raskolnikov
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Bruh. There was a time when I also thought he was a glorified Gomez but I left those childish days behind me a long time ago.
You make it sound like everyone just needs to take 8 shots per game in a dominant team and he could be all-time CL topscorer and have over 700 career goals, no probs.
You need to look no further than Suarez who is actually a generational striker himself but has only managed 2 Ronaldo-esque years (2014 - 2016) and only 1 Ronaldo-esque CL campaign (14/15) which Ronaldo did for over a decade.
Easily top 5 player of all time at least from the 80s onwards, irrespective of his repelling media personality. You can't be that bitter to even mention Inzaghi in the same breath. Inzaghi played a whole season scoring only 17 goals in all competitions in a team with Nesta, Maldini, Cafu, Seedorf, Kaka, Pirlo, Rui Costa and Sheva. Last time Ronaldo scored less than 20 goals total was when Zidane was still an active player.
I disagree, to me anyone that puts Ronaldo anywhere near Messi as a footballer has bought into the mediahype and marketing.
Pointing at stats to ignore plenty of poor performances by a goal on a fifth attempt along with revisionism (like how he was a dinho level dribbler in his united or single handed won Portugal a European cup etc...) its just pr on a edison vs tesla level.
I rate Ronaldo highly (despite disliking his fake attantion seeking personality) for his goalscoring, hard work, longetivity, heading and positionibg but comparing him to Messi as a footballer will always be a joke and an insult to the brilliance of Messi imo.