Today we look at the 5 reasons why RONALDO is better than MESSI.But not the Best ,both are one of the Best players in HISTORY
So, lets begin
So, lets begin
1. aerial ability
To be considered the best player of this or any generation, one must have a set of tools that makes you a threat in any position – something that Cristiano Ronaldo has when goals are concerned. This is especially the case when in the air, where he has developed a leap that an Olympic gymnast would be proud of. It has meant scoring SIX TIMES as many headed goals as his arch nemesis. As of the end of the 2014 La Liga seasons winds down, the Portuguese superstar has scored 60 of his goals with his head compared to Messi’s 14.
To be honest, we can't blame Messi for this one - it's just genetics. Nobody on the planet would question that Ronaldo is a much more potent aerial threat than Messi. Both in attack and defence you can count on Ronaldo to fight for the ball in the air and score a decent number of goals with his head.
He offers the option of a target man in the box for both goal kicks and corners and in doing so, further frees up more players to cause mayhem. Does anyone remember his goal against Manchester United? Messi's unchallenged header was pretty good, but Ronaldo got a three-foot vertical leap on Patrice Evra, someone less that four inches shorter than him...
To be honest, we can't blame Messi for this one - it's just genetics. Nobody on the planet would question that Ronaldo is a much more potent aerial threat than Messi. Both in attack and defence you can count on Ronaldo to fight for the ball in the air and score a decent number of goals with his head.
He offers the option of a target man in the box for both goal kicks and corners and in doing so, further frees up more players to cause mayhem. Does anyone remember his goal against Manchester United? Messi's unchallenged header was pretty good, but Ronaldo got a three-foot vertical leap on Patrice Evra, someone less that four inches shorter than him...
2. Free-kicks
One of Ronaldo’s major assets is the way that he hits a dead ball, and it means that anything within almost 40 yards of the posts is fair game for the striker. This has translated to a total of 41 goals from free kicks over his entire career of 504 games at both club and international level, as of this writing. Messi, in comparison, has scored from just 15 free kicks and even though he still has a few years on Ronaldo, it’ll be some effort to catch up
3. goals per minute
Ever since Real Madrid splashed out some £80 million on Ronaldo in the summer of 2009, it has become a constant competition between the two to score more goals than the other. Now, even though Lionel Messi has a better goals to game ratio since Ronaldo arrived, the Portuguese has the superior record when it comes how many minutes it takes to score each goal. Ronaldo hits the back of a net on average once every 79 minutes, whereas it takes Messi 10 minutes longer to score
IN 2014, Messi has scored 35 goals in 36 La Liga Appearances while Ronaldo has scored 38
IN 2014, Messi has scored 35 goals in 36 La Liga Appearances while Ronaldo has scored 38
4. dIFFERENT LEAGUE
Ronaldo has actually played in three different leagues to Messi’s one, and by virtue of his thirst to take his skills on a tour of Europe, he has managed to win the prize for Europe’s top scorer on two occasions in separate leagues. His first award came in 2007/08 for Manchester United, in what was arguably his best season in club football. The Portuguese striker notched 31 times in the league in 34 appearances (three were off the bench), as United romped to the league title. To add to this he also scored 8 goals in eleven Champions League games, including one in the final in Moscow. The second award came in 2010/11, when he had moved on to Spain with Real Madrid. A ridiculous haul of 40 league goals in 34 league appearances was only bettered by the fact that the total across all competitions was 53 goals in 54 games.
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Ronaldo has bested them all.
He can deal with technical players, physical players and even players who frankly are just out to hurt him.
It's hard to argue with the fact that the Premier League is the most physical in the world. Tackles that would warrant red cards in La Liga are common place in the Premier League, and the tackles that do warrant red cards in the Premier League would be dubbed grade-A assault in Spain.
There's a reason why superstars score so many more goals in Spain than they do in the Premier League - the physicality acts as a check against skill, making the ability to stay fit as important as beating your man.
Ronaldo came, saw and conquered. One can hardly imagine Messi thriving in a rainy match against Stoke City. When teams get overly physical against him, he tends to choke. Just look at his performances against Chelsea...
Ronaldo has bested them all.
He can deal with technical players, physical players and even players who frankly are just out to hurt him.
It's hard to argue with the fact that the Premier League is the most physical in the world. Tackles that would warrant red cards in La Liga are common place in the Premier League, and the tackles that do warrant red cards in the Premier League would be dubbed grade-A assault in Spain.
There's a reason why superstars score so many more goals in Spain than they do in the Premier League - the physicality acts as a check against skill, making the ability to stay fit as important as beating your man.
Ronaldo came, saw and conquered. One can hardly imagine Messi thriving in a rainy match against Stoke City. When teams get overly physical against him, he tends to choke. Just look at his performances against Chelsea...