A lovely write up but just a quick correction
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the most penalties in La Liga and Champions League which he shared with Robert Lewandoski
However, Lionel Messi has taken the most penalties in the FIFA World Cup, La Liga and the Champions League
Let me add to your write up
I think people have allowed all these agendas to go too far but I love how people are coming out to speak
I mean nobody ever talked down on penalties until Cristiano Ronaldo started scoring them
During the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Ronaldo Delima scored a hat-trick of penalties against Argentina, nobody refers to it as something bad
Nobody talked down on goals until Ronaldo started scoring them
In 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, Arsenal's Robert Pires scored 14 Premier League goals each season
He was praised for being prolific as a winger
Ronaldo redefined wing play by not just dribbles but scoring goals, it was played down
The likes of Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Fillipo Inzaghi, Erling Haaland, Lionel Messi and other top strikers in the game scores a variety of goals through their positioning in the box
There is no problem with these players but Ronaldo is called Tapinaldo for scoring the same type of goals
The yardstick they use in praising others, the same yardstick they use to condemn Ronaldo
Lionel Messi is being praised for scoring 91 goals in a year, it won him the Ballon d'Or in 2012
In 2014/2015 season, I remembered Arsene Wenger, speaking to BeIn Sport, he said
"When Messi sees that Ronaldo has scored so many more goals than him, it will play on his morale.
"In the long term, he won't be happy"
Barcelona was having it tough at the beginning of the season before things changed later and they won the treble
From 2015 to 2018 that Ronaldo left Spain, Messi scored a lot of goals and he is still scoring till today and getting the praises
But for Ronaldo, it's a taboo if he scores....
You will start hearing many narratives
And if he doesn't score, you will still hear another agenda!
There are too many agendas against Ronaldo.......
Cristiano Ronaldo scores vs Uzbekistan: “It’s just Uzbekistan.”
Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t score:“He’s finished. Can’t even score vs Uzbekistan.”
Peak double standards.
Same Ronaldo that was booed by his own fans at Euro 2004, blamed after the 2006 World Cup, constantly labeled selfish throughout his career, dropped and benched by Portugal at the 2022 World Cup, publicly criticized by his own coach and is still getting hammered by the media at 41 during this 2026 World Cup?
Your take belongs in the museum of terrible football opinions.
Was having an absolutely amazing year yet FIFA President PUBLICLY said Messi should get more votes cos “he’s humble” while Ronaldo is “like a commander”.
CR7 shut him up next day with a hattrick & a ‘commander’ celebration.
He’s been fighting systemic injustice & disadvantage since forever & you wonder why millions insist he’s their GOAT😂
Two hattricks in the tournament, an Mbappe brace, a Haaland brace…
Yet for 3 days the entire sport has been agog with news of a 41 year old not scoring on his first game of the tournament, he hasn’t even exited or lost a game.
I’ve never seen anything like this before🐐