- What a sensation! I believe the Argentine is one of those who are one of a kind. You are going to fall short of words when describing the Barcelona man out. He looks to have come from another planet surely because the kind of stuff he does, I am pretty sure only he can do what he does best. He is just brilliant! I feel you can’t describe him… You just watch him play and you won’t get tired of watching all day long. Damn! The little magician makes it look so easy.



Cristiano Ronaldo- The Fighter! The one who works hard tirelessly. The Portuguese International never seems to give up. He fights till the last second. How many times we have seen Cristiano producing magnificent comebacks. He has scored some absolute crackers over the years from yards out. He has a habit of breaking records every now and then. The Juve goal machine adds tremendous amount of energy to the game. You just don’t make Cristiano angry because when he goes mad he turns the tables on. He loves taking on new challenges. The former Real Madrid man is a man of his words, what he claims or says he converts them into reality. He is a real leader who leads his team by his energy and spirit. The ex-United player is just unplayable when he switches into his Beast mode. Mr. Champions league is one to watch out for anytime any day long.



There is a lot more to look forward to.
Here’s what their history displays:
      Typical Awards
                Messi
            Ronaldo
            Ballon D’ors
                    6
                  5
        Golden Boots
                    6
                  4
      Uefa Champions
               League
                    4 
                  5
        Uefa Super Cups
                    3
                  2
          League Titles
                  10
                  6
        Domestic Cups
                  13 
                  8
International Trophies
                    1
                  2

Now time to look at their personal all-time career stats:
          Career Stats
                Messi
            Ronaldo
          Appearances
                856 
              1000
                  Goals
                697
                725
                Assists
                289
                221
              Hat-tricks
                  54
                  56
              Goal Ratio
                0.82
                0.73
              Free-kicks
                  52
                  53
              Penalties
                  87
                121

Total trophies won:
Messi = 31
Ronaldo = 23

This doesn’t end up here!

What the world has seen is that many respectable legends and greats of the game prefer Messi over Ronaldo. They believe that Messi is more sort of a complete player than Cristiano who they deem as the complete goal scorer who can net with both of his foots and thump in firing headers. Whereas, when it comes to Messi, many describe him as the one who can do everything like dribbling, playmaking, assisting, and goal scoring, long passing, magical tricks. The Argentine has them all!

Moreover, one strong thing is that how Messi amazes the world with his out of the world tricks. He is such a mouth-watering player to play alongside with is that many Greats of this game have expressed their desire to play alongside the alien that comes from Argentina. The kind of stuff he does is unrepeatable but damn he does it again and again. It looks like a walk in the park for this man on the field.

Cristiano Ronaldo is described as one of the hardest working players the world has ever seen. People’s commitment is 100% but when it comes to Cristiano’s, it’s 200%. Ya! You are talking about that sort of a player who never stops working hard and let me tell you that may be the reason God has bestowed him with huge success in his career to wherever he goes.



What we have seen is that 80% of the highly honorable legends have chosen Messi over the two of them as they feel that Messi is a natural piece of which you can’t do anything about. The Barcelona outlet has destroyed many defenders and defenses SINGLE-HANDEDLY.

The Messi VS Ronaldo Battle isn’t ending up anytime soon until and unless both of them seek retirement. What a sad day that will be for the millions of fans that have enjoyed Messi and Ronaldo Master Classes over the years. I am sure that will be the saddest day ever in the history of this game.


Love One Respect Both!

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