Messi vs Ronaldo
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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