Ahmed El Sebaei
About ten years ago, Argentine star Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo printed the last decade with their skill, struggle and their record numbers that will tire players who want to break or get close to them.
Messi ended this contract in the best way, when he led Barca to a big victory over Alves 4-1 and maintained the top of the League table, two points behind his rivals Real Madrid, while Ronaldo was Yemeni to end the contract with an additional title but lost to Lazio 1-3 in the Super Cup The Italian who was held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Since analysts, experts and former players could not reach a decisive opinion and answer a question, who is better? We are trying to reach a realistic answer by comparing the numbers between 2010 and 2020, with what "Bulga" and "Don" achieved.
- The club's goals: Messi scored 522 goals for Barcelona compared to 478 goals for the teams Ronaldo played, and the Argentine star's scoring rate is 52 goals per year compared to 48 goals for Ronaldo in the year. The best year for Messi was 2012, when he scored 79 goals, compared to 59 goals for Ronaldo in 2013, scored for Real Madrid.
- Passes for the club: 205 assists for Messi, against 140 for Ronaldo.
- Club titles: 23 Messi titles, including seven LaLiga titles and two Champions League titles, compared to 17 for Ronaldo, including two Champions League titles, the Italian League title, and four Champions League titles.
- Titles with the national team: Two titles for Ronaldo are: European Nations 2016 and European Nations League 2019, while Messi failed to win any title with his national team and reached the final of the World Cup Brazil 2014 and the final of Copa America in the 2015 and 2016 versions.
- International goals: 77 goals for Ronaldo compared to 57 Messi.
Golden Ball: Five for Messi, four for Ronaldo.
Overall score (score of 10): An analytical study of the players ’participation with the teams they played and the teams of their countries shows that Messi got 8.62. While Ronaldo got 8.17 with Real Madrid and 7.58 with Juventus, meaning that his average in the last decade was 8.05.
In summary, the 32-year-old Messi far outperforms Ronaldo when it comes to club successes, while the "Madeira missile", which reaches 35 years in February, has the upper hand in successes with the national team.
And since the march of the players is near sunset, football fans and fans of the players hope that this struggle will continue for the new decade and we see renewed competition among players that is difficult to repeat in the world of the witch round.