Recent content by FK201617

+1 Seriously? Cruyff, Platini, Zidane, Ronaldo, Van Basten, or Matthäus all had better international careers than Messi? This ranks as one of the most nonsense I've read on this forum. This guy really thinks no one actually watches international football so he can talk so much BS?

To all those who said Portugal had no history in WC pre-Cristiano Ronaldo, don't forget that Portugal won the bronze medal in 1966 WC. It's NOT a tall order at all to expect Cristiano Ronaldo to lead Portugal to at least reach quarter final once in five WCs, if semi-final is too much to ask...

Exactly this. No matter how you look at it, it's a huge failure that Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't lead Portugal past R16, or even advance from the group, in multiple world cups. We are talking about Portugal here, not Costa Rica or Iran. Zero goal and zero assist in 8 WC knockout games. That...

It is always obvious that Messi is a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo if you actually watch football.

True. One trick pony. Cant even do stepover.

I dont think that is the case. PSG as a team simply hasnt clicked yet. His best performance for PSG was actually vs Rennes in League 1 especially the first half: sublime passing, created a few chances and combined well with Mbappe. Unlucky his freekick hit the bar. Mbappe and Neymar were...

Agree about the only player that is undoubtly in the GOAT tier is Pele. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both were a little underwhelming in WC.

Absolutely. No one in their right mind would swap World cup with any other trophy.

That is a question to the bookie.

https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/ballon-dor/player-of-the-year The odds of 2021 ballon d'or Messi 1/2 Lewandowski 8/1 Ronaldo 25/1 Messi is odds-on to win his 7th ballon d'or at age 34, in a span of 12 years 2009-2021 Ronaldo won 5 times in a span of 9 years...

I don't think it will change much to be honest.

It seems that both players care about Ballon d’Or a lot. Interview from 2019 “Messi’s in the history of football,” Ronaldo told broadcaster Piers Morgan in an interview with ITV on Tuesday. “But I think I have to have six or seven or eight to be above him,” he said, referring to the Ballon...

Among former or current Manchester united players, AFAIK Beckham, Scholes, Giggs , Rooney, Rashford and Greenwood choose Messi.

Both are all time all great with unbeliveable consistency. Ronaldo is a goal scoring machine, a top 10 all time great for me. Messi matches him in goal scoring. He is also a playmaker and dribbler at the highest caliber, influencing the game more, top 3 all time great IMO.