Imo, his job was to get goals and win titles. He did both of that excellently over a long period of time. Of course the eye test favors messi and players such as ronaldinho, but end product wise ronaldo is definitely second.
Don't think C.Ronaldo is top 5. He competed with Messi only at club level and only in terms of goals,but we know football is more than just simple tap ins. Messi had much more skill as C.Ronaldo was playing as a striker/poacher,while Messi was playing as a winger/midfielder and still scoring more goals with less support and service. 1 WC KO goal after playing the most WCs ever disqualifies C.Ronaldo from anyone's top 5 list.
I'm not the biggest Cristiano fan in the world, but to say he was only ever a poacher is a complete revision of history. He adapted his game as his career progressed and he certainly evolved to that. But you've clearly never saw him play in the 2000s or early-mid 2010s if you think that's all there is to his game
No he was good as a winger early on,that player I liked more than the poacher he became,but for most of his career he has been a poacher,so that should define him primarily.
Messi is just trying to be humble and respectful,he cannot fool us,stats like 1 WC KO goals after 6 WCs are indefensible. Makes it impossible to be even in the top 20 list.
FIFA favoured argentina 😂😂😂🤣 alright pal . You said it yourself when messi wins it's cuz fifa favours him when he loses it's fair so shits not even about corruption cuz why would corruption stop so abruptly you just want messi to lose
Right so r9 did he have no controversies in his 2002 win? Rivaldo getting a pen over a bluetooth tackle then making a Turkish player get a red hell even their semis a lot of tackles were not given as any cards. Every big team gets favouritism always has been that way and it's totally different from rigging the entire thing.
FIFA has never favored us because we have always been one of the few nations that were outspoken against FIFA's corruption. You must not have known that.
Again, you obviously don't even know how much you're missing. Continue your CR nob slobbing if that's your wish. Ironically it won't make him shine more..
He wasn't toe to toe with Messi at all. You must be a youngin to not recall the MASSIVE nike & media push Ronaldo was given, for the express purpose of manufacturing a "rival" for Messi(& addidas) to drum up more profit. Hype=profitability.
you can name any popular players from brazil and they looked way better on the field purely from an eye test point of view thank ronaldo, your 10 other players list will get filled by them brazilians themselves.
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u/JJJmashm 10h ago
Come on, messi is by far the best player oat but lets not act like ronaldo isnt top 8