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Is this even a debate now?This pretty much comes down to if Argentina win the world Cup or not. Otherwise they're both level when it comes to international football IMO.
Ronaldo hasn't had the best of times in world cups, but he is the top international scorer of all time...
In terms of who was the better player over their career, no question there. It's tight between better scorer, who had a better career, who achieved greater things etc. But better overall player over their career is Messi and that one isn't particularly close IMO. Messi is arguably the best scorer along with Ronaldo, but also has the best creator/passer and best dribbler points locked up and well above Ronaldo's level.
Better scorer? How can you be level when one was chosen as the best player in every single international team he participated in including the WC and the other zero? How can you be level with 0 knock-out goals and assists in 8 games in the biggest stage, WC on 5 different occasions? What Romario, R9, Gerd Muller and many others etc. did with their NTs as strikers far eclipse what Ronaldo did with his NT.. Let Romario, Gerd, R9 etc. play multiple times against Lux, Andorra, Faroe etc. and see what happens to their goal record.. We saw what happened when Messi had this one chance of playing against a team like Estonia, 5 goals in a single game.. let him play tons more against andorra, faroe etc. see what happens to his record..
Ronaldo's record against WC winning nations (Germany, England, France, Spain, Italy, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina), 7 goals in 32 games (including 3 penalties), 0.22 goal per game, terrible.
His record against minnows (Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Andorra, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Faroe, North korea, Azerbaijan) 45 goals in 26 games, 1.7 goal per game..
His record against Americans (Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Panama, US, Canada, Uruguay, Chile), 3 goals in 12 games, 0.22 per game, terrible..
0 knock-out goals in the WC after the group stage
0 tournament best player award vs Messi's 5 including the WC..
Does anyone remember him having an unforgettable tournament (in terms of personal performance) with the NT?
The guy's method is playing as many games as possible against minnows and inflating his record.. He is nowhere near Gerd Muller who scored 68 goals in 62 games at a time where you did not have minnows like Andorra, Faroe, San Marino, ex Soviet nations etc., basically Ronaldo's favorites.. Hell, even Lukaku has a better per game goal ratio than this fraud..
As in the words of great Eusebio
"The comparisons make me sad. It's easier now. I never played against Liechtenstein and Azerbaijan".
"It's wrong. There is no comparison. I scored my 41 goals in 60 games. It's easier now because you play more games against weak teams."
https://www.marca.com/2013/09/11/en/football/international_football/1378917585.html
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