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Old 14th May 2008, 10:03   #144 (permalink)
FranklyVulgar
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Originally Posted by Eto'odinho View Post
Thats what wingers do, time and time again, even the likes of Best,Gento and Garrincha used to do it. The difference between Ronaldo and Messi is that, Ronaldo doesn't need to dominate you for 90 minutes to kill you, you blink, you're dead. He has evolved into a hitman of some sort.

I vaguely recall reading somewhere that over the course of the two legs against Barcelona, Ronaldo received the ball 22 times and out of these, forced a penalty, should've had another penalty, played someone in twice, and in general had 4 shots. On the other hand Messi received the ball 87 times, played someone in 3 times and had 5 shots in total.
Messi is an intelligent footballer, he will keep possession and look for openings. Based on those two legs Messi was the better player. You can talk about product or end product or whatever but if you watched the games it was plain to see.
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