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PHYSICALITY -
Messi
At 5 foot 7 inches, Messi isn't the tallest of guys
and in his younger days, was in real danger of
being overlooked (quite literally) due to his
slight build and lack of physical prowess.
Luckily (for him and for us), his breathtaking,
natural talent shone through. And his size can
be quite deceptive! He is perfectly capable of
holding his own against his larger opponents
and can pack some serious power behind his
shots.
Ronaldo
Physically, Ronaldo is as close to perfection as it
gets for the modern day footballer. At 6 foot 2,
he's got the height and with the help of his
impecible physique, he has the strength of an
ox.
Where Messi has the edge with skill &
technique, Ronaldo makes up for with strength
and speed.

. ..Another unbiased analysis
TEAM PLAY -
Messi
For someone with so much skill and so many solo
goals to his name, Messi has a remarkable
reputation as a team player and is very rarely
accused of holding onto the ball longer than he
should have done. His scoring record is
obviously closely matched by Ronaldo, but it's
the assists count that shows a clear gap in
Messi's favour.
Messi has also won the Ballon d'Or award 4
years running, but always attributes the award
to his team-mates Xavi and Iniesta.
Ronaldo
In contrast to Messi, Ronaldo has often been the
subject of frustration for both fans and team-
mates, often guilty of trying to do too much on
his own when using a team mate might have
been a better option.
Despite this issue, you cannot ignore the fact
that Ronaldo's assist record is a very healthy
one, although someway short of Messi.

...read this unbiased analysis
SKILL & TECHNIQUE -
Messi
Messi has a near perfect combination of
technique, speed, balance and intelligence which
give him the uncanny ability to sprint into a
crowd of players and come out the other side
with the ball still at his feet and in complete
control.
Whilst Messi isn't the fastest of sprinters, the
speed at which his feet can move can seem
almost impossible and combined with his
abundance of skill, can often create the illusion
that the ball is just glued to his feet
Ronaldo
Ronaldo is king of the step-over and has plenty
more tricks up his sleeve that, with the help of
his lightning pace, can take him past defenders
as if they weren't there.
Whilst Ronaldo's skill and technique cannot be
questioned, he can be guilty of one step-over too
many or a bit of flamboyance & showmanship
that wasn't really necessary; sometimes costing
his team possession.

ENOUGH OF ALL THESE UNA ARGUMENT...
JUST TO SHOW YOU ALL THE WORLD RECORDS THAT MESSI HAS ACHIEVED THAT RONALDO IS NOT GOING TO EVER ACHIEVE, VISIT THE LINK BELOW AND YOU WILL CONFIRM THAT LIONEL MESSI, THE MOST HATED SUCCESSFULL AND LEGENDARY FOOTBALLER EVER TO PLAY THE GAME OF SOCCER IS STILL MILES AHEAD OF RONALDO... VISIT THE LINK BELOW
messivsronaldo.net
smh @haters of success especially @numero inooo

Numero uuuno: i had to read that post three times before i could understand because of the mistake(Here instead of hear).
You don't need to take it personal,okay?
I'm not here to tutor you on English language so i'll let it pass.
They aren't postponing it because of the play-off but because of a low turn out of voters.
Not because of Ronaldo,and not even blatter(a biased man who favours messi) would have done Cr7 such favour,I'm sure he's trying to make up for his senseless statement about ronaldo by trying to appease him and his fans with the extension.
#CR7 for ballond'Or
Cheers.

Bros Nawa for you ooo, You don really take this issue personal. Na ordinary football na. Chai. From the history of your posts I can easily conclude that you HATE The already successfull and legendary footballer called Lionel Messi with utter passion from the depth of your Heart. You even went all the way to Call Messi an Ugly Midget, Chai, smh for some haters. If you call Messi Ugly, what will you call Taye Taiwo or Bance? Se.xy?
Pelè Órè!

Last season, Andres Iniesta won the
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award as Cristiano
Ronaldo and Lionel Messi looked on. The former
looked grumpy (later there would be plenty of
speculation in the Spanish media that he
blamed his club for not "campaigning" on his
behalf), the latter merely uncomfortable, staring
down at his shoes with the sheepish grin of
someone who would rather be anywhere else
than decked out in a suit on the stage at
Montecarlo’s Grimaldi Forum.
Awards are only as significant as the folks who
choose the winners, the criteria laid out by the
organizers and how closely the electorate follows
those criteria.
Relative to the 500-plus who pick the FIFA Ballon
d’Or winner, the UEFA Best Player in Europe
Award has a smallish pool of voters: 53
journalists, one from each UEFA member nation.
(Yes, even Andorra, San Marino and
Liechtenstein; no the Vatican is not a UEFA
member.)
Unlike the Ballon d’Or -- whose criteria are
deliberately fuzzy and is based on a calendar
year -- UEFA’s award has defined criteria: it goes
to the "best player" in Europe during the
2012-13 season. And, unlike the Ballon d’Or, it’s
basically a two-round vote. Jurors vote for their
top three picks, who receive points based on a
5-3-1 system. The top three vote-getters then go
on a shortlist and, on the day of the award, the
53 jurors vote for one guy each. In practical
terms, it’s arguably a fairer system.
The "problem" is that sportswriters don’t like to
follow the rules or, in this case, the criteria. You
may feel that Franck Ribery was the most
valuable player in Europe last season, that
without him Bayern would never have won their
Treble. Or you may feel that it’s only right to
pick a guy from a team that won important
silverware. Or you may just be tired by the hype
machine that follows Ronaldo and Messi around
everywhere they go, and yearn for a change.
That’s all great. Those are all fine reasons to
vote for somebody. But if you observe the
criteria, you should only consider one thing: who
was the best in 2012-13.
Was it the guy who finished second in his
domestic league and cup and took his team to
the semi-finals of the Champions League, scoring
55 goals in 55 appearances in all competitions?
Or perhaps it was the guy who helped his team
win the league with a record-equalling number
of points, also took his side to the semis in
Europe’s biggest cup competition and notched
an outrageous 60 goals in 49e games?
For a plurality of the folks on the jury, the
answer was "no". The answer was neither
Ronaldo nor Messi.
It was Ribery.
There isn’t much point in reducing it to
numbers, because his contribution goes beyond
goals (but then, to be fair, so does Messi’s and
Ronaldo’s), but if you want to go there, Ribery
scored 11 goals last season while playing in 42
games.
What Ribery did was play exceptionally well in
key games last season, particularly in the
Champions League knockout round. But you can
make an argument that, last year, the
contributions of Phillip Lahm, Manuel Neuer,
Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben
(certainly in the final) were also critical to
Bayern’s success.
In some ways, we already saw this thinking last
season, when Iniesta won it ahead of Messi and
Ronaldo. Iniesta won the same silverware Messi
did with Barcelona, but, on top of that, he was
instrumental to Spain winning the Euros. Great
season, reward for achievement. But nobody
outside of his immediate family would suggest
Iniesta was a "better player" than Ronaldo or
Messi in 2011-12 which rather precludes him
being "the best".
Is it just semantics? Sure, maybe. But words do
matter.
Call it "Player of the Year".
Or "Most Valuable Player".
Or "Player-other-than-Lionel-or-Cristiano-who-we-
want-to-recognize-otherwise-those-guys-will-win-
every-award-between-them."
Just don’t call it "Best Player in Europe in
2012-13".
Because, simply put, he wasn’t.
It’s not a knock on Ribery, it’s a knock on the
award and those voting for it.
What’s happening here is that we’ve taken the
brilliance those two guys have displayed over the
past few seasons and turned it into some kind of
normality. Well, it’s not normal. This isn’t like
when baseball moved out of the dead ball era
and everybody started hitting home runs. The
total number of goals being scored has remained
constant. It’s just these two guys -- and these
two guys alone -- who have started scoring in
industrial quantities and doing it for years at a
time.
Ribery is an exceptional footballer on an
outstanding team that deservedly broke records
last year, losing just three games in all
competitions. But it takes some mental
acrobatics to say he’s the "best player" in
Europe.
culled from ESPN blog

ENOUGH OF THIS ARGUMENT, RONALDO AND MESSI DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU GUYS EXIST ON NAIRALAND. I AM A HUGE MESSI FAN, INFACT I USED TO CHAT WITH HIM ON FACEBOOK TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE HE DEACTIVATED HIS FACE BOOK ACCOUNT.AND FROM OUR CHAT I CAN TESTIFY TO HIS SIMPLICITY AND HUMILITY DESPITE HIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS. Anyway,
I personally want Ronaldo To win the award this time around so that people will not say that Blatter is Dashing out the Award to Messi. I am sure that FIFA wants to favour Ronaldo To win it that was why for the first time in many years they extended the deadline after the Portugal match.
But honestly, I noticed that many people just hate Messi with wholeheartedly passion. Has he done anything bad as a Person ? Or is it his fault that he is gifted with such rare kinda footballing talent. Or is it because of his Success and achievement in his Chosen career? Too many questions, Can somebody answer please?
Check out the pictures below and appreciate what this young man has achieved. Something the while of Chelsea and Arsenal and Man Utd players are yet to achieve together as a team combined cummulatively
lol

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The Nak.ed truth is that ASUU strike or no ASUU strike ,education system in Nigeria is in Shambles that is why our certificates are almost useless. No wonder employers say that our graduates are unemployable!
I perfectly agree with that notion.
Funny enough, when the ASUU strike is over and our students graduate, they will end up searching for non existent jobs for another 6 years after graduating. smh for Nigeria and its Nigerian Students.

Mis Nairaland: .

Babe, Send me your pin. I need it urgently!

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charlesm91: to all haters out there, voting has been re-opened to be closed on 29th. so todays match will be added points for top performers. Cr7, ibra or ribery? Y'all know my guess.

Hehehehe Why is FIFA trying to Favour Ronaldo by re opening the voting process that was initially closed. If this is how Messi had won it on four different occasions, all you die hard Messi haters will have been crying at every of his award! FIFA is a great DISSAPOINTMENT!

Another means of embezzlement! Make we maintain the one way we don get already, we no fit maintain. . To maintain. the old stadia with maintainance fee na wahala, but to build new one with New money for federation accounts de easy.. Naija I hail una oooooooo.
Anyways, incase they need sand, I de sell sand oooooooo.
White Sand de, Yellow Sand de, Red Sand de, Crimpson Sand de, and even Pink Sand de...but dat one na him cost past o..
Incase de wan rent wheelbarrow nko? ermhn, I get like four dozens of wheel barrow, and each one is 12,500 naira per day ,at least me self go cup National Cake from the Stadium Allocation just like Amos Adamu did for COJA All African Games Abuja 2003

..he voted Didier Drogba last year. Yobo voted Messi last year

When Nigeria is in the same group with Portugal in the world cup, Na Omeruo go keep am quiet sharperly

Come 2022 our Golden eaglets will win the World cup on Asian soil! How many Likes fellow NIGERIANS!

. ..Na my own be this

NOBODY! SHIKENA!

NOBODY! SHIKENA!

NOBODY! SHIKENA!

Hehehehe GEJ till world cup Qatar 2022 in Asian soil... The land of Goodluck and Victory for our Nigerian teams!
Golden eaglets, Get Ready!

Christianos: @ OP: What's your source? And where are the pictures?

What kinda question is that? If you don't believe the story, You can either Google it, or you simply create your own topic and if not move on to the next topic.. Sauce kör, àtá ródó ní.

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Nigerians, How are you all doing? I know all is not
well but i believe things will change for good in
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Did you know that When a Nigerian National team
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screaming one word, one language in one voice
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& tribalistic sentiments wether it was scored by an
Hausa, an Igbo or a Yoruba man. We love the
feelings, we cherish the moments, we adore the
players and we sing with one voice....."Up Super
Eagles, Up Flying Eagles, Up Golden Eaglets and
Up Green Eagles". When we talk about those
games....we talk about "Nigeria" with one voice.
We always wish Nigeria the best and support
Nigeria with our great man power to go all out for
the "Glory", for the interest of "One Nigeria".
Nigeria can work, Nigeria can be a better place,
Nigeria can move forward if the Hausa man can
support the Yoruba man in government, if the
Yoruba man can shun every ethnic sentiments and
support the administration of the Igbo
government. Look at the Golden Eaglets...the
Hausa man [YAHAYA] passes the ball to the Igbo
man [IHEANACHO] & the Igbo man tries and
dribbles his way out of the huddles just to set up
the Yoruba man [AWONIYI] to score the goal. That
one goal that was fought for by the collective
responsibility, hard work and contributions of all
the ethnic Nationality for one common goal
[interest] that will benefit, elevate and sky rocket
this One Nation to a greater hight and
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OPEN LETTER TO NIGERIANS: Dear fellow
Nigerians, How are you all doing? I know all is not
well but i believe things will change for good in
the nearest future. I would like to use this
medium to point out a certain fact to all of us.
Did you know that When a Nigerian National team
scores a goal......Nigerians of all ethnicity and
religion will jump up in jubilation and be
screaming one word, one language in one voice
"GOOAALLL!!!". That moment, we forget our ethnic
& tribalistic sentiments wether it was scored by an
Hausa, an Igbo or a Yoruba man. We love the
feelings, we cherish the moments, we adore the
players and we sing with one voice....."Up Super
Eagles, Up Flying Eagles, Up Golden Eaglets and
Up Green Eagles". When we talk about those
games....we talk about "Nigeria" with one voice.
We always wish Nigeria the best and support
Nigeria with our great man power to go all out for
the "Glory", for the interest of "One Nigeria".
Nigeria can work, Nigeria can be a better place,
Nigeria can move forward if the Hausa man can
support the Yoruba man in government, if the
Yoruba man can shun every ethnic sentiments and
support the administration of the Igbo
government. Look at the Golden Eaglets...the
Hausa man [YAHAYA] passes the ball to the Igbo
man [IHEANACHO] & the Igbo man tries and
dribbles his way out of the huddles just to set up
the Yoruba man [AWONIYI] to score the goal. That
one goal that was fought for by the collective
responsibility, hard work and contributions of all
the ethnic Nationality for one common goal
[interest] that will benefit, elevate and sky rocket
this One Nation to a greater hight and
achievement (s). We should learn from this... we
are one Nigeria, and that one greater Nigeria will
only be possible if we eschew this our habit of
ethnic sentiments and religious bias. UP GOLDEN
EAGLETS, UP UP UPPER # NIGERIA. PLEASE LIKE
THIS PAGE IF YOU ARE A NIGERIAN! >>>
www.facebook.com/WeAreNigerians

OPEN LETTER TO NIGERIANS: Dear fellow
Nigerians, How are you all doing? I know all is not
well but i believe things will change for good in
the nearest future. I would like to use this
medium to point out a certain fact to all of us.
Did you know that When a Nigerian National team
scores a goal......Nigerians of all ethnicity and
religion will jump up in jubilation and be
screaming one word, one language in one voice
"GOOAALLL!!!". That moment, we forget our ethnic
& tribalistic sentiments wether it was scored by an
Hausa, an Igbo or a Yoruba man. We love the
feelings, we cherish the moments, we adore the
players and we sing with one voice....."Up Super
Eagles, Up Flying Eagles, Up Golden Eaglets and
Up Green Eagles". When we talk about those
games....we talk about "Nigeria" with one voice.
We always wish Nigeria the best and support
Nigeria with our great man power to go all out for
the "Glory", for the interest of "One Nigeria".
Nigeria can work, Nigeria can be a better place,
Nigeria can move forward if the Hausa man can
support the Yoruba man in government, if the
Yoruba man can shun every ethnic sentiments and
support the administration of the Igbo
government. Look at the Golden Eaglets...the
Hausa man [YAHAYA] passes the ball to the Igbo
man [IHEANACHO] & the Igbo man tries and
dribbles his way out of the huddles just to set up
the Yoruba man [AWONIYI] to score the goal. That
one goal that was fought for by the collective
responsibility, hard work and contributions of all
the ethnic Nationality for one common goal
[interest] that will benefit, elevate and sky rocket
this One Nation to a greater hight and
achievement (s). We should learn from this... we
are one Nigeria, and that one greater Nigeria will
only be possible if we eschew this our habit of
ethnic sentiments and religious bias. UP GOLDEN
EAGLETS, UP UP UPPER # NIGERIA. PLEASE LIKE
THIS PAGE IF YOU ARE A NIGERIAN! >>>
www.facebook.com/WeAreNigerians

OPEN LETTER TO NIGERIANS: Dear fellow
Nigerians, How are you all doing? I know all is not
well but i believe things will change for good in
the nearest future. I would like to use this
medium to point out a certain fact to all of us.
Did you know that When a Nigerian National team
scores a goal......Nigerians of all ethnicity and
religion will jump up in jubilation and be
screaming one word, one language in one voice
"GOOAALLL!!!". That moment, we forget our ethnic
& tribalistic sentiments wether it was scored by an
Hausa, an Igbo or a Yoruba man. We love the
feelings, we cherish the moments, we adore the
players and we sing with one voice....."Up Super
Eagles, Up Flying Eagles, Up Golden Eaglets and
Up Green Eagles". When we talk about those
games....we talk about "Nigeria" with one voice.
We always wish Nigeria the best and support
Nigeria with our great man power to go all out for
the "Glory", for the interest of "One Nigeria".
Nigeria can work, Nigeria can be a better place,
Nigeria can move forward if the Hausa man can
support the Yoruba man in government, if the
Yoruba man can shun every ethnic sentiments and
support the administration of the Igbo
government. Look at the Golden Eaglets...the
Hausa man [YAHAYA] passes the ball to the Igbo
man [IHEANACHO] & the Igbo man tries and
dribbles his way out of the huddles just to set up
the Yoruba man [AWONIYI] to score the goal. That
one goal that was fought for by the collective
responsibility, hard work and contributions of all
the ethnic Nationality for one common goal
[interest] that will benefit, elevate and sky rocket
this One Nation to a greater hight and
achievement (s). We should learn from this... we
are one Nigeria, and that one greater Nigeria will
only be possible if we eschew this our habit of
ethnic sentiments and religious bias. UP GOLDEN
EAGLETS, UP UP UPPER # NIGERIA. PLEASE LIKE
THIS PAGE IF YOU ARE A NIGERIAN! >>>
www.facebook.com/WeAreNigerians