After watching Messi's poor performance in copa america, I think it is safe to say that Cristiano Ronaldo has gained an advantage in the Messi Ronaldo debate. While Messi flounders and struggles when his jersey stripes switch from blue and red to blue and white, Ronaldo gives consistantly good performances for both his national team and club team. Sure, Messi is a bit better on the club stage that Ronaldo, but in the grand scheme of things, its international football that matters the most. I mean isn't the greatest football acheivement to win the world cup? And while Portugal has a good roster besides for their captain (Nani, Merieles, Pepe), Argentina's roster is in a whole different league. They have susperstar players like Kun Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Angel Di Maria and many more, who would be very highly ranked in the FIFA rankings even without their pint sized playmaker. Yet for some reason, Portugal remains higher ranked in FIFA then they are. An explanation for this could be that while both teams turn for their best player to carry their team, Messi has been incredibly inconsistent, while Ronaldo has consistantly given good performances
Well, the choice is yours to make, and I am not denying Messi is better than Ronaldo. After watching both of them play for quite some time, you can conclude that while Ronaldo is mainly a goalscorer, Messi is a much more complete player. But until he performs on the international level, the debate will never, truly be over, regardless of what he does in Spain.
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