The rivalry between
Lionel Messi
and
Cristiano Ronaldo
seems to never end.
Despite the fact that the 38-year-old Portuguese enjoys a privileged retirement these days at Al Nassr of the Arab league, one way or another his good name always appears in the records of the Old Continent.
Especially when talking about goal records and comparing it to the impressive record of the captain of the Argentine National Team, who is still making history in Europe.
And that is what the Rosario will try this Friday: make more history.
It will be from 4:00 p.m. in Argentina when
Paris Saint Germain
visits bottom team
Angers
on date 32 of
Ligue 1
in France.
There, in the northwest of France, in a city that serves as a bridge between Nantes and Le Mans, Messi will seek to appropriate a record that he has shared since last weekend with CR7.
He will seek to be the top scorer in the history of the five main European leagues
(Germany, Spain, France, England and Italy).
What does the Flea have to do?
It will be enough for him to score a goal, barely a goal, to reach
496 cries
and leave behind Cristiano Ronaldo, who will remain stuck with 495. That centenary figure was the one that the best player in the world had reached and appears in Qatar 2022 with his contribution in the 3-1 defeat of Lens last Saturday.
The good thing for Messi is that CR7 would not have prospects of returning to a top league in Europe for the moment.
Therefore, the Portuguese could no longer catch up with him in this contest.
There is one detail that is not minor: this statistical category only counts for scorers from the five major European leagues.
Therefore,
the goals that Cristiano Ronaldo scored with Sporting Lisbon in his early days as a player were not taken into account
.
Only "worth" what he did in his two steps for
Manchester United
, at
Real Madrid
and at
Juventus.
Messi and Ronaldo, the "rivalry" of the last decade.
Photo: The Argentine Daily.
Another relevant detail is that the Portuguese reached 495 conquests in Europe's top leagues in 626 games.
An average of 0.79 goals per appearance on the pitch.Messi, on the other hand, reached that record in 573 games.
Therefore, Leo is favored by the goal average-he has the not inconsiderable mark of 0.87 goals per game-.
He is more effective.
Cristiano Ronaldo, however, continues to hold the crown as the top scorer in the history of world football, since he has accumulated 834 goals in 1060 games -also with an average of 0.79-.
There Messi runs it from behind with 805 conquests in 921 games (0.86).
But he is two years and four months younger in the document.
It seems that in this area he has time to also leave his great adversary without another record.
Crisitiano and Messi, the owners of all possible records since their debuts.
Photo: Hello.
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