Bisharad Thapa

Chasing Excellence

[Bisharad Thapa @BisharadT]

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[90s WWE @90sWWE]

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[Soloball🇵🇹 @OginiSolomon]

The 2016/17 UEFA Champions League season will forever be remembered as the ultimate testament to the contrasting philosophies, styles and narratives of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

It was a campaign split into two halves: the group stage belonged to Messi's breathtaking brilliance, while the knockout rounds witnessed the greatest clutch goalscoring run in Champions League history from Cristiano Ronaldo.

In the 2016 group stage, Messi looked untouchable.

He opened the campaign with a hat-trick against Celtic, followed it with another hat-trick against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, and continued dismantling defenses across Europe.

By the end of the group stage, Messi had already scored an astonishing 10 goals, leading the competition comfortably.

Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo looked unusually quiet.

Real Madrid finished second in their group behind Borussia Dortmund, and Ronaldo—already the competition's all-time great—had scored just 2 goals in six group-stage matches.

The media began writing him off.

Many pundits openly questioned whether the 31-year-old Ronaldo had entered the decline of his career and suggested his days of deciding Europe's biggest games were over.

Then Zinedine Zidane changed everything.

Recognizing Ronaldo's age, Zidane introduced a revolutionary rotation policy, resting him in several domestic matches to preserve him for the Champions League.

He also transformed Ronaldo from an explosive winger into a devastating penalty-box forward.

When the knockout rounds started, everything changed.

Barcelona survived the historic 6-1 comeback against PSG, with Messi scoring once to move to 11 goals.

But in the quarter-finals, Juventus completely shut Barcelona down.

Messi couldn't score over the two legs, and Barcelona were eliminated.

His Champions League campaign ended with 11 goals.

With Messi out, Ronaldo exploded.

Despite trailing Messi by nine goals entering the latter stages, Ronaldo produced arguably the greatest knockout run the competition has ever seen.

Against Bayern Munich, he scored twice in Munich before completing a hat-trick in the return leg at the Bernabéu.

Against Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid—the best defensive side in Europe at the time—Ronaldo delivered another unforgettable hat-trick in the first leg to practically send Madrid to the final.

Then came Juventus.

The same Juventus side that completely neutralized Messi.

The same Juventus side led by Gianluigi Buffon that had conceded only 3 goals throughout the competition before the final.

Ronaldo scored twice in the Champions League final as Real Madrid won 4-1.

Across just five knockout matches against Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid and Juventus, Ronaldo scored 10 goals.

He finished the competition with 12 goals, overtaking Messi after trailing him by nine earlier in the season.

Real Madrid became the first club in the modern era to successfully defend the Champions League.

Ronaldo won another Champions League Golden Boot, another Champions League title, and later the 2017 Ballon d'Or.

For me, this season perfectly summarizes the difference between the two.

Messi dominated the earlier rounds.

Ronaldo dominated the biggest rounds.

And when football's biggest nights arrived, Cristiano Ronaldo produced one of the greatest clutch performances the Champions League has ever seen.

[Marc Cucurella @cucurella3]

Aquí os dejo otra foto 😍

[Bisharad Thapa @BisharadT]

@machiskiteeli Mbappe in any African nation

[Uncle Ruckus @Emarged]

“Until death, all defeat is psychological."

[A. @Ahmadridismo]

Shoaib Akhtar full pod ka puff kheenchne lga thaa cameray ko dekh ke control kr gya hai 😭

[alex medina @mrmedina]

when Bron retire imma take a week off from work.

[SLO HOOPS FAN 🇸🇮 @SloHoopsFan]

Ngl, this was a sick shot by LeBron and also great help by Smart and Kennard

[Kirk Goldsberry @kirkgoldsberry]

Ladies and gentlemen, LeBron James

[WWE @WWE]

There will NEVER be another Brock Lesnar! 😤

🎵: "I Stand Alone" by @godsmack

[THOR LAWYER @ThorLawyer]

the mcu is funny cause thor bully doctor doom every tuesday in the comics he ain’t scared of that man.

[Justin Credible @GravySauceCream]

when you’re 2 minutes from home and your stomach starts connecting to the toilet via bluetooth

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

Still my favourite José Mourinho moment EVER. 🤣

Happy birthday to the Special One. 🇵🇹🥰

[Dunder Mifflin @DunderMifflinAS]

tap the post to see the disaster

[Kyama ⚽ @ElijahKyama_]

Now that Amorim is gone. Man Utd fans should listen to Mourinho explaining to Gary Neville & Carragher the difference btwn tactical system & principles of play.

"All good teams defend compact. It’s a basic principle.”

Back 3 was a scapegoat by pundits.