Tim Cahill Believes Cristiano Ronaldo is Worthy of Winning Ballon d’Or Rather than Lionel Messi

DBasia.news –  Tim Cahill, Australian soccer legend, beieves that Cristiano Ronaldo is more deserving of the Ballon d’Or 2019 than Lionel Messi. The reason? The impact of Ronaldo is greater than Messi’s on their respective teams.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are currently both collecting five Ballon d’Or trophies. In the last edition, the dominance of the two players was stopped by Luka Modric.

In this season, Lionel Messi has scored 36 goals in LaLiga and 12 goals in the Champions League. In addition, he also still has the chance to win another title, the Coppa del Rey. Not surprisingly, many parties who favor Messi to win the Ballon d’Or.

However, Tim Cahill had a different view. According to him, Ronaldo, who has 15 fewer goals than Messi, deserves to be the winner.

“The reason why supporting Ronaldo is what he does at Juventus. I know people will not agree with my opinion,” Cahill told Alkass Sport.

“He left Real Madrid, went there and made a big impact on other leagues. I have never seen other players do it at Manchester United and Real Madrid for years.”

“I also realize Ronaldo did not win the Champions League, but he has such an impact at any club. If you can bring players and put them somewhere at his age, I will switch.”

“I know people will not agree. I only appreciate their professionalism,” Cahill said.

A different statement was expressed by the Paris Saint-Germain superstar, Kylian Mbappe. The French national team striker considered Lionel Messi the best.

“His favorite is Lionel Messi. Being eliminated in the Champions League doesn’t change anything, he remains number one in everything,” explained Mbappe.

At present, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo still have one more match. He will also face Valencia in the Copa del Rey final, while Ronaldo leads Juventus against Sampdoria in the final match of Serie A.