DBasia.news – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the soccer superstar, are still being talked about even though the heyday of the two players has now faded. Ronaldo (37 years) with Manchester United and Messi (35 years) with PSG.
One notable difference apart from the two awards behind the Ballon d’Or – Messi seven, Ronaldo five, this season the two have also played in different European club tournaments: Messi in the Champions League and Ronaldo in the Europa League.
This was also allegedly the reason why rumors of Ronaldo’s departure had circulated rapidly when the transfer market opened, but in the end Ronaldo stayed and no Champions League club wanted him, considering that Ronaldo was 37 years old, had a high salary, and was a superstar status.
It is also believed that Ronaldo is worried that his goal tally in the Champions League, who has the status of all-time goalscorer in the Champions League, is passed by his rival. With the fact that Messi plays at PSG and has teammates who can ‘make it easy’ to score goals, it’s natural for Ronaldo to be worried.
The question is, how many goals does Lionel Messi need to match or even surpass Cristiano Ronaldo? Let’s see it together.
As published on the official Champions League Twitter, Ronaldo has a record of 140 goals from 183 matches and Messi 125 goals from 156 matches. That is, La Pulga – Messi’s nickname – is only 15 goals adrift of Ronaldo.
That number is relatively small for a player of Messi’s caliber. It is not easy to achieve and not easy to get through, because the Champions League is different from Ligue 1. Moreover, in the PSG squad there are also Kylian Mbappe and Neymar who can also gain goals.
PSG are in Group H of the Champions League against Juventus, Benfica and Maccabi Haifa. Without reducing the respect for Haifa, only in the match against them there is the potential for PSG to score a lot of goals and Messi also listed his name on the scoreboard.
Because the Juventus defense will not be open and tight against PSG, as well as Benfica.