The second and more important factor is that they play for different teams. Ronaldo's played in three different leagues for three different teams across his career.
He's had to adjust to new teammates, new offenses and new playing styles. At United, he had no real playmakers to set him up. The midfield was hardly the most creative in the world, and the style of the Premier League is rougher and more aggressive.
Looking at Messi, he's been at one club his whole life, which is admirable. He's gotten the benefit of years of play with the same teammates. He has arguably the best midfield in the world behind him and has for years. He should be expected to score more. Another area people love to compare Messi and Ronaldo is team contributions. Again, they look at the stats. This season, Messi's tallied 18 assists to Ronaldo's 13 and is currently tied for second in Europe in league assists.
Last season, Messi had 22 assists when Ronaldo had And the season before that, Messi had 11 assists and Ronaldo had seven. If that weren't enough, Messi completes 86 percent of his passes while Ronaldo completes 80 percent, and Messi passes on average 30 times more per game.
Followers of the rivalry will even say that you can see the difference between the two players in the fact that Ronaldo is content to shoot from 40 yards out rather than look for the pass, whereas Messi will always look for his teammates. Again, we're dealing with comparing players at two different positions. Playing centrally, Messi should be expected to pass more and spread out the defense. He can see more of the field because of where he's playing and he has teammates on all sides of him.
Passing makes sense. In contrast, Ronaldo is out wide. He's the fastest player on his team and many times leaves his teammates in the dust as he advances down field. From the wing, the passing opportunities are fewer, which is why you will see Ronaldo drop back to Marcelo so very often.
He averages less passes because he gets fewer touches. Both offenses build up play centrally. For Barcelona, that's through Xavi and Messi. The former Real Madrid star revealed recently that he gets annoyed at his son for drinking coke or Fanta.
Meanwhile, we're just waiting until someone currently playing with either Messi or Ronaldo picks the other as his favourite Chosen for You Chosen for You. Meanwhile, the Manchester City legend also revealed what Messi told him when it came to winning big individual trophies like the Golden Ball. He went on to explain that 'what he has, like every scorer, is that when he is confident he makes goals, goals and goals. In the same interview, Sergio Aguero also recalled an important piece of advice he received from Argentine counterpart Lionel Messi when it came to winning the big individual honours.
The former Manchester City striker highlighted that he often wondered what he was missing in his life during his time at the Etihad Stadium. Speaking of Messi's response, Aguero said that his Argentine teammate told him that 'to have a chance of winning the Golden Ball, he had to win the Champions League.
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