Cristiano Ronaldo has had a dig at Lionel Messi after the Portugal international was mocked by Denmark supporters during the 3-2 victory in Lviv on Wednesday night, when the Real Madrid forward once again failed to deliver for his
country. The Denmark fans chanted Messi's name
whenever Ronaldo was on the ball. Ronaldo squandered two gilt-edged one-on-one
chances — the second of which was not even close
to ending up in the net — and he looked
frustrated and tormented throughout. He
appeared exasperated with his team-mates, in
particular Hélder Postiga, who scored Portugal's second goal, and he picked up a late yellow card
for a needless foul when he had no chance of
winning the ball. Asked about the Messi chants, Ronaldo said: "You
know where he was at this time [last year]? Do
you know? He was being eliminated in the Copa
America, in his own country. I think that's worse,
no?" As well as not getting his facts right – Argentina
reached the quarter-finals of the competition
before losing to the eventual winners, Uruguay –
Ronaldo's response will be interpreted by many as
evidence of his annoyance with Messi's status as
the world's best footballer. Although Ronaldo scored 60 goals for Real Madrid last season en
route to winning La Liga, Messi eclipsed him on an
individual basis, scoring 73 goals for Barcelona,
including 50 in the league. The main concern for Portugal supporters is that
Ronaldo continues to look a shadow of the player
that is so prolific for Real Madrid. He has made 21
appearances for Portugal in European
Championship and World Cup finals and scored
five goals. Paulo Bento, the Portugal coach, defended his
captain after the Denmark win, which keeps alive
their hopes of progressing to the knock-out stage.
"That's not my impression [that Ronaldo is
struggling to handle the pressure]," Bento said.
"He has the same pressure as all the players that want to contribute to the game. He was in some
difficult situations but, from our point of view, he
has played two very good games and I am very
certain that not a single player in our squad
might be unsatisfied [with him]."

THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT RONALDO IS A WORLD CLASS PLAYER.

Nice job!