Not really! Just kidding.
Whatever it is, it can only be an opinion. That’s the whole
point, it’s all about opinions. Will you have Messi in your all-time greatest
team or Ronaldo, and why? Throw that question to a crowd and you will divide
them. I am basically saying a cliché. We have never got a convincing answer and
why do we need a convincing answer?
Get me a Real Madrid fan who will choose Messi over a
Ronaldo. Get me a Barca fan who chooses Ronaldo, any day. And for a neutral, it’s
about who you want in the pitch. Do you love a dashing hunk, running with the
ball like a tiger, muscling defenders away, at times with his trickery too, and
other times bending the ball like only he can. You love what he does off the
pitch too J.
Or you would rather see a slightly more serious, small
figure, a born genius, taking the ball away from defenders ( at times 4 or 5 of
them) before they even realize it and looping the ball over the keeper. It’s
just who you want to see on the field.
You might argue that let the performance, the records say it.
Here you go:
All time Stats updated on 9th May
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Messi
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Ronaldo
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||
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Appearance
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Goals
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Goals
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Appearance
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574
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452
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All time career – club and
country
|
481
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739
|
|
477
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407
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All time – club
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429
|
620
|
|
313
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283
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League
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306
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419
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|
97
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77
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Europe
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77
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120
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Now what do you say?
Even this will lead to different opinions.
We are just lucky to be present in the time when both these
players are at their best and entertain us like no other.
There would be one
personal argument though (another opinion); who makes a team better? A team is
not about Ronaldo or Messi alone. It’s about how these 2 players take their
team and their team mates to new heights. A lot of questions were raised when
Barcelona decided to play Messi, Neymar and Suarez together, but to every one’s
surprise and pleasure, they have complimented each other amazingly.
How about the situation at Real Madrid at this moment? How
is the BBC of Real Madrid – Bale, Benzema and Christiano gelling? Just an
opinion and I shall continue next week.

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