Ronaldo or Messi? Choose


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Ronaldo if I had to choose but not sure why this is needed you are talking about 2 of the three best to ever lace a pair of boots in my opinion anyway.
 
He's got 47 goals in last 51 appearances! I just checked his actual mins of pitch as he hasn't played every minute and it works out he's been getting a goal every 96 mins he's on the pitch since the start of 2013. Click on NATIONAL TEAM above the stats table.

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They're both brilliant. I prefer Messi but get arguments for both. Few observations

  • Ronaldo fans seem a LOT more rabid about this whole argument
  • Before Friday night they had both had difficulties in international tournaments; Ronaldo's WC record was dire and he played as much role in Portugal's run to the Euro final as Messi did in Argentina's run to WC14 and CA15 and 16
  • I do feel they're very different players; Ronaldo is, basically, a pure goalscoring machine - he exists purely to just burst into life and score a goal, and he's phenomenal at it. Messi is, increasingly, a playmaker and expected to run the team around him. Watch Argentina and he is rarely in the box waiting for the ball. Makes it very difficult to compare the two on stats alone.
  • Messi's talent seems more natural/god-given, where you get the sense Ronaldo has worked and worked and worked to get himself to where he is. Ultimate testament to dedication.
 
Messi

It’s probably gonna edge in Ronaldos favour after his recent hatrick however that has to be overlooked
Messi is the best footballer since Maradona
 
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Could watch both all day. Prefer Ronaldo even though he cheats like fuck. That free kick last night man. The pressure he was under. Harry Kane for example could only dream of pulling something like that off.


I’d love to see an English lad be that good
 
As best , George best from back in the day when true skills counted. Modern day .. Christie Ronaldo,
Good grief
George best was decades ago
Messi is a better footballer than Ronaldo & has a better footballing brain
Ronaldo is a class finisher
 
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