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HBB1:
How did Ronaldo destroy them?

Scored 2 penalties and what?

Nothing else all through the match.

Watch the highlights again and compare his performance with Messi's for that day.

3 nil is total destruction... 2 penalties...but ur man scored only penalties in this campaign and still missed another..if not for the help by refs ..he wud hv ended this campaign with only one goal ....

Athemisia:
I smell bitterness... Clap when you see a good player and stop the hate.

Mbampe era is now....

Messi fans are bitter souls...just like their master that voted against Lewandowski in the last balon dor... Ronaldo fans keep on applauding mbappe ,haaland as the future and so happy for them... and also admitted that Lewandowski presently is better than Ronaldo...but messi fans just de hate every player way better pass am , including Ronaldo

MJBOLT:

They never mentioned Ronaldo's name but messi fans still dragged him here...you guys are so insecure and bitter ...Next thing u say Ronaldo can't b compared to messi... a boss is a boss

Techiekingee:
Why was Ronaldo eliminated by Lyon?...... Atlético was just stupid....they played shit and just went to defend their goal lead..... thesame Atletico dat played trash against Chelsea dis season losing 0-1
Did you even watch the analysis of pundits

Why was he eliminated by Porto with a disastrous performance??.... Porto clearly went to defend and also score

Ronaldo and Juve got the weakest team from the weakest league(primeira division) in the champions League plus they went down to 10men, yet Ronaldo was nowhere to be found....Zero goals home and away .....

But the same Ronaldo destroyed ur messi and barca in their backyard this season... so man u and lyon were not foolish because its messi and barca that won, according to u it was his brilliance...but Ronaldo wasn't his brilliance that knocked atletico out but atleticos foolishness... I guess I'm replying a beer parlour analyst

Numerouno94:
Oga stop these terrible lies abeg. Ronaldo at 33 was at Juventus nd was eliminated by Ajax. At age 33 a 36yrs old Fabio Quagliarella outclassed nd outshined him in becoming d top scorer in serie a. Abi u dey suffer from amnesia?

Go back to school or go take up a dictionary to help yourself with the word outclassed cos u certainly don't know the meaning... what was the goal difference between both...it was 5 ... it was Ronaldos first season in the league ,trying to adjust to a new league and u compare him with someone that has played in serie a all his career ... have u ever heard of a player that won top scorer in a league in his first season ?? Its certain u are still new in football... to make it worse, a 33 yr old nearing the end of his career... or u think Messi will win top scorer in his first season if he leaves barca?? Do u guys think at all before typing?? The same quagierella that played for juve and never had an impact during their glory years ... so y dint he challenge the following season...that is when u bring the word outclass , cos Ronaldo outclassed him the following season

Techiekingee:
Then Ronaldo should be ashamed of himself cause all he is doing is catch up....Messi at 33 is competing on goal levels with a 36year old striker who has played more champions League matches....
Ronaldo was banging triple but still has just 14 champions League goals more than Messi..... what's your point....Messi hasn't won the champions League in almost 6years yet Mr back to back is just one champions League trophy clear.....so, ask urself who is doing catch up and who is diminishing

What is this one saying...u are confused...u must have woken up on the wrong side....go back to bed

ThierryJay:
Hmm, almost a fair point from you, but then I remember that when the comparison started in 2007 and a prime Ronaldo initially had the edge, no one put up a defence of Messi saying he was 2 and a half years younger and therefore still immature. In the Man U vs Barca matches, the comparisons were straight head-on between the two with no regards for age (Messi was 19 and Ronaldo was 22). It is therefore inevitable that the same narrative would be maintained throughout and any attempt to shift goalposts resisted!

Are people still not also comparing Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo in the Serie A despite Zlatan being 3 years older?

Haaland and mbappe are being compared now even with age difference... ur narrative is different... 18 yrs , 19yrs can play outstanding games....we wudnt b surprised at that , but seeing a 36 37 38 Yr old do that will b magical...peke won the world cup at 17... mbappe at 19 was tormenting opponents at the world cup ...de Lima won the balon dor at age 19 .... no player has win balon dor at 34 , even nomination is a huge challenge... most players retire at that age... u wanna compare a 19 Yr old to a 36 Yr old a 19 Yr old is still sharp and agile ....a 36yr old is weak and will struggle

ThierryJay:
Hmm, almost a fair point from you, but then I remember that when the comparison started in 2007 and a prime Ronaldo initially had the edge, no one put up a defence of Messi saying he was 2 and a half years younger and therefore still immature. In the Man U vs Barca matches, the comparisons were straight head-on between the two with no regards for age (Messi was 19 and Ronaldo was 22). It is therefore inevitable that the same narrative would be maintained throughout and any attempt to shift goalposts resisted!

Are people still not also comparing Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo in the Serie A despite Zlatan being 3 years older?

Haaland and mbappe are being compared now even with age difference... ur narrative is different... 18 yrs , 19yrs can play outstanding games....we wudnt b surprised at that , but seeing a 36 37 38 Yr old do that will b magical...peke won the world cup at 17... mbappe at 19 was tormenting opponents at the world cup ...de Lima won the balon dor at age 19 .... no player has win balon dor at 34 , even nomination is a huge challenge... most players retire at that age... u wanna compare a 19 Yr old to a 36 Yr old

ThierryJay:
Comparison is best done at the same time they played the matches. Why will I be comparing someone's performance in 2018 with another's performance in 2021? Is it Messi's fault that he dragged his team to qualification when Ronaldo was being eliminated? Or you think if he had not scored all those goals or assisted against Man Utd and Napoli, Barca would have qualified?

Immediately after CR vs Atletico game, Messi himself had a super game against Lyon where he delivered 2 goals and 2 assists to put Barca through the tie. Without that input Barca would have been eliminated as well.

Why do u guys have 2 mouths... Ronaldos performance against atletico is the best performance in a game in the CL in 3 seasons ...lyons or man u game wasn't a challenge... we are talking about the best defense in football, an A list team going to turn with a commanding lead 2.0 , only to crash out due to a player ( Ronaldo) scoring all 3 goals...mention one player that has done that in the past 3 seasons in the CL ... u are calling lyon and a weak man u side

ThierryJay:
Balderdash. Please compare like with like, what they both delivered at the same time of their matches since Ronaldo went to Juve.

Compare Ronaldo's performance against Ajax with Messi's performance against Man Utd
Compare Ronaldo vs Lyon with Messi vs Napoli
Compare Ronaldo vs 10-man Porto with Messi vs PSG

The superiority of Messi's overall individual performance in the above match-ups is unquestionable, except of course for those who are ignoramuses in football.

Tot we were talking about when they got eliminated...not when they qualified....if its about qualification performance...Ronaldo's atletico's game flawed every of Messi's qualification games

ThierryJay:
To be candid, Messi and CR7's consistency at the top top level since 2007-2008 has been staggering. Since that time, only Arjen Robben, Lewandoski, and Luis Suarez have had a semblance of top-level consistency for a lengthy time but it's still far from that of Messi and CR7. Prior to Messi - CR7 era, it was an outstanding feat for the best attackers to be in their prime for 6 - 8 years i.e Ronaldo De Lima, Henry, Eto'o, Owen, Raul, Shevchenko etc.

Moving on from the collabo talk up there, currently, Messi is still way ahead of CR7 as a player. The stark difference was laid to bare over the 2 legs of the UCL second round ties for both players.

Ronaldo is 36 for goodness sake...u guys are not considering the age difference...compare their performance when he was messi's age ... besides, he join a Conservative team... have u ever heard that juve scored 5 goals in a match , they havnt done that in many years.. even 4 goals is an uphill task... they are not an attacking side ... despite winning the scudettos consecutively for 9 years...and i don't think they ever had a player in their winning team win serie a top scorer

paulolee:
lolz...always looking for excuses for his man...at least he scored a cracker and perfromed better than ur cr7 dt was running all tru d match n couldn't score a 10 man Porto team..
d best he could do was to assist dt porto freekick into d net..

Lol...lets wait till messi is 36... at 33 ronaldo was banging in triple of what messi banged at 33 and winning the CL... messi is even falling hand, scoring 4 penalties out of 5 of his CL goals this campaign...thats quite unbelievable of the messi I know

MJBOLT:

Juventus signed ronaldo to win the UCL for them but in the last 3 seasons they have not even gotten to the finals yet ronaldo is collecting salary
Ronaldo is a fraud

So what has messis renewal of contract been for?? U think its for la liga that the fans are bored of winning

paulolee:
these guys av tried alot for football and deserve more respect that they are getting bcox dominating for over a decade isn't easy..
both have won 9 UCL cups and are the top scorers in d competition and i still think that one of them can still win d UCL maybe if any of them joins a more serious club like cr7 to.PSG or messi to city...
you can say its d end of an era but I still think dey both have 3-4yrs to play European football bcoz i haven't seen any other player for now dt is ready to chase these aliens off the stage..
even at such age their clubs are still over depending on them and they are still giving opponents n goalkeepers sleepless nites...
lets enjoy them for some time jhare..

U could b wrong cos mbappe and haaland might break their records... and they haven't peaked yet...

Nbotee:
Atleast he scored before missing d penalty abi and was behind every of Barca attacking moves in the game. Abeg show us CR7 stats from the Porto game. First it was Ajax, and den Lyon and now Porto with Juventus

But Ronaldo performance against ajax and lyon floored messi's performance against PSG.... he only shined in one half in 4 halves and still spoilt the one half with a penalty miss ... besides...Ronaldo had always been eliminated on away goals rule...but messi keeps on being disgraced... 5.2 for goodness sake and u talking about his performance....mbappe totally annihilated him and barca over the 2 legs... haba , how can they eliminate u 8.2, 5.2 back to back and u talking about his performance... what performance?? Where was he when they loaded them 4.1... he had a terrible campaign this year to b honest...way below expectations... 5 goals of which 4 whr penalties... so remove the penalties and he wud hv only 1 goal, a consolation...

OJEEMAH:
Penalty was also taken and blocked in 2008 UCL FINAL by CR7......So what's the big deal??

The big deal is one still came with a victory, the other came with a loss

No b only hollywood....na kpokpowood

ethicallyright:
I do not object your submission.

My argument is that most of these girls are not married not because they do not want to be married yet.

It's usually a case of "the guy I love is not capable of marrying me but the average guy that disgusts me keeps proposing."

I don't know why men criticize women who do not want to settle for less. You see a 35-year old bachelor who earns an annual income of less than 2 million naira shame a pretty graduate from a decent background with great potentials for turning down his proposal.

Men in this country believe that a woman should always be ready to say "yes" or else she is unrealistic. "Unrealistic" is a subjective phenomenon as various individuals have their different realities. Ladies have rights to choose who they want to be with.

Women deserve wealthy and handsome men as well. The way you described how girls of this nature want romantic and handsome men makes it look like it is a very bad thing to be romantic and handsome. Handsome men with finesse are human beings who deserve love too and are even more likable .

I am very sure that in my mid thirties I am going to get one of the prettiest 21 year olds in this country. The best strategy is to be a man of substance . Criticizing beautiful ladies who want these men won't make them come to you.

Better wake up from ur slumber... u wanna use money to get a woman...Naija woman...lol, u will regret it all ur life, Naija women with entitlement mentality ... I only pity u

spoked:
My brother if you see this kind of lady, will you pay bride Price of 3 Million and above?

(1) Too beautiful and fair or chocolate.

(2) A virgin.

(3) A first class graduate from UI, UNN, OAU etc.

(4)Very loyal, very faithful and neat.

(5) Best graduating student in Masters Degree.

(6) God fearing.

(7) Very respectful and humble.

( A good cook of various dishes and snacks.

(9) A very elegant and sharp dresser.

(10) Having the most romantic and tender smiles

(11) Loves to play with you and look up to you.

(12) Dad is a millionaire and mum a professor.

(13) She has successful and beautiful/handsome siblings.

(14) Have a good history and background.

Will you pay such bride price if you have the money?

With all these u mentioned if she doesn't hv a forgiving spirit , she is not for me or any man

wealthgoddess:
do you know the last goal from Porto passed through his Ronaldo's legs?? he was part of that shitty defence too. your so called experienced player couldn't mount a good wall

What are u saying?? So what if it passed thru his legs, that happen all the time in football... u should blame the coach for not instructing someone to lay behind the wall as its the new tactics in football...if someone lay behind, that goal wudnt hv entered

ThierryJay:
What a performance from Messi and Barca, especially in the first half.

Messi's first half performance against PSG is 10 times better than Ronaldo's performance over 210 minutes against 10 -man Porto.

Deep down Ronaldo fans are pained that Messi at least made a brilliant mark on the game. The thing pain them die especially after Ronaldo's performance horribilis yesterday. It's just that they had already decided to troll him regardless of result as long as Barca had been realistically eliminated.

Messi get levels abeg; scored both goals against PSG over the 2 legs while the pretender was ghosting along against a weaker team for almost 4 hours of football.

Lol...hypocrisy at the highest...I feel God is doing this to shame messi fans ... the same thing Ronaldo had been doing for the past 2 seasons and u guys insult him that he was still eliminated...now u wanna claim it ... messi has been disgraced out of champions league yet again 5.2...at least Ronaldo gets eliminated on away goals rule since he joined juve... messi and his fans should b dancing to the song loading every season

pquaver:
He missed ooo.. He missed against barca.. Scholes bailed him. Missed against Chelsea John Terry bailed him.
Missed against atalsnta this season match ended 1-1 u know he is at top of league and what does 2 pts can do for them.
Missed against Milan coppa Italia. 19/20
Missed against Iran to top d group in world cup end up second and played Uruguay and got knocked out. Do u want more?

Those are not crucial misses...messi keeps on missing crucial spot kicks...one against Chelsea that wud hv taken them to the final , one against Chile in the final of copa , one tonight...he even missed against Iceland in the last world cup, tho it wasn't that crucial ...

thoollz:
Baba said he gave an assist. Imagine against Porto with 10 men, Chiesa a loaned player from sampdoria àbí fiorentina scored against Porto home and away. Una no dey shame, Mr Champions league wey no fit score against handicapped team for over 90 minutes. Morata scored an offside goal sef to show you how useless your GOAT is. Una no fit blame am, na team mates or coach una sabi blame.

Leave Ronaldo and face ur ewure that has yet again led them out disgracefully for 6 consecutive years ... scored 5 goals in the CL all penalties apart from one and was looking forward to score his 6th and 5th penalty of the campaign, only for the ball to tell him no b only u waka come... he seems not to know how to score without pk

Cammo:
Griezzman and Dembele are two useless excuses for players. So over-hyped.

Again u guys leave the one that missed a penalty and a tap in ( ironically, the 2 stuff messi fans insult Ronaldo) that's to show its not easy ...and they blame Dembele and greizman ... messi fans love blaming others whenever he fails...

Adakintroy:
You not getting the logic.


If the first the did not carry extra time. Meaning they played 90min.then the second leg should be 90 as well. Square up.

All side advantages should end with 90mim as with the first

I agree with u totally...that rule should b changed cos its a disadvantage with the home side

ThierryJay:
Well Juve got an early second half red card that affected their ability to mount a genuine comeback in that game. Regardless, the point is Ronaldo has also featured in several matches where Juve lost or drew this season and he didnt have an impact e.g against Napoli, Inter and Atalanta. If he hadn't played these matches and they still lost or drew, you'd have said it was because he wasn't there. So you see, there's no guarantee that if he had featured in those Serie A matches where Juve performed poorly, the result would have been any different.

You asking where were other players against Lyon last season? Of course you are right, I recall that Ronaldo was generally singled out for praise after the Lyon match while the other team members were vilified. I, even though not a fan of his, remember commending him for a good performance even as they got knocked out.

So in the spirit of consistency, the fair question is where was Ronaldo against Porto this season over the course of 210 minutes (plus plenty injury time) when some of his other team mates (Chiesa, Cuadrado, Rabiot) actually stepped up?

He lead the comeback yesterday...he set up chiesa for the opening goal...his presence alone created space for other players cos the defence was focused on him... morata dint even take the advantage...

Op...either u are lazy or u are doing big boy...y should u hv a car over there when they have a very good transportation network...if we did here , most people will not have cars... its cheaper to buy stuff over there than here... the produce in the US so things are cheaper, we import here so things are expensive... if u spend 5k to buy a car in the US, I will have to spend almost 2ice tge amount to drive that same car here cos I will pay for shipping and duty here which is very expensive...our money has lost value which is a major advantage to u ... I'm sure u decided to live in a place equivalent to festac, surulere or ajah in USA, instead of u to go look for house around places equivalent to mushin, badagry, oshodi ikorodu or ajegunle ... I'm also sure u spend on luxury goods

ThierryJay:
Lori iro, Like they collapsed against Lazio on Saturday when he wasn't there abi? If you watched the match you'd see that they had better balance and precision in the absence of Ronaldo due to the extra midfielder and single striker focal point.

What of the first leg against lazio...talk about that, he scored the only goal till he was subbed due to an injury 10mins to go and juve collapsed... why didn't juve defeat barca without him in turin... where were they they atletico came to turin with a 2.0 lead, whr were the other players against lyon last season ... whr were they against roma ...

Abdulmumin412:
Juv signing Ronaldo was a Big mistake because since his arrival no improvement for the team at all. Juve was winning copa Italia back to back, reaching UCL semi final and final, winning serie A even in February. Those players u mention is it arrival of Ronaldo that chase them away? After all u people said Ronaldo alone is equal to 11players .

And without him they wudnt hv won the last 2 scudettos... he is still dragging them this season... the same juventus he kept on destroying when he was in Madrid...the only player that has scored buffon every single time he played against him ..I mean every single freaking time ... u dont service a Mercedes engine with any other oil but mobil1...

Starzo:
a 38 year hold player(Pepe) hide ur ewu Gambia goat penaldo inside ladies purse yesterday and u still dey yarn dust here...shame nor dey catch una??

Pepe had a good game yes...but Ronaldo did his best, u should know defenders and keepers outlive strikers in football... I guess u messi fans haven't accepted the fact that messi has been a disaster in the CL for quite sometime now, I get... this will b the first time Ronaldo will fail to score in a decade while being eliminated in the CL , something we all know messi is used to

Abdulmumin412:
It is as soon as they sign Ronaldo their defense become crappy is Ronaldo defense scatter? Because the season before his arrival Jive defense did well.

A season b4, they dint even do well..that was when madrid hit them 3.0 at turn, their biggest loss at turn with Ronaldo scoring a brace , also when they lost 4.2 to Munich despite leading 2.0, that was in 2016, in 2017 they lost 4.1 in the final ... juventus used to b like atletico, u cudnt score them more than a goal...

unmask:
your analysis is very not correct...... anyways it boils down to what I always say. CR7 is a box 18 player.....which means he is dependent on others to perform..... If those don't perform he is just another Benteke. His ability to drop deep and run the show is next to zero.

This isn't the case for players like Messi, Maradona, Pele, Ronaldinho etc.....in pidgin, they run things, things don't run them. That is the hallmark of true greats

Do u think its ps4 ... u think Messi will still b running around at 36?? Maradona at 36 had retired, so as pele... watch Ibrahimovic, does he still dribble as he used to?? Most strikers fade off from 33 ... u call him benteke , but he is the second top scorer in Europe behind Lewandowski... juventus is not a high scoring team...they hvnt even scored 5 goals in a single game in many years now ...juventus will not score 4 goals in a game more than once or twice a season... take Ronaldo to a man city , bayern or city and he will hot 50 goals , even at his age... juventus have not had a creative midfield player since pirlo and pogba...they rely on Ronaldos goals , chiesas brilliance and cuadrados crosses....if sandros crosses were half as accurate as cuadrados , they will even hv better chances.... juventus has a tradition of letting in very few goals and scoring moderate goals... its always been a team that has a familiar score line 1.0 ,2.0, 0.0, 3.0 over the years but these days they concede alot but still maintain the same number they score... remove Ronaldo from that team and it will collapse totally