Remove Messi from Argentina Squad and replace with Ronaldo vs Algeria and Argentina would have still won the game with a higher goal ration 5-0.
Remove Ronaldo from the Portugal squad and replace with Messi and Congo will still get the draw or win the match.
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 letโs 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 dโOrs, 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.
Ronaldoโs teammates attest to this. Messiโs teammates attest to this.
Top coaches in the world attest to it:
Pep Guardiola
Jรผrgen Klopp
Arsรจne Wenger
Josรฉ 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 2015โ2018.
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.
One of the best thing i did for myself as an IGBO man is not marrying from a poor entitled family.....
Till today nobody have called me from my wife's place that he/she needs financial assistance....
Anyday i feel like gifting my father and mother's in-law something I do it willingly cos they are never entitled it.....
Na their daughter i come marry no be family responsibilities i come solve.
๐จAll the stars have been shining at the World Cup:
9.0 - Kane (2 goals)
9.7 - Messi (3 goals)
9.0 - Vazinha (7 saves)
9.0 - Mbappรฉ (2 goals)
9.2 - Haaland (2 goals)
9.9 - Ronaldo (90 minutes)
โDavido has committed the act of terr0rism; he was wrong for putting the names of the 45 abducted school kids on his jacket at the World Cup. He has exposed Nigeriaโs secrets to the international community." โ Singer Dauda Kahutu
This is what Messi can do. Just look at that crowd watching Argentina yesterday and every single one of them is for Messi and theyโre Asians, not Argentinesโจ ๐