5 Cristiano Ronaldo Gift That Lionel Messi Can Never Have.
The debate between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is a debate or discussion that will never have a conclusion because the both of them continues to show why they are the Greatest players that the world of football have ever seen.
So if you ask me who is the greatest? My answer will always be I don't know. Why? Because I don't want to get into that debate.
Both of them have their strength and weakness, because they are different person with different traits. They both has a God given gift to make the world of football more enjoyable to the fans.
But in this article I am going to tell you five things that the Portuguese super can do more better than his counterpart Lionel Messi.
1. Free-kicks.
Although Lionel Messi has scored some incredibly free-kicks goals in recent years, Cristiano Ronaldo is still ahead of the Argentinia international in terms of free-kicks.
Cristiano Ronaldo have more free-kicks goals 55 free-kicks for both club and country compared to lionel Messi who have 52 free-kicks.
The Portuguese international also holds the record for the longest range Free-kick.
However, if I have to choose one player in the world to take a 25-yard, centrally located free-kick for my team in the 90th minute with the game on the line, it would undoubtedly be Ronaldo.
He turn the ball from any position in the pitch to the back of the net from the spot. When he step up to take a free-kick, the whole stadium goes silent and clap to his run-up to the ball.
He is definitely the most feared man on the planet when it comes to converting a free-kick into a goal.
2. Aerial Battles.
There is not doubt when is comes to header, Cristiano Ronaldo is far more better than Lionel Messi.
The Portuguese has scored more than 100 goals with his head.
Lionel Messi is 5.7ft tall, so that maybe the reason why he is not that good with header compared to Cristiano Ronaldo who is 6.1ft tall.
Cris is definitely the more feared striker when it comes to header.
When there is a corner-kick in a match all opposing players and fans are always grip with fear.
3. Speed.
There is no doubt that Lionel Messi is most feared Footballer when it comes to a one on one situation, but he is no match to Cristiano when it comes to raw speed.
Cris speed make him deadly on the counter-attack. Pair Cristiano with another attack in the front, there is no defense that they cannot break when it comes to speed.
Agreed Lionel Messi is fast with the ball, but Cristiano is a beast when it comes to raw speed.
4. Defending.
When it comes to defending Cristiano Ronaldo is ahead of Lionel Messi there is no doubt about that.
Although both players doesn't really fall back most of the time, However Cristiano can be put in a wall on a free-kick, he can mark someone in the penalty area in a dead ball situation and he can use his pace to track back and perform some of Messi's usual tasks.
Clearly everyone know that Cristiano is a better defender compare to lionel Messi.
Power.Cristiano Ronaldo can do a couple of things that Lionel Messi can not do in the pitch because of his physique.
Cris can shoot a very powerful shot in any position of the pitch and the goal keeper will have a hard time saving the ball.
Although Lionel Messi has score some screamers in the field of play, Cris is ahead of him when it comes to shot power.
If you watch his goal against Lyon in the UEFA Champion's league this year, you will agree with me that when it comes to shot power, Cris is ahead of his long time rival Lionel Messi.
Cris having a edge to Messi in terms of Free-kicks, Power, Defending, Speed, and Aerial Battles doesn't mean he is better than Lionel Messi because Messi also have some area's where he is also ahead the the Portuguese international.
Let's us enjoy the game of both LEGENDS while we have the time to, because they will not play forever.
In my next article I will write about 5 Lionel Messi Gift That Cristiano Ronaldo Can Never Have.