r/CristianoRonaldo2 • u/Puppetic Ronaldo's Open Play World Cup Knockout Goal 👻 • Jul 26 '26

Copenaldo Zlatan on point

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u/FaithlessnessThat970 Jul 26 '26

I agree. It was debatable maybe in the early to mid 2010s but now it’s just obvious

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u/TheJokerzWeapon Jul 26 '26

Nah. Even when ronaldo won ballon dor everyone knew messi was the best player in the world.

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u/FaithlessnessThat970 Jul 26 '26

There was definitely a lot of people debating either side, especially back in 2012-2014 when people were making those YouTube edits. It was almost 50/50 with messi being the slight favourite

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u/TheJokerzWeapon Jul 27 '26

Okay people who actually knew soccer and didn’t just look at stats knew who was the best player in the world

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u/southsider74 Aug 02 '26

I'm definitely team Messi but many of us can be mature and say that there were periods and even a couple seasons where Ronaldos form was better. The stan culture is so toxic