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The amount of hate and criticisms cristiano gets is out of this world..

We know he's a fraud, we know he only scores tappings and pk.. but we like him like that.. after all monkey nor fine but e mama like am..

I don't really know why all the pessi fanboys and media miscreants will be masturbating on anything relating to cristiano while they choose not to focus on their goat... Even on nairaland here,you will see a lot of Messi fans on cr7-related threads but you will never see them comment on any messi-related thread

joshuaidibia:
You wan use Ronaldo of Raul era compare now? Bro forget your talk, if na now Ronaldo jam Raul for Utd again,Raul go either drop the number or Utd chase am. We all know you're a Messi ass licker. Your Messi wey hide for Copa final if not for Dimaria and emiliano wey help am for final. Your same Messi retired twice and came back. Copa America has to be played three times in 5 years so he can win. Oga you're the chicken without a Republic

Nor too loud am bros

SenatePresdo:
If Messi was as Desperate as Ronaldo is for Glory, they would have changed Soccer to Messi.
But even as effortlessly as he plays his game, he's still a thousand miles ahead of CR7.

I thought Ronaldo loves Challenges? Why is he moving from one Most successful club to another? Why didn't he go to Arsenal?

Real Madrid is the most Successful Club in Spain and the world.

Juventus is the most successful club in Italy.

Man-United is the most successful club in England.

Where then Is the challenge his fans always shout about?

Messi haven't been in any most successful club, yet doing wonders.
for the Records, Barca isn't the most successful club in spain, neither is PSG the most successful Club in France, Marseille is.

It's Good to choose your Goat as a wise man.

With this, I hope I have been able to change your mind to accept the real Goat.

Normally, I would not have replied to this but..

You messi fans are the biggest hypocrites I swear..when it was reported that cristiano was moving to man city, you guys were bashing him for wanting to move to the best team in england and saying he should have gone to man utd/arsenal if he wanted a challenge..now he has gone to man utd, you quickly changed the narrative to moving to the most successful club, mind you this is a club that have not won the league since 2013.. seriously, what do you guys want from cr7 sef?? I really don't get why you messi fans will hate just one particular player like this just because he's a direct competition for Messi

Ayo2004:
Those are just sentimental talk..if a random scored striker scored mostly penalties and ended up as the top scorer without being on this list,u wouldn't complain

If u must complain,give facts!

P.S;the only reason he is top scorer is because the original goat doesn't play in the Euros

Ur original goat is not even the top scorer in copa america sef

Quaddafi29:
Ronaldo is a wonderful player and it was a goal but many times such errors do occur but Ronaldo is one that cares more for personal glory than team victory. He comes Of every match thinking of self. Removing and throwing away your arm band s like tearing your country's flag in anger and stroking of the pitch self defeatist and childish.

To slap you just dey hungry me I swear, please explain to me how wanting your team to claim all 3 points equate to chasing personal glory

Even Lionel Messi knows who the real GOAT is..

The Blaugrana legend compared his eternal rival to some of sport's biggest names and spoke of his standing in the world game

Barcelona legend Lionel Messi has likened Cristiano Ronaldo to the biggest names in world sport, insisting the Portuguese icon is someone who stands out in the world of football.

The question on who is best between Messi and Ronaldo has raged in recent times but the Argentine superstar himself admitted his respect for the Juventus attacker.

Messi revealed he sees Ronaldo alongside other sport superstars in their chosen craft - likening him to Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and LeBron James.

"There are many admirable athletes. Rafa Nadal, Federer, LeBron - in all sports there is always someone who stands out and is admirable for his work," Messi told La Sexta.

"Cristiano stands out in football. There are many who stand out and always do their best."

Despite Messi revealing his admiration for several sporting figures in world sport, the 33-year-old said that his children invoke more passion in him than anyone else.

He explained he managed to suppress "the fan inside" when he became a senior player at Camp Nou.

"When I started to be a professional, I managed to put aside my passion as a football supporter," Messi said. "Those who make me get up from the couch are my children. They are what move me the most today."

Messi has been linked with a transfer to the likes of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season after handing in a transfer request to Barcelona's hierarchy during the recent summer.

The attacker decided to stay at Camp Nou after much deliberation and hinted that he could still remain at the club next campaign.

"I'm sorry about everything. I always said it. Barcelona is my life. I've been here since I was 13 years old," Messi said.

"Well, the truth is that today I'm fine, it's true that I had a very bad time over the summer because of how the season ended."

Barcelona have struggled for consistency under Ronald Koeman, as they sit in fifth place in the La Liga standings, eight points behind Atletico but having played one extra game.

Their next league fixture comes against Eibar at home on December 29.

Source: https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/ronaldo-stands-out-in-football-barcelona-star-messi-salutes-long-/ws256j3y6nb41c2qh4won9wbz

anigbajumo:
Joker, and Ronaldo Don't play the final as well...Na European nation league u call international trophy, it seems u are high on expired drugs, that's fucking friendly match trophy...messi won that 2x in Argentina, I mean friendly match cup..

Maradona will critizise Messi because the debate of who is better between him and Messi will forever be discussed till eternity that's why he is pained.

In 2014 WC, messi scored goals and the best player on the pitch in the final and also the player that created most chances in that tournament, ur overrated Ronaldo has no single international tournament awards except the cup his teammates won for him.

Messi won 4x man of the match award in 7 games and u said he doesn't deserved the best player award, that's why I said ur overrated penaldo is shot without tap in and penalty, Messi was 2014 tournament best player..

That golden ball award was merely a consolation prize bros, Messi was supposedly the best player in that tournament, but somehow he was not among the fifa best 11 players in that tournament, which kind magic be that?

Calling the nations league a friendly competition is like calling the champions league a friendly bcuz they are pretty much the same thing..

Pele said cr7 is best player, but according to you, he only said that because he's jealous that Messi is going to break his record.. okay, Maradona said messi did not deserve the golden ball, here you are again saying diego only said that he's pained that messi is dragging the goat title with him... Who do you this kind thing bros? So anyone that does not side with your goat suddenly become envious of him abi

Anyways.. I don tire to dey follow you talk

Hit me up when Messi wins an international trophy.. goodbye!!

kmst1:
Wahala for who dey watch behind dstv when other people fit vote for best player

You no sabi pass dem na why na dstv dey help your life

I don tackle you now.. you don resort to insults..

Oga, abeg go sleep

To you, messi is the goat, while to me, cr7 is the goat.. respect my choice, same way I will respect yours.. simple

I'm done having this conversation.. #drops pen

kmst1:
Me i tell you say bench warmers sef dey win worldcup
Say your team win no mean say you win am for dem except you be their best player for the competition then you fit argue based on the impact the player had in the team ahead of the other teammates

Please when portugal won the euro 2016, who was the best player in that portugese team?? Individually, only griezmann had a better tournament than cr7 during that competition..

As for the nations league, cr7 only played two games, and he still played well.. infact only two players in league A scored more goals than cr7 during that tournament despite them playing like 4-6 more games than cr7..

You still tell messi to win a trophy na.. even if he doesn't play, no problem... Truth is as long as messi still plays for Argentina, they aint gonna win shittt... simple as abc

kmst1:
He won the trophy ko
People dey follow their team go win trophy if na by wining trophies.....

Plenty defendrs midfielders and goalkeepers not to mention strikers don win trophies worldcup included for Gods sake so can you then compare them to your cr7 because they have superior trophies?


some people on the other hand dey alomost singlehandedly win trophy for their team and cr7 is not in this category else he would have had that individual award(atleast one to show for it)

Common nations league bernado silva proved much more important than cr7 in portugal sqaud hence his individual award !

How then do you say he won it for portugal ?

SOME PEOPLE DEY WARM BENCH STILL WIN TROPHY IF NA BY TROPHY

Bernando won the best player in NL ahead of cr7 because cr7 played 2 games while bernando played the entire tournament (about 8 matches or so).. and during those 2 games, cr7 still scored 3 goals and won one MOTM..

If winning an international trophy is easy, let messi win one for his country na.. I don't care if he doesn't even play a single minute, let him just win one.. rubbish

anigbajumo:
Trash as usual, Messi is referring to WC he has WC golden ball and silver ware medal he even said that b4 2014 final, watin Ronaldo get for WC?? He commot for knockout stage...

Cr7 has two international titles in his CV.. something messi can never dream of in the next 100 years..

And this wc golden ball you keep on referring to, you and I both know that Messi did not deserve that award, even maradona(a fellow Argentine) and the fifa president criticized the decision to give messi that award.. Messi played well during the group stages against average teams like nigeria, iran.. but when the big boys showed up during the knockout stages, he went into airplane mode.. if not because he's Messi, the coach would have benched him for aguero because messi was bang average during the knockout stages.. how he won the award ahead of muller who had more goals and assists than him is something I can never understand, but then messi won the 2010 ballon dor ahead of sneijder so am not too surprised.. and you know what the funniest thing was?? MESSI WAS NOT AMONG FIFA BEST 11 ALL STAR TEAM DURING THAT WC.. imagine a player not being part of the best 11 in a tournament when he was supposedly the best player

kmst1:
Did you read well to comprehend at all
Im talking about goals

Except two players played same number of games goalspergame ratio isnt a fair criteria to arrive at conclusive judgment

mr goal per game ratio salah scored most epl goals in a single season in that same epl
Suarez on level with cr7 your goal machine
These are very average level players compared to the class of a player like leo

And you claim messi can't score gaols in epl or wont be able to maintain goalpergame ratio?
Where are the English teams in europe
If not for Liverpool doing well of recent
Spanish teams have always dominated in europe against same epl top teams so tell me how and why you guys rate your beloved epl so much abi na media?

Very Daft reasoning only because you cant see beyond your hate for messi huhn?
Somehw you guys think some one with most champions league goals against epl teams( top 4ofcourse) in europe wont fair well in same league?

How many season's did cr7 play in england ? Fucking 6 ! He has 28goals against top 6 after a whooping 78 matches
How many times messi played against top6 epl teams? 34 games
He has 26goals, 2 less than cr7 that played in the league but no he(messi) can't score your wesbrom or nwcastl abi becos your beloved epl hard abi ?
Well if its hard for a player like ronaldo and the rest i dont think it will be hard for player like leo

Use your sense na haba abi you no get?

First of all my guy, no need for insults or harsh words

Secondly, learn to read well before jumping onto my mentions

I said the only reason why messi has a better goal to game ratio than cr7 is because cr7 played in epl, if you compare both of them on neutral ground(la liga,country nd ucl) their game to goal ratio is pretty much the same...

Cr7's goal to game ratio for man utd was 0.4 (that is less than a goal every two games), but for madrid, he averaged more than one goal per game... Even salah's goal to game ratio for Liverpool is about 0.4

If Messi came to man city today, there's no way he can score like 55 goals in 55 games, things like this don't happen in england... Which means Messi's goal to game ratio is gonna drop significantly..

As for destroying epl teams in ucl, the likes of falcao, shevchenko, etc destroyed english teams when they met in europe, but flopped badly when they came to england

kmst1:
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Last time i checked cr7 has never won a best player of any tournament award in a portugal shirt so consider him lucky
Euro2016 his team won it for him abi na him score ? If his teammate didn't score now na history abi no be so?
Uefa nations league na him fellow playrr get best player award when he was still in the team so as far as am concerned he has never proved he won anything for Portugal
the reverse is the case

Even if messi likes, let him win 1million best player awards for international tournaments, all those are irrelevant if he cant lead his country to victory.. even messi said he would trade all his ballon dor for a trophy with Argentina..

Whether cr7 won an award is none of my business, all that matters is that he won the trophy and has a medal to show for it..

anigbajumo:
Shiit, the likes of Morinho, Wenger and pep are thouse who knows the true definition of football said it times without number that Messi doesn't need to win a plastic cup for Agentina before he can be regarded as the greatest of all time, who the Bleep are u from Nigeria village to says otherwise.

Messi has international tournament awards than Ronaldo including WC golden ball, 3x Copa America best player, tell me waiting Ronaldo won, no international tournament awards except Euro his teammates won for him

U-20 WC best player award
U-20 gold winner, won the tournament
Olympic gold winner
WC runner up, I guess he won all these in Nigeria shirt abi, go to FIFA website and see who has the ultimate award of football, if u see Messi bury ur head in shame

Oga, even if Messi likes, let him win 10 golden balls and 50 ballon dor.. his legacy can never be complete without an international trophy..
Even messi said he would trade all his ballon dor awards for a trophy with Argentina, but yet somehow you think an international trophy is not important..

If I asked you to list the 15 best players of all time, I am sure 14 of them would have won a trophy with their country, while the odd one out will be Messi..

Tell Messi wins something for Argentina, he will always be considered a great in camp nou, but not a great in world football

anigbajumo:
Shiit, the ultimate parameter to knw the best player is award from FIFA, Messi has 6 Ronaldo has 5 until he breaks that record not even equal messi, until he win 2 FIFA best player which am sure it will never happen that's when any right thinking human will say he is better than Messi, go to FIFA website and stop dwelling ignorance...Messi remains the greatest football player ever, only Pele come close ..

I was simply waiting for you to bring up the fifa best player talk..

How many fifa best/ballon dor does Maradona have?

How can you call someone a great player when they are yet to taste success with their national team??

Till the Argentine delivers for his country, he can never be called a great..

Hollat me when the Argentine tastes international glory, till then, you don't deserve a response from me

anigbajumo:
don't u read last decade abi this one smoke weed?? Check the year of the vedio nah,I can't just stop laughing

Oga, simply type pele says messi is better than ronaldo, and tell me what comes up on your Google search

Have a nice day biko.. I am tired of your beer parlour talks

kmst1:
Well done goal.com
One has 6best player award
The other has 5
Right now one is better than the other no need for anymore arguments
The argument should only come up again when its level!

So now that's your trump card huh?
Well, one has tasted success with his country while the other hasn't..
Hollat me when the Argentine delivers for his country

kmst1:
Wait oo is it thesame epl salah was banging goals for fun at Liverpool ( even broke cr7 record )
Epl is overhypd seriously

Salah's goal to game ratio for liverpool is less than one goal every 2 games.. so what's your point exactly??

If messi came to England today, although he MIGHT score a couple of goals, there's no way he's gonna be averaging a goal in every game like he's doing in spain.... which means his goal to game ratio is gonna drop.. hope you understand now

Only a fool would call the epl overhyped

anigbajumo:
Scroll up and see where Pele choose Messi ahead of Ronaldo, just scroll up and see the vedio I posted on this same thread.... Hahahahaha, wat the Bleep about EPL...Ronaldo is on the same league with Lewandoski coz both of them are just goal scorer, it's the media that's doing Ronaldo favor by comparing him to Messi he is far below Messi in the game of soccer...

Stop living in the past bro.. the video you're referring to was made at around the time when cr7 had just one ballon dor while messi had like four.. around last year, pele placed cr7 ahead of messi.. why is this so hard for you to understand??

Anyways I am done arguing with you... It seems you know little about football unlike what I initially thought

anigbajumo:
You are analysing trash, Messi created 7 good chances against juve and he had more assists and chances created more that KDB, di Maria, Bruno all of them together in their entire career, Ronaldo play nothing against Barca has 48 touched with Messi almost 130 touches and best player on the field after Buffon...

Nothing changes the fact that Ronaldo is just a common goal scorer while Messi is a playmaker that's why he av won more than double of MOTM despite played less game than Ronaldo...He plays deep and still has more goal ratio per match than Ronaldo that's why Messi is the greatest player ever.He shoot shot at Buffon wat does Ronaldo do, absolutely nothing except wen it's time to play penalty.

You can never see a football analyst or a coach compared Ronaldo to Pele or Maradona except Messi, if yes let me see the link... Thanks to media that encourage Messi Ronaldo comparison, he is nowhere close to him despite spending all his time in the field inside the box.

Ronaldo
Muller not Thomas Muller
Lewandoski
Ibrahimovic
Suarez
Keane

But Messi Maradona and Pele are in different league entirely.

Messi created 7 good chances against juve?? Who did he create these chances for abeg?? You??

Messi has created more chances than kdb, di maria and fernandes combined?? A simple google search would save you from all these embarrassment.. assist-wise, messi reigns supreme, but not in chances created

Lemme pretend that you did not actually mention the likes of lewa in the same breath as cr7..

The pele you keep on shouting about actually said cr7 is the best in the world ahead of messi, but somehow you think you know better than him

Yes, messi has a better goal-game ratio,but thats mainly because one played in the epl and the other didn't.. let messi come to epl, let me see if he would be able to maintain that ratio.. if you wanna be fair, compare then on common grounds, la liga, ucl and international scene

There used to be a time when pele, diego nd messi were considered as the best 3 ever, but that was years ago when messi was winning about 4 ballon dors in a row..not anymore.... so stop living in the past bro

anigbajumo:
He get assist coz he is a winger and Messi is a playmaker, check the number of chances Messi has created in his career and number of man of the match he has despite Ronaldo played over 50 matches than him, he is just a goal scorer like Kane verdy Henry Lewandoski and Messi is more of that, take away those penalty from him against Barca is was practically useless that's why it's obvious Messi is better than him even Pele and Maradona, Messi is the greatest.

Messj is just two goals away to break a single club goal record meanwhile Messi is a playmaker playing from behind not a striker , if u don't know just Google search, Pele will be in severe pain.

Oga, go and sit down if you have nothing to say

Apart from shooting straight balls at Buffon, tell me what your playmaker did against juve, how many chances did he create?

The way you guys hype Messi's playmaking abilities while downplaying cr7's own abilities annoy me, if cr7 was not creating chances, tell he how he got over 200 assists to his name, and you even said he has that amount of assists because he's a winger(lemme ignore the fact that he basically plays as a striker these days), I want you to also tell me how many other wingers can boost of having that same number.. and please also tell me why lewa, vardy cant also boost of having that same number of assist since they are just like cr7(just a goalscorer)

If the number of chances created by a player was a prerequisite for being the best player, then it would interest you to know that the likes of ozil, di maria, payet, de bryune, etc usually dwarfs messi in this aspect despite messi having more assists than them..

Messi stays deep to influence play the way he pleases, the same way cr7 stays at the top to do his thing.. so I dont see why you should be overhyping the work done by Messi, while underestimating cr7's.. Must everybody start influencing play from deep just to be considered as the best player??

Penalties are part of the game, so there's nothing like lets take penalties away from cr7's game when about 90% of messi's goals this season have been from the penalty spot.

anigbajumo:
Hahahahaha, those guys will will continue to praise Messi today and Ronaldo tomorrow because they all know Messi is above all of them, he will soon smash his record and u want him to be happy with that??

Messi remains the greatest football player ever Ronaldo is not close except Pele and Maradona that's why it's only Messi that always compared to them not Ronaldo, dude is jus a goal scorer nothing exceptional.

Cr7 is just a goal scorer, yet only messi has more assists than him in world football

And its actually cr7 that is threatening to break pele's record, not Messi..

By this time next year, cr7 is gonna be the holder of 90% of the relevant records in world football

Anyways sha, cristiano remains the best ever.. simple

Have a nice day!.. One love

anigbajumo:
He said he prefer Messi in his team and he is the best player in the last 10years, watch the vedio by urself...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q4asy_gqIM

Oga, simply type pele says ronaldo is the best player on your google search bar and see what pops up.. I nor fit shout

This clip you're referring to is an old one, made a couple of years after messi won four ballon dor in a row.. about last year or so, pele said ronaldo was the best in the world although he(pele) was the goat

anigbajumo:
You are a liar, I av the vedio where Pele said Messi is more of team player than Messi and he prefer Messi anytime Anyday.

Lol.. I am talking about pele saying cr7 is the best player and you're here talking about messi being more of a team player

How does being a team player translate to being the best player biko

Pls, provide a link to this video you're referring to, I want to see for myself

Google is your friend bro, just type 'pele says ronaldo is the best player' and you will see what comes up

Have a nice day.. One love

kmst1:
Thank you for being honest

Same way messi played a pivotal part for Argentina but was unlucky his team mates didn't score him aswell didn't score
Same way ronaldo too hasn't scored for Portugal in a final before

The team won it for ronaldo he is only lucky
Him being on the sideline didn't put away the ball into the opponents net
Its not that he won it for them

As for maradona you can't compare
His impact as a whole was overwhelming so much that even though he didn't score in the finals you can't argue he didn't win it for them

So saying portugal won because of ronaldo is not true
He didn't play in the finals he would have won the best player if he was so instrumental to portugal as you guys paint it

Maradona won it(best player)
Messi won it without the actual trophy

They were overwhelmingly instrumental to the success of their teams

Oga, the importance of cr7 to this portugese team can never be underestimated..

Everyone of us knows that messi did not deserve that golden ball award at the 2014 wc.. even maradona(a fellow argentine) and the fifa president then said the same thing.. like I keep on saying that award was only a consolation prize.. messi only played well during the group stages against average teams like nigeria, iran.. during the knock out stages, he was bang average.. and if not because he's messi, he would have probably been relegated to the bench.. how he won the award over muller is something I can never understand, but then in 2010 he won the ballon dor ahead of sneijder, so am not too surprised

Yes, cr7 did not play in the finals but anytime his team needed someone to bail them out, he was always there eg against hungary and wales.. this is something you hardly associate with Messi, when his team is playing well, he usually plays like an extraterrestrial but when things are going bad.. airplane mode activated

Lastly bros, Portugal before cr7 were trash, no trophies and they even had difficulties qualifying for competitions.. but with cr7, we all know the story.. Argentina before messi, 2 world cup trophies, a couple of copa americas... but with messi, cobwebs and spiders on their trophy cabinet... And yet you're here saying that cr7 did not win the trophy for Portugal.. weldone oo, you try

I don't really have time for this kind of argument sha, so have a nice day!.. One love

anigbajumo:
Las time Ronaldo show skill on the pitch may be 10-15 yrs ago, baba just dey do tap in and take penalty....When talking about GOAT, no Lengend of soccer or reputable journalist will name Ronaldo except Maradona, Pele and Messi only a dumb village analyst like u will include penaldo who is just a goal scorer in GOAT list.

Mind you the pele you mentioned actually said cr7 was better than Messi

Before I start giving you a comprehensive lecture on football, do you even know the meaning of skills and dribbling? And please mention a single skill that is attributed to Messi..

Cr7 is just a goal scorer so you say, but only messi has more assists than him in world football..

anigbajumo:
The last time Ronaldo display skills on football pitch apart from tap in and penalty Louis van gal was still man utd coach

Dribbling is different from skills bro.. cr7 still remains one of the most skillful players in world football today even if he doesn't dribble much nowadays..

Messi might be one of the best dribblers in world football, but even me can boast of being more skillful than him

kmst1:
And Who was the best player of the tournament?
Griezman why?
He was the most significant player for his own team during the tournament
Portugal won but non of their players won it because team effort won it for them not brilliance of ronaldo

Like i said some players like maradona have done it for their teams single handedly
Same cant be said for ronaldo so no too much hype cos he is just same as any other player in team

Last i checked portugal won that final with ronaldo on the sideline

The same maradona you're praising scored two goals during the semi finals of the 1986 WC,but did not score during the final match.. same way cr7 scored 2 goals during the 2016 european championship semi finals,and 3 goals during the nations league semi finals.. but failed to score in any of the finals.. but somehow it is okay for you to say that cr7's teammates won the cup for him while maradona won the cup by himself

Yes, cr7 was injured during the finals, but the way he was parading that sideline like a coach,while encouraging and rallying his troops despite the pain he must have been feeling cuz of that injury can never be understimated..its just like warfare, if pres. Buhari was to go to the camp of those fighting boko haram today, their morale will simply sour to the roof even if Buhari does not fire a single bullet.. infact, I am very sure if it was Messi that was injured that night, he would have simply sat on his seat throughout or gone to the dressing room or even leave the stadium sef..

kmst1:
Portugal has certain worldclass players

I'm not going to argue about juve
Let him go and play for verona or parma and win the seria A
I go cut cap for him

Please mention the world class players.. and also tell me the reason why Messi has not been able to win a trophy with Argentina despite being surrounded by world class players