Who is greater, Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?
I missed the Iceland – Argentina group D match but watched the highlights. The game ended 1-1, thats as good a win for Iceland who were the underdogs and could be said to be the expected whooping boy of the group.
The lesson here is however not for Iceland nor for Argentina that paraded so many stars but for those who have consistently insisted that Messi was the world best and not Rolando.
This is exactly how people leave facts, statistical history and raw unassailable data to clinch onto their fantasy and rebrand same as their truth.
It took a while for Ronaldo to be recognised as the world best in soccer whilst Messi whose whole experience and play has been in one team and one league being consistently adjudged the better player ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo who has played across different clubs in different countries.
Its a travesty to put Messi ahead of Ronaldo in any award by metrics aside one that counts the number of goals, once it has to do with performance then its clear as daylight that Ronaldo deserves to be ahead of Messi.
Nothing proves this more than what happened yesterday 15th of June 2018 versus what happened today 16th of June 2018 in the ongoing Fifa men’s worldcup in Russia. Continue story
