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The Messi–Ronaldo rivalry, or Ronaldo–Messi rivalry, is a sporting rivalry in football propelled by the media and fans that involves Argentine footballer Lionel Messi and Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, mainly for being contemporaries and due to their similar records and sporting successes. [1]
Cristiano Ronaldo won the award, being his first of five. His win also began a 10-year dominance of the award between him and Lionel Messi — which eventually led to an intense rivalry between the two. Both players had won five Ballon d'Or awards before the dominance was ended in 2018 by Luka Modrić.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 129 to his name. [177] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl , in November 2014. [ 178 ]
Lionel Messi rolled back the years with a vintage performance for Argentina on Tuesday, scoring three goals in his nation’s 6-0 thrashing of Bolivia in a 2026 World Cup qualifier.
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Ronaldo, during his tenure with Real Madrid, netted hat-tricks against Bayern Munich on 18 April and Atlético Madrid on 2 May 2017, the shortest gap between hat-tricks at just 14 days. [10] Luiz Adriano accomplished this feat for Shakhtar Donetsk on 21 October and 5 November 2014, with both hat-tricks coming against BATE Borisov in a span of ...
Messi and Ronaldo are widely considered to be two of the greatest players of all-time and competed against each other for soccer's biggest prizes during their prime years at Barcelona and Real ...
Billed as Messi versus Germany, the world's best player against the best team, the final match on 13 July 2014 was a repeat of the 1986 and 1990 finals, which both featured Diego Maradona and split between both countries. [462] Within the first half-hour, Messi had started the play that led to a goal, but it was ruled offside.