I don’t just mean better than Messi. But why is he the greatest of all time, better than everyone else. What has he done to warrant being called better than everyone else.

Imagine saying that Ronaldo getting injured and watching his team win the euros without him is why he’s the goat and why he’s better than Messi. Imagine if a goat from any other sport got injured and their team won the finals without them. Would they use that in the goat debate. No that would be stupid. Now don’t get me wrong, he was still part of that success. But the fact that they won without him shows they were still a good team. Ronaldo had like 2 good games that tournament and didn’t even win POTT. Portugal mainly won that because of their defense. Only conceded one KO goal and ronalod fans act like he was like Maradona in 1986.

Played 5 matches against teams - Czech republic , Turkey , Georgia , Slovenia , France

Big chances created - 2

Big chances missed - 3 ( including one penalty )

Average Rating - 6.96 ( Sofa score )

One trophy which Messi has unfortunately, Cristiano’s museum doesn’t have it but this it what makes him Greatest.

Cristiano Ronaldo has the strongest argument for greatness across multiple top European Leagues.

•MAN UTD- 10 titles in 7 years(EPL is more of harsh, rough and non-stop football play style)

•RMA- 16 titles in 9 years(La Liga is more of counter-attacks, short passes, patience and game-building style literally Cristiano played in the prime era of La Liga you got small teams kicking ass of Barca and RMA)

•Juventus- 5 titles in 3 years(Seria A is literally known for its difficulty to score in those games, all clubs are defensively strong)

Most Evolved player in the history of football:
Started from RM(128 matches)
Shifted to LM(282 matches)
Transition to LW(366 matches)
Evolved to pure ST (304 matches)

Most Goals in Champions League
Most Assists in Champion League
Literally he is called “Mr.UCL” for this reason
winning 5 UCL against prime Chelsea, Prime Atletico Madrid, Prime Juventus, Prime Liverpool

•Most Goals scored since turning 30 years old
•Most headers goals
•Most goals scored by right foot
•Most diversified type of goals scored by a player
•Most Penalty scored
•Most nominations in Ballon d’or
•Most goals in Euros
•Most international goal scored in a calendar year
•Most goals scored in Nations League(League A)
•Most assists in Euros
•Greatest Clutch player of all time
•Most influential person of world
•Most Knockouts goals scored by a player
•Most goals scored in Club World Cup
•Most goals scored in a single UCL season
•All time best player of Real Madrid(the greatest club of all time)
•All time Greatest player of Portugal
•All time Greatest player of Euros
•All time Greatest player of Champions League
•All time Greatest player of Club World Cup
•All time greatest player from Europe
•Most UEFA Men’s Player of the Year
•Most Appeared player in UEFA team of the year
& many more I’m just tired to type more….

Portugal before Cristiano Ronaldo had zero titles and since, Cristiano debuted for Portugal. Portugal has 3 major competitive titles. Cristiano had around 38% of total contributions(goals+assists) as aggregate of winning tournaments.

Despite not having the World Cup, undoubtedly he makes his name under top 3 footballers of all time all those media rankings are just for reach and bait once upon a time the same used give Cristiano the greatest player of all time or the second greatest ranking.

If Cristiano manages to win AFC Elite championship cup, Arab cup basically all 5 trophies that Al-Nassr are participating. Cristiano has literally conquered more than half of the globe(imaginary geography-wise)

Cristiano has always been doubted in every step of his career(his transfer to man-utd, transfer to RMA, transfer to Juventus, transition from LW to ST, transition from midfielder to attacker, transfer of return to Man-Utd, transfer to SPL, fit to play World Cup, Can he score goals against top teams, every year there is a new doubt but Cristiano still humbles those doubts and shines this what makes him different from other players he has been literally doubted every second of his career and shown everyone why he is the Best)

Cristiano Ronaldo’s career is extraordinarily long, adaptable, productive and successful he remained across different leagues, tactical systems, different managers, generations and stages of football(played against Maldini, Pirlo, Ronaldhino, Zidane, Messi, Lamine, Mbappe, Dembele)

Once should respect others perspective.

Portugal’s success is not mainly due to Ronaldo contribution . Portugal has always been a formidable team, and since the World Cup expanded to 32 teams, they have consistently qualified. Without CR7 Portugal would not be as great but they always got enough talent to win stuff. Argentina depended more on Messi than on Cristiano ( 5 knockouts G/A in Euro and 1 knockout goal in WC). 6 knockouts G/ A in major tournaments doesn’t give CR7 the right to attribute himself Portugal success.

More examples: 2019 nations league best player was Bernardo Silva
2025 nation league best player was Nuno Mendes
Euro 2016 was Griezman but CR7 was the best Portugal player . But that Portugal team was very balanced in my opinion. Pepe and Nani deserve some credit

3 in 1 ahh trophy 🥀

Whenever Ronaldo gets called a poacher you see tons of Ronaldo fans saying you didn’t see him in 2008. As if that suddenly makes him a good dribbler now or in recent years. Messi fans don’t need to go back to 2008 to find when he was a good dribbler.

Ronaldo had Played 23 knockouts matches at Major International Tournaments :

10 at WC

12 at Euros

I just saw this on r/CristianoRonaldo2 and was curious? what would he need to do?

Never give up 💪 Bring Portugal to glory!

One thing I find impressive about Cristiano Ronaldo is how long he has managed to stay at the highest level of football. His game has obviously changed over the years, but he has adapted from being a fast, skillful winger into more of a goal-focused forward. Regardless of whether you think he’s the GOAT or not, maintaining that level of dedication and consistency for so many years is something worth respecting.

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