Messi vs Ronaldo


Messi and Ronaldo both are the best of the best of the world's most beautiful game football. Both are of super class category and are known to be from another planet. No other player is currently capable of even touching their level of class. Its very hard to compare them. The irony is that this both greatest of all time have almost equal no. of the best football awards as individuals. I was really enthralled by the way Messi plays. But time by time as I started understanding more of football, I realised that CR7 is much more. His athleticism is far greater than most sportsmen let alone football. His attitude, his aggression and his game style really takes your breath away.



I don't know why a lot of Messi fans keep on saying that Ronaldo doesn't track back and play make and stuff. I wonder whether they started watching football from 2015. Before that, especially in man Utd, he used to play like as if he is the only player on the field. That too, despite the fact that EPL is highly physical. Post 2015 as he had a really bad knee injury and because of his age he has turned into a poacher / target man, something, Messi can never play.
Players like Messi,Aguero,Jesus etc because of their lack of strong physique has to drop down and playmake with team to create chances for themselves. They cannot score headers or bully defenders and score like Diego Costa, Mandzukic, Ibrahimovic, Lewandowski etc. But what makes Messi world class is his insane dribbling and vision. No argument.

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CR7 can do both though. He can dribble past defenders and score. Mark him and he will score screamers from Outside the box. If you put your defense in front of him, he escapes with his pace. If  your fullbacks are good, he attacks your CB, if you stop him on the ground, he will attack you aerially. If your teammates are struggling, his work rate and off the ball movements will help create chances and score.Post 2015 he has evolved into a target man. But still what amazes me is how effective CR7 still is inspite of his age. His off the ball movements, creative game play and positional flexibility is out of the world. Although the bandwidth of his game has come down, he still brings high levels of intensity into the game which makes him unstoppable.

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Messi is more like a system player. His play making skills are more tuned to Barca style of game and hence he kind off struggles when it comes to any other team. Like let's say Watford, Messi Can never play well in Watford. He will struggle even worse than in Argentina. CR7 can on the other hand can adapt to any game style and still score.
Messi fans yank about his play making skills. Then why didn't he showcase it for Argentina in the world cup. Argentina team sees eye to eye with Germany, France, Spain etc. They have the world's best players in the team. They have Higuain ,Dimaria ,Dybala ,Baenga ,Bilglia ,Aguero ,Icardi etc. Had he been a playmaker as Messi fans claim him to be,had he would have created the same magic he does for Barcelona.This shows that he is only a barca player and has flexibility limitations apart m the fact that he chokes at big stages. CR7 on the other hand won laliga and the UCL with dimaria and Higuain. This is conclusive proof that Messi is not flexible with different game styles. He fails when the game demands athleticism.

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Would you say, John Stones is a better defender because he is more ball playing, much more assisting to forwards than Kompany/Vandjik. No right! Every player has their own way of impact on games. Theoretically he should be but is he? Going by theory is not the best way to judge a player.
Moreover as I said before, players like CR7,Mandzukich,Ibrahimovich because of their physicality and height has the capability to play poacher and convert the balls fed to them because use of their quality striking ability. CR7 is best at this because of his off the ball movements which is what separates him from the rest. His attitude,athleticism, pressure handling ability, his physicality, his ability to deceive and bully defenders, striking abilities, drilling, pace, flexibility and leadership qualities makes him a complete player and hence the best player the game has ever witnessed.
He won Euro 2016 with Portugal. He carried Manchester United, he carried Real Madrid, he carried Portugal.Champion in England and Spain and now in Italy.

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And moreover the 5 Ballon D' which Messi won,he owes a great amount of his success to Iniesta and Xavi. During their tenure, Messi just hopped around the 30 yards and never dropped back as he does now. The moment Iniesta and Xavi started dialing down, CR7 matched him with the 5–5 Ballon Dors.
So final verdict, Messi is a great barcelona player and is the best at dribbling. He is an insane player. His skills are so natural and makes him almost catch upto Ronaldo with it. He makes up for his lack of physicality and his inability to score headers through his dribbling and with his play making.But he can never be superior to Ronaldo, who is a better leader, better athlete,flexibility, team independent and most importantly never chokes under pressure and can play for almost any team and still score.

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Both are the true and best legends of football and both are the greatest of all time.So stop comparing them and enjoy watching them playing.

Don't compare them just enjoy them!

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