Lionel Messi - v7

[Horatio]

Messi took much more freekicks than Ronaldo if I recall correctly.
But I guess it is because the ones crossed to fellow players get counted as well.

 

[Marshall D Teach]

Messi may be able to carry us in La Liga but he can't carry us in the CL

 

[vegitot]

CR was a magnificent free-kick taker in the early days of his career. Only since 2013 or 2014 did he really turn into shite at them. In fact he was so good at them in early part of his career he still has more total free-kick goals than Messi to this day despite Leo dominating in this area as of late and Cristiano falling off a cliff.

Messi has 52 free-kick goals in his carer whereas Ronaldo has 53.

It is an inevitability Leo will pass him at this point, but the difference was much larger even two years ago.

In 2017:

CR7 - 51 free-kick goals
Messi- 34 free-kick goals

Therefore, the sum in the two previous seasons shows Messi's free-kick dominance as off lately: 2 goals (CR7) - 18 goals (Leo).

Yes, Messi did not take all that many the free-kicks in the early part of his career, but the Ronaldo slander does not make sense.

no. ronaldo has never been a good freekick taker. i remember how manu fans always complained about that though he scored some good long range free kick. this guy doesnt have any technique to bend the ball and beat the wall. he has worst fk ratio.
messi wasnt fk specialist in his early days. he is just getting better and better every season,evrery year and now is the deadlest fk taker. thats a genius of messi,always move forward

 

[Horatio]

Also Ronaldo thrived on knuckle balls. Think he has a better chance when he is more in front of goal than from an angle.

Messi is more flexible with the freekicks.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

CR was a magnificent free-kick taker in the early days of his career. Only since 2013 or 2014 did he really turn into shite at them. In fact he was so good at them in early part of his career he still has more total free-kick goals than Messi to this day despite Leo dominating in this area as of late and Cristiano falling off a cliff.

Messi has 52 free-kick goals in his carer whereas Ronaldo has 53.

It is an inevitability Leo will pass him at this point, but the difference was much larger even two years ago.

In 2017:

CR7 - 51 free-kick goals
Messi- 34 free-kick goals

Therefore, the sum in the two previous seasons shows Messi's free-kick dominance as off lately: 2 goals (CR7) - 18 goals (Leo).

Yes, Messi did not take all that many the free-kicks in the early part of his career, but the Ronaldo slander does not make sense.

How many attempts Ronaldo had to score those 52 goals? Probably way more than Messi. Ronaldo wants to kick free kick from 40 meters if he can score. He takes every super low percentage kick he can, which I think is foolish.

Messi wasn't always as good free kick taker but today he is one of the best.

 

[booge]

Just like this shots, C. DOG required alot of attempts at what ever he does to score.

 

[Kul_z]

CR was a magnificent free-kick taker in the early days of his career. Only since 2013 or 2014 did he really turn into shite at them. In fact he was so good at them in early part of his career he still has more total free-kick goals than Messi to this day despite Leo dominating in this area as of late and Cristiano falling off a cliff.

Messi has 52 free-kick goals in his carer whereas Ronaldo has 53.

It is an inevitability Leo will pass him at this point, but the difference was much larger even two years ago.

In 2017:

CR7 - 51 free-kick goals
Messi- 34 free-kick goals

Therefore, the sum in the two previous seasons shows Messi's free-kick dominance as off lately: 2 goals (CR7) - 18 goals (Leo).

Yes, Messi did not take all that many the free-kicks in the early part of his career, but the Ronaldo slander does not make sense.

Lmao you wanker.

Messi free kicks are on goal ONLY when they are in shooting range, at decent angle, and more or less in the category of possible goals. Other then that, hes always opting for crosses, unlike the portuguese mufloon.

Dont you fucking dare compare messi with ronaldo in that department, its a tragedy. I can get with goalscoring, but nothing else.

Messi was, is and always would be a classs above cr150.

 

[Jadentheman]

To piggyback off of that ... this is why Juninho IMO is better because he can hit it from any angle and further distances. Messi is probably better at close range conversion

 

[BarcaOG]

He's second top scorer behind benzema with 8 goals. Dude literally gave them two months to make it count lmao

this. simply the pichichi goat

 

[eaman]

Also those knuckle ball free kicks take less skill to take. A lot of it is how the ball behaves and deceives the keeper. Those types of free kicks would have been no good way back when the balls were heavier

 

[vegitot]

ronaldo barely beat the wall with his fks. that is enough to tell how bad he is at free kick. currently it looks like he can not take fk anymore.
number of goals can not tell the whole story

 

[Andresito]

I doubt he'll play both games with Argentina.

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[Nazario1985]

According to Mundo (reporting movistar) he felt some pain in left foot in the warmup

 

[vegitot]

if it true then messi will have more rest though i want to see him playing against brazil

 

[Alik]

To piggyback off of that ... this is why Juninho IMO is better because he can hit it from any angle and further distances. Messi is probably better at close range conversion

Take into account that, Juninho scored 40 free-kicks in Lyon. The rest were in micky-mouse leagues.