Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

CesDel

New member
I'm no Ronaldo fan, but his performances in CL last season topped Messi's and everyone else's.

Nope. Infact, his performances in the knock-out stage was quite bad. He scored lots of goals, but almost all of them were when his team was winning by 2 or more goals. Di Maria was quite easily better than him, Modric as well.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
Nope. Infact, his performances in the knock-out stage was quite bad. He scored lots of goals, but almost all of them were when his team was winning by 2 or more goals. Di Maria was quite easily better than him, Modric as well.

Ronaldo was Madrids best player in the knock out stages, he caused mayhem in the away leg against Bayern regardless of him getting the first goal or not.

Over the full CL tournament he was Reals best player.

It is like claiming Messi was not Argentinas best player in the WC as he was not such a huge impact in latter games. Heard that plenty of times as well and is equally as wrong.
 

messi2140

6racies Xavi
That the thropy he recieved was well earned. You don't have to like him to admit that.



That's because Ronaldo doesn't have the genius in him. Messi does, just as Maradona also did. Messi in top top form is on another level to Ronaldo. But the top top form part is vital. For the most part of last season, I saw an in form Ronaldo against a lackluster Messi. I hope that Messi will raise his level to the point of him being the best again, not just by talent or value, but by performances also.

They were performing on the same level. That was the only moment where a comparison between ronaldo and messi was acceptable. A messi in form vs a Ronaldo in form shouldn't be even a debate.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Probably that Ronaldo deserved the Uefa player and will have a good shout of World Player of Year.

Messi is better but has not won anything or had a brilliant season at club level.

One great run until the Balon D'Or where he is better than Cristiano and he'll win it.

That's how it works.......... atleast these days.
 

CesDel

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Ronaldo was Madrids best player in the knock out stages, he caused mayhem in the away leg against Bayern regardless of him getting the first goal or not.

Over the full CL tournament he was Reals best player.

It is like claiming Messi was not Argentinas best player in the WC as he was not such a huge impact in latter games. Heard that plenty of times as well and is equally as wrong.

:lol: Sorry, didn't know that you were joking.

C.Ronaldo's knockout form was IDENTICAL to Messi's form throughout the season, i.e goals hid his underwhelming performances..
 

Autumn

New member
That's the point I always make to my Cristiano obsessed friends. Never once have I heard him discussed as being among the all-time greats. Yet Messi is constantly discussed about on that subject as being THE greatest ever.

So how is it that we have so many people that believe Cristiano is better?? Where is all the "Ronaldo must win this world cup in order to solidify his claim to being the best" talk? Why is he praised for barely making it into the world cup through beating SWEDEN in a playoff (followed by getting knocked out in group stage), but Messi is criticized for losing by the tiniest of margins in the world cup final to Germany?? The gap in expectations we have between these two is so enermous that it boggles the mind how someone could even suggest a comparison between the two, much less state Cristiano is superior!!

The absurdity of it all makes your head hurt.
 

CesDel

New member
They reopened the voting after Ronaldos hat trick against sweden, that's all I have to say

Not the same though, Sweden is after all the 6 world champion! Scoring a hattrick against our imba defence is a million times better than winning the treble..
 

serghei

Senior Member
:lol: Sorry, didn't know that you were joking.

He wasn't. Sure, Di Maria had an awesome season, but Ronaldo is Madrid's best player. And he was Madrid's best player ever since he was brought from United. And I'll tell you smth, the fact that most of Messi's fans don't give Ronaldo a fair treatment is a sign in itself that, on fan level, Ronaldo vs Messi is a real rivalry.
 

CesDel

New member
He wasn't. Ronaldo is Madrid's best player. And he was Madrid's best player ever since he was brought from United. And I'll tell you smth, the fact that most of Messi's fans don't give Ronaldo a fair treatment is a sign in itself that this is in fact a real rivalry, at least on fan level.

I am sorry. But C.Ronaldo's goals in the CL knockout stage hid his underwhelming performances. Saying that C.Ronaldo was Real Madrid's best player in the knockout stage simply because he scored alot of goals, that's like saying that Messi was our best player last season simply because he scored lots of goals..
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
:lol: Sorry, didn't know that you were joking.

C.Ronaldo's knockout form was IDENTICAL to Messi's form throughout the season, i.e goals hid his underwhelming performances..

Ronaldo was Reals best player in the knock out stages easily.

The only game he missed was against Dortmund away and they very nearly got knocked out.

It is just bitter to suggest he was not Reals best player and the best player in the CL last season.
 

CesDel

New member
Ronaldo was Reals best player in the knock out stages easily.

The only game he missed was against Dortmund away and they very nearly got knocked out.

It is just bitter to suggest he was not Reals best player and the best player in the CL last season.

It's not bitter, it's being realistic. C.Ronaldo scored goals, 99% of his goals in the knockout stage were just stat padding and his overall performances were not better than Di Maria or Modric..
 
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