Let me do a little football argument today, Mr Bayo:
You are free to love Ronaldo, but you cannot make an argument that he is greater than Messi.
What metrics do you want to measure with? Messi beats Ronaldo across the board.
But let’s flip their records. Would Messi still be greater than Cristiano Ronaldo if:
Messi had 35 trophies, while Ronaldo had 46, the highest in the world?
Messi had five Ballon d’Ors, while Ronaldo had eight?
Messi had 8 domestic titles, while Ronaldo had 13+?
Messi had just the Euros and two Nations Leagues, while Ronaldo had a World Cup, two Copas, one Olympic medal, and one Finalissima?
Messi had 2 FIFA The Best awards, while Ronaldo had 3?
Messi had 4 Golden Shoes, while Ronaldo had 6?
Messi had 0 World Cup Golden Balls, while Ronaldo had 2?
Messi had 0 World Cup Golden Boots, while Ronaldo had 1?
Messi had 960+ goals, while Ronaldo had 900+, but also the most assists, dribbles, and chances created, while playing two fewer years than him?
Messi had 5 Champions League titles, while Ronaldo had 4?
Messi had 0 Laureus Sports Awards, while Ronaldo had 1, the only footballer to win it?
I could go on and on. But even in that scenario, Ronaldo fans would still not concede that Messi is better.
But that is the reality we have here.
The whole of football knows Messi is both better and greater.
Ronaldo’s teammates attest to this. Messi’s teammates attest to this.
Top coaches in the world attest to it:
Pep Guardiola
Jürgen Klopp
Arsène Wenger
José Mourinho
Etc.
Legends of football attest to it, and their careers attest to it.
Messi is 39, and he is still playing with the highest creative and playmaking responsibility on the pitch.
Ronaldo shifted from the wings to the box as early as 2015–2018.
Now they are both at the twilight of their careers, and we see one still actively dictating play, while the other has become a shadow of his former self.
Messi is better and greater than Ronaldo in all regards.
I'll never take the glory of God in my life and I've never done that.
If you read the post to the end, you'd have seen where I said "thank God for his mercies".
I'm not a religious person.
I don't go to church anymore.
But I love God.
So yes, without my lovely wife, you won't be here reading from me because how else could I have learnt so much about women and marriage?
She's one of my biggest inspirations behind this page.
My late father is another too.
In terms of my achievements in life, I give it to my late father & God.
My father paid my school fees from primary to university, and he was the one who took my CV to a man who then sent my CV to the firm that employed me, and made me able to marry my lovely wife at 29.
Then my wife came to bless me with children and support my growth, manage my money and sustain my family.
However, she would not have considered to get married to me, if I was a weakling and a fraud.
She is from a family where she's the last born.
And wasn't under any pressure to feed anyone, neither was she from a home where they tolerated nonsense.
Above all, she's not a greedy or covetuous woman. Always contented with what she has, and she's kind and willing to share even when it may inconvenient for her.
End.