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Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 3:38pm On Jul 16, 2020

tfash96:
Tell us what exactly to forget about that.. He has at least 4-5 individual international awards something your Ronaldo can't write anything about.. He's the highest goal scorer for Argentina and the highest assist provider.. So tell me what we should forget o

Ronaldo is also the highest goal scorer for his country as well as the player with the most assist..

Ronaldo has two international trophies while messi has none despite playing with better players and in a less difficult competition

Messi's individual awards (best player at copa 15 and WC 14) are mere consolation prizes... The kind of favoritism messi enjoys from sport organisers is unparalleled

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 3:32pm On Jul 16, 2020

tfash96:
How many goals did Modric and Canavaro have when they won ballon d'or

Modric's performance was consistent throughout the 2018 WC unlike messi who was a passenger during the knockout stages of the 2014 WC

Cannavaro won the balon d'or that year because he won the WC and his club performance that year was impeccable, plus zidane's headbutt that year counted against him

Besides cannavaro is a defender while modric is a midfielder, and you cant judge these players based on goals scored unless messi who is a forward

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 3:24pm On Jul 16, 2020

tfash96:
Y didn't he single-handedly destroy Napoli in final n the 2 he's lost b4.. Abeg go sit down on top pit

Take a chill pill bro and rest..

just because ronaldo can destroy teams does not mean he is immune to losing matches.. mind you even Messi was unable to inspire his team to victory against the same Napoli side earlier this season

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 1:35pm On Jul 16, 2020

Techiekingee:
Oga, ur post just reeks of Jealousy...how can u claim that Messi needs Xavi, Iniesta and Neymar to perform....First offs, a single player can't play a football match.... every player needs a team mate...

What makes a great player is d ability to stand out in the midst of good players....
I can't blame Messi if he hasn't won a UCL since they left...winning the trophy requires a balanced team...Everyone knew Barcelona was seriously lacking and not playing well last year but still, Messi's master class took them to the semifinals and he won the balon d'Or.... That's wat makes a great player.. ....And if u tell me that Ronaldo won the UCLs for Madrid singlehandedly, then u're a joker....

My point is Messi has proven that he is a great player with or without Messi and Iniesta.... He's won 2 golden boots without them and a balon d'Or without them....can u say the same for Ronaldo since he left Madrid??

Pls, learn to observe before jumping into my mention

the initial poster said messi can destroy teams and win matches without the help of his team mates, so I wanna know why he hasnt been doing that to win the UCL in recent seasons

there's no way madrid would have won those 4 UCL if not because of cr7 would singlehandedly destroyed the likes of bayern, juve, wolfsburg, athletico, psg during the knockout stages..

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 1:23pm On Jul 16, 2020

Bomboiy:
LMAO bro are you kidding me? you seriously want to discredit him after winning four golden boots,not one not two but four.

Ok when will Ronaldo get his own consolation prize? the fact that he has never won any individual honor with Portugal shows that he has not done anything spectacular with Portugal,he is just a carry-along player.

Carry along player that has more goals and assists for his country than all the members of the current portugese teams combined...
Bros, calm down..

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 1:20pm On Jul 16, 2020

Techiekingee:
Mr Pundit,
Explain to me how Modric won the golden ball over Griezmann who had more goals in the knockouts of 2018 world cup ??.....u think ts always about goals abi....Ronaldo fans ehn...I weak.....or will u tell me now that Modric didnt deserve to b the player of the tournament...... it's ur type that say that they robbed Ronaldo of the balon d'Or by giving it to Modric....

"copa 2015? that was a mere consolation prize.. Messi is the star player of copa america, they will always do anything to make him happy, and him winning the prize simply despite missing a penalty and not winning the competition goes a long way to validate my point.."

So, Ronaldo isnt a star player in Euro abi.... he's a Lingard there??...
Why didn't they console him by giving him player of the tournament wen Portugal won Euro??....u think u can just come and reap wer u didn't sow...

Player of the tournament awards are giving to the stand out players of the tournament, not just top scorers.....if not Kane wud av won the 2018 WC golden ball

Modric's performance was consistent throughout the 2018 WC unlike messi, bros sentiments aside, Messi was a passenger during the knockout stages of the 2014 WC... everyone knew messi did not deserve that award, even maradona criticized the decision afterwards.. that award was a mere consolation, same as in 2015..

Ronaldo won the euros, so there was no reason to give him a consolation prize

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 12:19pm On Jul 16, 2020

Bomboiy:
Ok what about the copa American 2015,Olympic golden Ball and under 17 golden? was he also gifted?

I wasn't comparing Giroud to Ronaldo,I was only stating that a player can still win a football tournament without any contribution and another player might not be lucky to win that Same tournament after performing well. Calling Messi an international flop after he has won four golden balls is ridiculous.

U17 and Olympics?? seriously bro?? are you joking??

copa 2015? that was a mere consolation prize.. Messi is the star player of copa america, they will always do anything to make him happy, and him winning the prize simply despite missing a penalty and not winning the competition goes a long way to validate my point..

And bros, pls explain to me how Messi who did not score a single goal in the knockout stages of the 2014 WC won the best player over Muller who won the tournament, and scored more goals than Messi

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 11:53am On Jul 16, 2020

Bomboiy:
Oliver Giroud has won the world cup,does that make him better than Ronaldo?

I never said Muller was better than Messi.. but rather I said Muller(who won the 2014 WC trophy and scored more goals than messi in that comp) should have won the best player ahead of messi..

Giroud might have won the WC in 2018 but everyone knows that cr7 was a better player in that tournament

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 11:44am On Jul 16, 2020

Bomboiy:
Oga Luis Suarez has over 200 assists,I don't know where you get your stats from. Take a screenshot of Ronaldo's total assists from Wikipedia.

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 11:40am On Jul 16, 2020

Bomboiy:
Messi has been the player of the tournament on four occasions with his national team. How many individual honors does Ronaldo have with Portugal?

Oga, show me international trophy, stop telling me player of the tournament..

Infact for Messi to have won a single POTT goes a long way to show the favoritism he enjoys from sport organisers.. I mean tell me how Messi who did not score a single goal in the K/o stages of 2014 wc won the best player over muller who won the WC and had more goals than messi

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 11:32am On Jul 16, 2020

LukasPodolski:
This stats hasn't been updated since the restart of leagues act Europe.

So far Messi has scored 3 goals after the restart (that makes the total 700 career goals) ..... Add whatever the penalties your penaldo has scored after the lockdown to the stats.

Can you guys see the difference, the difference In the apps is 140+ while the goal difference is just 25+ and someone still thinks Messi didn't close the gap,,, hahahaha.

To the UCL goals, if Messi reached the number of app Ronaldo has and Messi didn't overtake him then we can talk.

https://messivsronaldo.net/all-time-stats/

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Messi will overtake ronaldo in the UCL?? very funny..
It will interest you to know that cr7 was once TRAILING messi in the goal scoring charts and if not because cr7 has not been scoring much lately, the difference would be about 40goals by now

See bros, you can compare cr7 and messi in other aspect, but when it comes to UCL and international scene, forget am

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 11:17am On Jul 16, 2020

chrissy3:
I'm a man utd fan and I've been saying messi is better for ages. Football is a game of rivalry but It doesn't mean you should not say the truth when you see it. If I keep supply away from ronaldo, he becomes ordinary but if I keep supply away from messi, he would go get the ball, break through defense and either score or assist. This is the biggest threat messi has that ronaldo doesn't have and that's why messi just edges him out . We have to give ronaldo total respect and it's ok for people to have their preferences . But for me , the ability to single handedly destroy defenses without any help from team mates makes messi edge ronaldo out slightly. It's really close btw them

If Messi can single handedly destroy defences and win games without his team mate, tell me why he hasn't been able to do the same with Argentina and win a single trophy... tell me why he did not destroy l'pool defence last season and juve defence the season before that..

Messi needs xavi, iniesta, and neymar to perform.. and that explains the reason why he doesn't have an international trophy and also the reason why he hasn't been able to win the UCL since those guys left

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Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 11:06am On Jul 16, 2020

Bomboiy:
Like I said, I wasn't expecting better.

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Fake stats.. ronaldo has 262 assists while messi has 326... you can check it on Wikipedia...

I doubt if Suarez and ibra even has up to 200 assist sef

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 9:13am On Jul 16, 2020

Bomboiy:
Lol check your stats well, Luis Suarez has more assists than Ronaldo.

bros, you deserve hot slap for this kind yeye statement..

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 7:51am On Jul 16, 2020

Techiekingee:
"Messi has always been a phenomenal player I'll admit, but he will never be as good as Ronaldo"

Listen to urself, Messi will never be as good as Ronaldo....I laugh...
Is it the Ronaldo that his teammates in Man U told him that Messi is better than him and all he could say was at least i have a better hair than him...

"The reason being that Ronaldo is taller and more physical, a luxury that Messi will never be able to afford, no matter how much he trains (Ronaldo trains longer than him btw).

...Isn't it a Shame for Ronaldo??...he is taller and more physical, yet one small guy still overshadows him and has as much goals as he.....u think it's about height...
Ronaldo is much physical and yet he dives and falls at every slightest touch....
Do I need to explain to u how much Messi's physicality is underrated.....Man literally runs the entire field with defenders kicking him and he still manages to stay up...
FYI, if Ronaldo recieved half the tackles Messi receives, he'd av retired....take it or leave it

And good creators don't always equal good assisters....they are different.... Ronaldo isn't half the creator or playmaker KDB, Iniesta or Eriksen are yet he has more assists than three of them combined....so, the fact that Ronaldo has those assists doesn't make him a creator or playmaker...He can't swap roles with Pjanic..unless u Want doom for Juve....
My point is Forwards tend to have the most assists

Forwards tend to have the most assist?? pls tell me how many assist does the likes of ibra, raul, cavani, lewa, kane, de lima, pele have....

How can ronaldo who is very stingy(according to pessi fans) have over 200 assists?? as in imagine how many he would have if he wasnt stingy..

The Op even said MOST of cr7 assists were accidental.. like in 200 different occasions, cr7 played a shot that was destined for the top corner only for his team mate to stick out a leg and score the goal himself abi... lwkm

And bro, being a good creator equals creating a high number of goal scoring chances for ur team mates.. and only messi can top cr7 in this aspect

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 7:31am On Jul 16, 2020

Techiekingee:
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Oga, stop giving us false stats....
Messi 70 goals in 138 caps
Ron, 99 goals in 164 caps
I don't want to go into details on how easier it is to score more goals in Euro than in Conmebol due to the more amount of teams in Euro(low Fifa Rankin teams).....

"If you truly want to be fair, compare them under situations that are common to both e. g"

"Compare their goals per game ratio in spain
Ronaldo has 311 goals in 292 apps in la liga while Messi has 441 in 489 apps.."

U see urself??..See how u are contradicting Urself...u are comparing Ronaldo's 9yrs in madrid right from 2009 to Messi's 15yrs in barca starting from 2005...how is this fair??..
Y not compare both of them right from when Ronaldo came to laliga till when he left....2009-2018...
Let me help u
2009-2018 in Laliga, Ronaldo 311 goals in 292 apps
................................., Messi. 329 goals in 309 apps....

Now do the maths and see who had the better ratio...

U added Messi's early career when he was still finding his foot and are using it to compare Ronaldo's peak 2009-2018....na wa o...

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Yeah, some of my stats were incorrect... but even with that ronaldo's 99 goals in 164 apps( ratio 1.7) is still better compared to messi's 70goals in 138 apps( ratio 1.9)... while their ratio in la liga is the same....

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 12:25am On Jul 16, 2020

Bomboiy:
The fact that you expect Messi to close up the gap despite playing less than 150 games means you agree with the rest of us that Messi is more prolific than Ronaldo.

cr7 came to la liga 5years after Messi started playing there, about 2years after he left, Messi was still trying to break cr7 record for the most number of hat tricks scored in la liga.. and yet you say Messi is more prolific.. Wow

Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 12:14am On Jul 16, 2020

LukasPodolski:
also take the number of games played into consideration.

Ronaldo had more than 140 apps than Messi and the goal difference between them I just 27-28 goals.

Player A scored 10 goals in 15 matches.

Player B scored 11 goals in 19 matches.

who is a better scorer ?

The only reason why Messi has a better goals per game ratio is because cr7 played in england, compare their ratio in spain, lets see if messi comes close

Infact ehnn, tell Messi to come to england, lets see if he can score 50 goals in 50 apps

If you truly want to be fair, compare them under situations that are common to both e. g

Compare their goals per game ratio for their countries
Messi has 70 goals in 164apps while ronaldo has 109goals in 168apps

Compare their goals per game ratio in spain
Ronaldo has 311 goals in 292 apps in la liga while Messi has 441 in 489 apps..

Like I said earlier, Messi only has a better goals per game ratio because cr7 played in epl, I dont think there's any player in epl to have scored more goals than amount of games played due to the difficult and demanding nature of the league.. besides cr7 only started scoring goals for fun at around the time he won his first ballon d'or which was about 6 yrs after his debut..

Sports › Shanghai Shenhua Sign Obafemi Martins To Replace Odion Ighalo by OfficialJayy(op): 3:34pm On Jul 15, 2020

The 35-year-old striker rejoins the Chinese Super League outfit on a free transfer in the wake of his compatriot’s loan deal extension at Old Trafford
Shanghai Shenhua have completed the signing of former Inter Milan and Nigeria forward Obafemi Martins, who returns for a second stint after playing for the Chinese Super League side between 2016 and 2018, Goal understands.
The 35-year-old forward rejoins the team as a replacement for compatriot Odion Ighalo, whose loan deal at Manchester United has been extended until 2021.

On Wednesday, Ighalo shared a video of himself on Instagram, wearing Shenhua kit with the rest of the squad, ahd a source close to the player has confirmed to Goal that he has been re-signed in a playing capacity.

Having left Seattle Sounders in 2015, Martins scored 32 goals in 59 games across all competitions for the Chinese heavyweights, while playing a key role in the Hongkou Football Stadium giants’ Chinese FA Cup success in 2017.
However, he left the Shanghai-based team in 2018 after suffering a hamstring injury, and has been without a club ever since.

Ighalo was loaned to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Red Devils on a temporary loan deal on the final day of the January transfer window as a replacement for injured Marcus Rashford.
Having impressed in his eight appearances before lockdown and the subsequent postponement of football - scoring four goals in three starts - the club extended his loan until January 2021.
Martins’ return will strengthen Choi Kang-hee men’s attack ahead of the resumption of the Chinese Super League.
The former Super Eagles striker recently told
Goal that retirement was not on his agenda despite being without a club since leaving Shanghai in 2018.
“After my career-threatening injury in China , many people advised me to quit, but I told myself I still have a lot to offer the beautiful game,” he told Goal . “Football is my life; I eat, drink and sleep football so I don’t see any reason to call time on something that makes me happy.
“I’m 34, but I feel like a teenager, and with this sensation, I can still play for any big team across the world. I’m thankful for what I have achieved in football but I thirst for more.
“That desire is still there, the desire to score more goals and win more titles. For my next move, I have got offers from the United States, China and Saudi Arabia but I will only move when I see the right bargain.”
After featuring for Reggiana and Inter Milan in Italy, Martins joined Newcastle United in 2006 and helped them win the Intertoto Cup in the same season.

He also represented Wolfsburg , Rubin Kazan, Birmingham City and Levante before moving to Seattle Sounders in 2016.
In international football, Martins scored on his Nigeria debut in May 2004, against the Republic of Ireland, and ended his Super Eagles career with 18 goals from 42 appearances.

source:https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/shanghai-shenhua-sign-martins-as-ighalo-replacement/5bbdpr9gl10s1n8zblubbd195

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Sports › Re: Why Does Almost Every Football Pundit Pick Messi Ahead Of Ronaldo? by OfficialJayy: 3:28pm On Jul 15, 2020

Coach of the year,, I hail thee... if it was so easy to stop ronaldo by cutting off supplies, tell me why the likes of conte, guardiola, simone havent adopted this tactics in recent times... Like you rightly said ronaldo's off the ball movement is quite good that if defenders attempt to cut off his supplies by preventing his team mates from giving him the ball in position X, he will simply move to position Y to receive that ball...

and mind you even with messi, if you can stop s. busquets and jordi alba from influencing the game, then the threat posed by messi is reduced significantly cuz he would have to drop deeper in other to influence play himself, and messi doesnt really run from the half way line to scores goals these days... this is a common tactic that have been used by liverpool, napoli, etc in recent seasons

Ronaldo is not much of a creater, yet he has over 200 career assist.. messi is more dangerous to face, yet cr7 never misses an opportunity to score a hat trick against your team... like I said, coach of the year, I hail thee

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Sports › Re: Reason Why Delimma Ronaldo Is Better Than Cristiano Ronaldo by OfficialJayy: 9:00am On Jun 02, 2020

How many career goals does Delimma Ronaldo have? have many assists?

Since they both played for real Madrid, compare their goals-to-game ratio

How many UCL trophies does delimma have?

Yes, Delimma has won the world cup but he played for brazil, alongside the likes of ronaldinho, kaka, etc.. give Cr7 those kind of players and he would give you three world cups

The only thing Delimma has over cr7 is the world cup trophy, if thats the reason why you believe he's better than cr7, then I think its okay to say Giroud is better than Messi since the former also has a world cup trophy

Being the best is not really about having 2 or 3 good seasons.. its about being consistent for about ten seasons and unless Ronaldo comes out of retirement and win about three more ballon d'ors, score 50+ goals for about 5 consecutive season, then this comparison is invalid.

And op, before you decide to post rubbish next time, make sure you get your facts right because delimma ronaldo DID NOT win the champions league

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:44am On Jun 02, 2020

10. Saving Juventus against Atletico Madrid

Perhaps the single greatest performance of Ronaldo's career came in a Juventus shirt when he fired I Bianconeri to a dramatic 3-0 win over
Atlético Madrid in March 2019.

Juve were dead and buried after losing the first leg 2-0, but Ronaldo didn't care. He netted two headers and a penalty, but it wasn't just about the goals. It was about the sheer dominance of his performance against one of Europe's most resolute defences.

When Juventus called, he answered emphatically, reaffirming his status as one of the finest performers in Champions League history.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:42am On Jun 02, 2020

9. His greatest goal ever?

Keeping in mind what happened in the previous year's Champions League final, Juventus knew this would be an uncomfortable evening before it had even started. It was a Champions League quarter-final game, it was summer of 2018 and Juventus were up against Real Madrid. A tightly packed Allianz Stadium in Turin witnessed yet another Ronaldo masterclass and it propelled Real Madrid to a comfortable 3-0 victory.

While his first goal didn't need any reality check to confirm that he is human, his second one was out of this world. The Portuguese international came up with one of the most exquisite bicycle kick goals ever seen. Making a customary run into the box behind the defence he latched on to a Daniel Carvajal Ramos cross that became an assist. He somehow controls his body in the air to connect his right foot with the ball and smashed it into the top corner. The only thing legendary keeper Gianluigi Buffon could do was to join the crowd to appreciate the beauty of the strike. Such a worldie it was. His teammates were stunned, so were his opponents. The ones in the stadium couldn't believe it either. Neither could the millions glued to the television screens. It's true we have witnessed countless iconic moments in the past decade, yet it will be hard to find anything better than this.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:40am On Jun 02, 2020

8. First international trophy with Portugal

By looking at the way Portugal arrived at the tournament, this was not exactly the culmination that had been foreseen. Yet they put behind the ignominy of early exits in a major tournament by coming out with flying colours in Euro 2016. The best ever player to don the deep red colours of Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo made sure that he contributed enough to drag his team over the line.

He may not have had the best of starts, but stepped up his game as the tournament progressed. He netted twice in the 3-3 draw against Hungary, assisted a late winner deep into extra time in the last-16 win against Croatia. He also scored in the penalty shootout victory against Poland in the quarter-final, and his towering header, ensured that Portugal got past Wales in the semi-finals. However, the man of the big occasions had his final cut short by an awful injury. Yet, it didn't stop him from influencing the game from the sidelines. In extraordinary scenes in extra-time, Ronaldo functioned as an auxiliary manager, proving that he isn't afraid to take on any role, no matter how big. Not only was he organising and motivating them, he even gave tactical instructions, just like any manager would do. And in the end, all the honours was theirs for the taking.

Ronaldo may have experienced a wide range of emotions throughout his illustrious career and in Paris, he experienced all of it that one night. It will forever remain as one of the most iconic moments of Ronaldo's career.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:38am On Jun 02, 2020

7. Becoming the first player to reach 100 UCL goals

In 2017, the Portugal international became the first player to score 100 career goals in the UCl with a hat trick against Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich.

Till date, he holds the record of being the player with the most goals(128) and assists(40) in UEFA premier competition.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:34am On Jun 02, 2020

6.Five goals and one assist masterpiece

There have been plenty of examples of Ronaldo being far too good for his opponents, but one of the best examples came against Espanyol in January 2016.

Ronaldo bagged a hat-trick in a 6-0 win for Real Madrid, but it was his second which was so special. He chopped the ball past one defender, then skipped between two more and fired the ball home, and he did it all with terrifying ease.
It looked like he didn't even care that their were players in his way. Ronaldo breezed through everyone in his path and scored one of the finest individual goals of his career.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:31am On Jun 02, 2020

5. Becoming Real Madrid all time highest goal scorer

Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player who has more goals than games played for a club. His goal scoring abilities are known to the entire world. The fact that his goals-to-game ratio is more than one for Real Madrid - having scored 426 goals in 421 appearances for the Los Blancos - reflects his attacking intent.

On 17 October in 2015, when Ronaldo scored the second goal in a 3-0 victory over Levante, he surpassed Raul's tally of 323 goals and became Real Madrid's all-time top scorer. Ronaldo played 300 fewer games than Raul to achieve this feat.
The feeling of being a club's all-time top scorer will remain with him for a while until someone comes and breaks his record, but for the time being it is Ronaldo who is here to stay.

There are many moments that miss the list, but what we can hope for is that Ronaldo creates more moments like these before he hangs up his boots.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:28am On Jun 02, 2020

4. Tearing Ibrahimovic's Sweden apart

It's not just at club level that Ronaldo has shone. He's had more than his fair share of outstanding showings at international level, and one of his finest performances came against Sweden in November 2013.

Billed as a heavyweight clash between Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimović, it was the Portugal man who came out on top thanks to his outstanding hat-trick. All three of his second-half goals were brilliant, and he could have easily had four or five.
It's common for defenders to fail to cope with Ronaldo, but rarely does he dominate like he did in this one. Both he and Zlatan were on different planets, but Ronaldo was in a galaxy of his own.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:26am On Jun 02, 2020

3. 40 yard screamer against Porto

In April 2009, Manchester United travelled to Porto for the second leg of a Champions League quarter-final, and they were behind on away goals. They needed a moment of magic, so they turned to Ronaldo.

The winger picked the ball up from about a million yards out, took less than a second to think about it and just leathered the ball. It rocketed right into the top corner, despite being in the air for what felt like an eternity.

Ronaldo has done plenty of special things, but this one was on another level. It was like a video game when you've turned the shot power up to 100. A human cheat code.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:24am On Jun 02, 2020

2. First UCL trophy and ballon d'or

Nine years after the historic comeback in Barcelona against Bayer Munich, Manchester United were again in the Champions League Final. This time Chelsea was the team to beat in the cold night in Moscow.

Cristiano Ronaldo gave United the lead, as he headed in from a Wes Brown cross. Frank Lampard equalized for Chelsea, which took the game to extra time and eventually penalties. After both the teams had scored their first two penalties, Ronaldo stepped up to take the third kick in the shootout.
After a nervous run-up and a pause, he saw his penalty saved by Petr Cech, as he dived to his left. The shootout sparked when Chelsea Captain John Terry slipped while taking his penalty which led to one of the most famous misses of the tournament's history. Edwin Van Der Sar saved Nicholas Anelka's penalty and gave United their third Champions League title.

When the Red Devils ran in joy, the Portuguese could not hold back his tears. The tears of joy could not stop before he lifted his first Champions League trophy. He had a splendid season as he scored 42 goals, which helped Manchester United with the Premier League and the Champions League. Following this, he won his first ever Ballon d'Or.

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Sports › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:22am On Jun 02, 2020

1.Ronaldo introduces himself to the world

It was the inauguration of the Estádio José Alvalade in 2003, and Sporting Lisbon were playing hosts to Manchester United. The result was unexpected as United were beaten 3-1 by Sporting Lisbon. The player who stole the show was a tall, thin teenager from the islands of Madeira. The Manchester United defenders could not believe what they were witnessing as the whole team had a difficult time in handling the young left winger.

The journey of becoming the football player in the world started on this day. Cristiano Ronaldo went on to sign for Manchester United that summer, and he inherited the most iconic No. 7 jersey at the Theatre of Dreams. This was the start of what was yet to come.

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Sports › Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Most Iconic Career Moments by OfficialJayy(op): 8:18am On Jun 02, 2020

Over the course of his career, Portuguese
footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has received five
Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he has scored 725 senior career goals and provided 220 assists for club and country. Moreover, he is also the first player in history to win four European Golden Shoes.

Collectively, Ronaldo has won 31 trophies in his career, including six league titles, five
European Cups and one European Championship.

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