Madrid's Highest Goal Scorer - The Cristiano Ronaldo Thread

Yeah, I do not want to see BBC in Paris.

Our midfield will be worn out from pressing by the 30th minute.

 

Today's game will be very important for him/us. If he keeps this up, it will do wonders for his confidence and our team's performance. I trust Ronaldo will pull a good game tonight.

 

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Legend

 

That’s a pretty amazing comparison between Ronaldo and Messi in the Champions League. I hope Cris can keep outscoring him for the next couple seasons and widen the gap so he has a chance to remain the top all time scorer when their careers are over (considering Messi is a few years younger).

Regardless doesn’t CR7 completely dominate him when you only look at goals in the knockout stages? I know people have posted stats here before about Ronaldo being considerably better at least from the quarterfinals on.

 

Ronaldo is three years older, Messi will overtake him eventually, a gap of 20 goals isn’t quite enough. Added to the fact that Messi will have better longevity at the top of European football between the two.

 

Idk. Messi has made the switch to more of a playmaker and will continue to do that more and more. I think Cristiano will end up as the CL's greatest scorer and for a LOOOONG time if not forever

 

Meh, more like a two year difference.

Cristiano will be here for at least another two seasons. By that time messi will be 33. If Cristiano keeps this kind of consistency in CL, I don't see messi overtaking him.

 

I doubt Messi will catch up to the GOAT.

Let's not forget, Cristiano started with Sporting and then Manchester. Where he played more as a full on winger and didn't look after the goal as much.

That's what makes him so remarkable... He's shown his talent and hard work with 3 different teams and in 3 different leagues. Messi wanted to stick to what he's comfortable with... Playing for that cule club.

He knows his legacy would have been in jeopardy if he were to join the Premier League and completely flop (which he would).

Cristiano to be the all-time best scorer in the Champions League by the time both retire.

 

The notion of Messi flopping in EPL is ridiculous. Guys who couldn't start in Barca like Pedro and Sanchez are treated like gold over there.

 

Mbappe with his scoring record will eventually beat Cristiano I guess. The kid might reach 20 goals without touching 20 years!

 

So basically y'all think Messi will still be at the same level at 33 as CR7 is right now at that age?
I don't know but I have a feeling that Messi doesn't take care of himself the way that CR does, and he will have a massive drop as most greats do.

 

What has helped Cris widen the gap with Messi lately is our consistent deep runs in the competition the last few years and thus more games to play. Hopefully this continues this season with Barca being upset by Chelsea in 2nd leg or getting a tough QF draw.

I think he will struggle to maintain the goal scoring consistency of Ronaldo as he ages. But it will be more so due to him transitioning to more of a playmaking role as @J-Mezzy has noted rather than a physical decline. He might start to lose some of his crazy acceleration at some point soon though.

 

He has lost some of it already... Messi of today is not Messi of 2012-13. Same goes for Cristiano. Players age and evolve but the most important thing is, how do you deal with it??

We all know that Cristiano knows what the hell he's doing in order to stay at the top of the game. He's 33 and will still fight for the Ballon d'Or by the end of 2018.

 

Hit 300 La Liga goals today. He has 435 goals in 425 games for Real Madrid in all competitions.

 

He already has. He's not as quick off the mark as say a 2011 Messi

 

There's still much of his career to play. He could turn out to be a flop, he could get a crazy injury..who knows.

 

Maybe he pulled a LeBron and saved himself for this point of the season?? He's looking great now

 

Cristiano: 300th La Liga goal on his 286th match.

Messi: 300th La Liga goal on his 374th match

 

4x4 on suicide watch after chatting mad shit on Ronnie during the first half of the season. Haters gonna hate, Ronaldo gonna dominate.