Ronaldo makes shock claim about Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's Ballon d'Or wins

The debate about who the best player in the world is seems eternal, but there is little debate that the conversation starts and ends with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

In fact, take it a step further. Those two men could rightfully be regarded as two of the greatest ever, let alone today.

All things considered, they have a rightful claim to the all-time mantle.

Messi has five Ballon d'Or awards to his name in addition to scored 614 goals in 763 games. He has also won La Liga eight times and the Champions League four times.

Ronaldo also has five Ballon d'Or awards, but he has 624 goals in 888 games - with 422 in 416 at Real Madrid. He has won three Premier League titles, two La Liga titles and has four Champions League triumphs to his name. However, he has also won the European Championships with his native Portugal.

Those two players are decorated beyond belief. Nobody else has a record close to them in this day and age, so they must be two of the greatest ever, right?

Wrong, apparently. According to the original Ronaldo - winner of two Ballon d'Or awards himself - they wouldn't have dominated like they have today when he was playing.

"In my generation, the competition was much bigger than it is now, without wanting to belittle Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo," said Ronaldo.


"They will fight for the title of the best player in the world in the coming years, but in my time we had [Zinedine] Zidane, Rivaldo, [Luis] Figo, me, and then Ronaldinho.

"That was a generation in which being the best was much more difficult."

Does he have a point? Sure, they were great players that he mentioned, but it's not like there aren't great players today
Andreas Iniesta has been a top, top player for a decade. Neymar has arrived on the scene in recent years and Xavi was another man who came inside the top three a few times.

However, nobody comes close to their goalscoring exploits at the highest level and that's what truly makes a great player, along with trophies. Nobody Ronaldo mentioned, even the great man himself, can quite compare to that.

Domestically, anyway

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Yes he's right.The competition was much much bigger then. With the likes of Raul, Nedved, RonaldodeLima, Zidane ,

Figo, Baggio, Henry,Ronaldinho, Kaka, Owen......e.t.c

Messi would have bested you guys!!








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RoyalBlak007:
Yes he's right.The competition was much much bigger then. With the likes of Raul, Nedved, RonaldodeLima, Zidane ,

Figo, Baggio, Henry,Ronaldinho, Kaka, Owen......e.t.c

But today we also have/had the likes of Kaka,Xavi,Iniesta,drogba,Eto,Zlatan,hazard,Suarez,Neymar,Robert,Robben,Pirlo etc
It's just that these two players are exceptional.
See both of them had more goals in UCL than any other players

Demzlent:


But today we also have/had the likes of Kaka,Xavi,Iniesta,drogba,Eto,Zlatan,hazard,Suarez,Neymar,Robert,Robben,Pirlo etc
It's just that these two players are exceptional.
See both of them had more goals in UCL than any other players

You really wanna compare Xavi's influence

to Nedved's own back then? Back then we had super crazy defenders....Back then Brazil's squad was ALL STARS.....right from the defence to the attack《Likes of Cafu...Lucio....Carlos...Emerson...G.Silva... Kaka...Ronaldinho....Robinho....Juninho...Ronaldo.....

If Messi and Ronaldo had peaked back then

I'm sure they won't have won 5ballon'd'or each... Messi even won 3-4 Times in a row sef . You think it would have been possible back then?

They all should thank their stars Messi wasn't around then; Messi would have bested them all

He is right, imagine David Beckham, theiry Henry, van nistelroy, del piero, Roberto Carlos etc never won ballon d or even once.

Messi sure would have been in the top three every year back then. Such is his consistency and football understanding.
I can't say same for Cristiano though as football then wasn't just about being the highest goal scorer or playing for the champions league winning team.
That said, we can't take away the hard work and focus of these two guys.
If we must blame someone, let's blame the voters and not these two.

SpeedndAccuracy:
Messi sure would have been in the top three every year back then. Such is his consistency and football understanding.
I can't say same for Cristiano though as football then wasn't just about being the highest goal scorer or playing for the champions league winning team.
That said, we can't take away the hard work and focus of these two guys.
If we must blame someone, let's blame the voters and not these two.

U say messi wud hv but u not sure of Ronaldo...its certain that u are erudite when it comes to soccer...take away a biased or sentimental mind , Ronaldo is brutal...that guy has won all major tournaments with teams that he has played for , especially winning the euros with Portugal, do u understand the attainment of that ?? Remember that Portugal had never won a major cup in their entire history ... Again, he won bk to bk CL , all those zidane and Shevchenko and henry Ronaldinho even struggled to win one, Ronaldo de lima, totti and nedved never won it ... abeg give honour to Hu deserves it

cr7lomo:



U say messi wud hv but u not sure of Ronaldo...its certain that u are erudite when it comes to soccer...take away a biased or sentimental mind , Ronaldo is brutal...that guy has won all major tournaments with teams that he has played for , especially winning the euros with Portugal, do u understand the attainment of that ?? Remember that Portugal had never won a major cup in their entire history ... Again, he won bk to bk CL , all those zidane and Shevchenko and henry Ronaldinho even struggled to win one, Ronaldo de lima, totti and nedved never won it ... abeg give honour to Hu deserves it

I understand you bro, but lets not forget griezmann was the best the best player at the said euros.

I believe there's a difference btw being the best player and playing for the winning team.

Over the past couple years, chelsea and bayern have won the champions league, yet didnt produce the ballon dor winner.
Bayern most especially comes to mind. They obliterated every team they came across including messi's barcelona yet neither Ribery nor Robben was deemed good enough for the best player of the year award. Everyone shouted when Ronaldo led Portugal over Sweden in the play offs...no one asked what they were doing playing the play offs in the first instance.

In 2010, Sneidjer won the treble with Inter and was a key figure in the Netherland's amazing run to the world cup final. Messi won it that same year despite crashing out in the quarter finals.

It's not just about being part of the winning team, it's being the best player and that's what the award is for.

Ronaldo wasn't even Portugal's best player in the Euros.

Ronaldo is one the best goal scorers football has ever seen...dude's a goal machine. But I think Messi is a better all round footballer.

In conclusion, I don't think either of them is deserving of every year they've won the ballon d'or.

Don't blame the players, blame the voters.

SpeedndAccuracy:


I understand you bro, but lets not forget griezmann was the best the best player at the said euros.

I believe there's a difference btw being the best player and playing for the winning team.

Over the past couple years, chelsea and bayern have won the champions league, yet didnt produce the ballon dor winner.
Bayern most especially comes to mind. They obliterated every team they came across including messi's barcelona yet neither Ribery nor Robben was deemed good enough for the best player of the year award. Everyone shouted when Ronaldo led Portugal over Sweden in the play offs...no one asked what they were doing playing the play offs in the first instance.

In 2010, Sneidjer won the treble with Inter and was a key figure in the Netherland's amazing run to the world cup final. Messi won it that same year despite crashing out in the quarter finals.

It's not just about being part of the winning team, it's being the best player and that's what the award is for.

Ronaldo wasn't even Portugal's best player in the Euros.

Ronaldo is one the best goal scorers football has ever seen...dude's a goal machine. But I think Messi is a better all round footballer.

In conclusion, I don't think either of them is deserving of every year they've won the ballon d'or.

Don't blame the players, blame the voters.

If Ronaldo wasn't the best player for Portugal during the euros, pls Hu was...he was their top scorer and also top assist...his presence alone in that team made opposing teams strategize just because of his presence...if u play football or hv played football, ud understand that having a world class player boosts team mates performance due to pretence alone...

Again, no one cares if u were the best player in a tournament cos history only remembers the winner..besides its so difficult to keep top level even after many years just like Ronaldo...griezeman has collapsed already just after shining for a couple of seasons

cr7lomo:


If Ronaldo wasn't the best player for Portugal during the euros, pls Hu was...he was their top scorer and also top assist...his presence alone in that team made opposing teams strategize just because of his presence...if u play football or hv played football, ud understand that having a world class player boosts team mates performance due to pretence alone...

Again, no one cares if u were the best player in a tournament cos history only remembers the winner..besides its so difficult to keep top level even after many years just like Ronaldo...griezeman has collapsed already just after shining for a couple of seasons

lol...

I didn't look at ur moniker before I responded the first time...

Sorry...lemme just carry my kaya dey go...