Sadae🎈

In love with Olivia Cooke. Engineering Geologist. Wicked.Dangerous. #Messi🐐@FCBarcelona💙❤️@santandave

[Sadae🎈 @dri_eie]

God in Everything🤲🤍

[Akinkunmi @samadakin01]

Ronaldo, I saw you fail in 2006, I saw you fail in 2010, I saw you fail in 2014, I saw you fail in 2018, I saw you fail in 2022 and I'll see you fail in 2026🙏🏽

[Sadae🎈 @dri_eie]

Masa gyai Gyimi kasa no

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🏆 Cristiano Ronaldo: “I’ve won Euro 2016 which has same dimension as the World Cup”.

“That remains. Tomorrow is a new day, and we go”.

[Rola @kofoworola__a]

A successful hatewatch against Ronaldo is sweeter than sex

[Mod @CFCMods]

Don’t say anything , just repost.

[photon⁹⁷ 🍁 | 🇦🇷🇪🇸 @Red_Mercury___]

World Cup — Rigged
Ballon d'Ors — Rigged
Goal ratio — Ronaldo was a midfielder
Assist ratio — Ronaldo is a striker
Golden Boots — Ronaldo was a midfielder
Playmaker awards — Ronaldo is a striker
G+A — Irrelevant stat
Trophies — Rigged
Dribbles — Knee injury
Free-kick goals — Knee injury
Key passes — Knee injury
Outside-box goals — Try from 35 yards
MOTM — Rigged
MVP — Rigged
91 goals — Tap-ins don't count
Non-penalty goals — A goal is a goal
Players' interviews — They're all jealous of CR7
Individual awards — Rigged
H2H wins — H2H in finals
H2H individual stats — One-club wonder

[Cris ✍️🏟️ @cris__ese]

Yo explicándole a mi novia que la rubia que empecé a seguir en Instagram es Haaland

[Son of Camp Nou @clintonnzedimma]

Lol.
You’re grasping at straws here.

Nobody said football has to be played one way. Nobody said Ronaldo had to play like Messi. Nobody said Ronaldo was only goals. That’s a straw man.

The argument is not “Messi looks better on the ball, therefore he is better.”

The argument is that Messi has the stronger total case: trophies, individual awards, goalscoring, playmaking, dribbling, chance creation, control of games, and overall influence.

Ronaldo has his own profile and he mastered it at an all-time level: movement, finishing, heading, weak foot, athleticism, big moments, UCL dominance and longevity. That is clear.

But different profile does not automatically mean equal level.

A player can be great in his own style and still not be greater than another player who affects more areas of the game.

Messi was competing with Ronaldo in goalscoring, while also competing with players like Xavi, Iniesta, Özil, De Bruyne, Bruno and Modrić in playmaking and chance creation.

That’s the difference.

Messi was not just aesthetically pleasing. He was functionally elite in multiple areas of football. He could score like an elite forward, create like an elite playmaker, dribble like an elite winger, and control games like an elite midfielder.

And even in goalscoring, Messi has more European Golden Shoes, so the idea that Ronaldo owns that lane completely is not even true.

Ronaldo was one of football’s greatest final weapons.

Messi was the final weapon, the creator, and the controller of the attack.

Also, saying assists depend on teammates is convenient because goals also depend on teammates: service, crosses, cutbacks, through balls, penalties won, and chances created. So if you want to reduce assists because of teammates, you have to apply the same logic to goals too.

And let’s be honest: if Ronaldo was the one functionally elite across more areas of football while Messi was mostly dominant in one lane, would Ronaldo fans still accept “they are equal”?

If Ronaldo had more Ballon d’Ors, more Golden Shoes, more trophies, a World Cup, more playmaking awards, more assists, more dribbling influence, more chance creation and more control of games, nobody would be saying “they are equal.”

They would say Ronaldo is clear.

That’s why the equality argument feels forced.

Ronaldo’s case is strongest in goals, UCL dominance, mentality and longevity.

Messi’s case stretches across goalscoring, playmaking, dribbling, chance creation, passing, match control, individual awards and team trophies.

And no, the World Cup is not the only thing that puts Messi above Ronaldo.

Before the World Cup, Messi already had the stronger all-round case. The World Cup did not create Messi’s superiority. It removed the last excuse.

So the question is simple:

If Messi can stand with Ronaldo in goals, while Ronaldo cannot stand with Messi in playmaking, dribbling, chance creation and control of games, what exactly are they equal at functionally?

Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers ever.

But “different profile” is not the same as “equal to Messi.”

Being different explains Ronaldo. It does not erase Messi’s edge.

[T @Tmightknowball]

“I know you’re a starlighter”

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

If they had formed FIFA those years Messi was losing those 4 finals, FIFA would have rigged them for him. FIFA was formed in 2021.

[Sadosky🇦🇷🥇 @AIfechukwu63643]

Michael Olise is an excellent playmaker and does his job excellently well but the reason Mbappe is rated higher is because he gets the goals

Now imagine Olise does the playmaking and scores equally the same amount of goals as Mbappe or even more, I'm sure Olise will be rated higher

That's exactly the Messi vs Ronaldo debate. Ronaldo is Mbappe while Messi is Olise + Mbappe

This is just an illustration to teach you why nobody is close to Lionel Messi's football ability

[Adedipe Elizabeth @Arsenalbabyyy]

God bless all Messi fans seeing this tweet.

[Sadae🎈 @dri_eie]

@ck_adoptante @Quabena_homies

[Jonathan Morley @jmorleylfc]

I love Cristiano Ronaldo. For me, I will always prefer him over Messi. But Messi is the best player I’ve ever seen, I can’t deny that.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

The absolute honor of my life to call you THE GOAT 🐐

Stanning you is easy. You make it easy.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

As you're setting your own records, he is breaking your own records, setting his own records, and breaking his own records.

I might not haved lived in the times of Shakespeare, Aurelius, Alexander the Great or Napoleon - but it has been the honor of my life to call you my GOAT.

[Daniel @danielholkss]

The Messi versus Ronaldo debate ended years ago. The problem is one side cannot accept the verdict.

Ronaldo is one of the greatest athletes ever produced. Disciplined, physical, relentless. A monument to what willpower can build.

But Messi does things that willpower cannot explain. Things that should not be possible at that speed with that many people trying to stop him. Things that make experienced footballers stop and watch with their mouths open.

You do not compare a great man to a genius. They are not the same category.

Ronaldo arrived at greatness. Messi arrived from somewhere else entirely.

Miles ahead is actually underselling it.

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

There is a difference between 'who is your GOAT?' and 'who is your favourite?' Otherwise you might as well add Kluivert, Giroud or Chamakh, if GOAT is about personal preference.

[Dax @thatsdax]

I'M GIVING AWAY 25 PS5's‼️⚠️ GOOD LUCK❗️ #godcanyouhearme #ps5 #giveaway

[Harlan Coben @HarlanCoben]

Weekend suggestion: How about a little Netflix and Chillssss with Milo and Britt?

[Harlan Coben @HarlanCoben]

Your weekend plans sorted. @Netflix #IWILLFINDYOU