Craig Burley and Steve Nicol discuss Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent play with Portugal and Lionel Messi’s recent play with Argentina and compare the 2 legends international careers.
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well~ still magical
One guy was the best player in the World Cup and other guy got dropped for Gonçalo Ramos and we didn’t even know who Gonçalo Ramos was 😂
Love when they cook ronaldo
Bro when Ronaldo scores 40 goals they question his appearance for Portugal but for Messi when he scores 2 goals his so good for one game
ESPN and these clowns love to hate CR7
0:50 Craig is absolutely spot on here…and let’s be honest, Ronaldo isn’t going to improve, it’s not down to form, he’s simply getting older…not even he can stop that!
Just because he’s scoring against nobodies in Saudi, and some very favourable fixtures in qualifying means nothing. When it comes to better opponents at the highest level, he couldn’t do it. He scored 1 goal in 10 games before Utd sold him, and he scored 1 goal, a penalty, at the World Cup
I disagree,you need to play smartly, it's physical,yes..BUT, you need to use heart and mind to win
And that's Missi
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Messi can drop best defenders in the world even close he's 40 that's how good he is. He might not be in his prime now but his extraterrestrial talent won't disappear anytime soon
Really? 15 years ago? Wow. I must be watching different games. Now I know we love Messi and don't like Ronaldo but come on
In case of Messi being backed by FIFA has its perks….. Without FIFA and all the Barcelona referre fiasco…. He would not win shite
What a bunch of 💩! These people are biased and blind or both ! Have they seen Ronaldo ‘s latest plays for Al Nasser and the National team ? Really ! The man is still dribbling , still outrunning , still heading and scoring ! 40 goals ! 38 yrs of age !
I love Leo Messi 🐐🐐🐐
The whole Argentinian team played for Messi ! The system is set up for him to score and do his thing ! So what if Portugal play for Ronaldo ? If Ronaldo or anyone scores the whole team wins ! As far as Messi it’s obvious you have picked a favourite every since Cristiano made circles around your defenders ! ESPN Disney , not to mention FIFA / Qatar / Negreira corruption helping Messi and his team win ! Say the truth ESPN : Messi was a flop with PSG and had Neymar and Mbappe and Donaruma and others playing in the Croissants League ! Ronaldo at 35 was top scorer for Juventus , 101 goals in 2 seasons ! Messi went to the MLS at 35 because his father said on Spanish tv he was tired of the pressure and competition ! The truth is nobody wanted him or could afford his ridiculous salary and demands ! But you will not mention that ! In other words he is finished ! If you’re a top player, just won the World Cup ( thanks to Di Maria and Martinez by the way !!) and are tired of pressure and competition you’d better stop and don’t cheat your teams that are paying you big bucks to perform ! Now again in the MLS taking it easy in order to save himself for the Argentina national team ! Meanwhile Ronaldo had back to back games in the Saudi league , won the Arabs club cup against their top team , losing 1-0 , with one man down and still scored the 2 winning goals ! Not only that he is the top scorer in Saudi League and plays every minute of every game with temperatures around 35 C at 9:00 PM ! He’s playing against teams that have Neymar , Benzema , Mahrez , Dibally, Firmino , Coutinho , Bruno Neves , Jota , Bono, Mendy , Kante , and many other top players ! Then he played 2 Euro 24 qualifiers in 4 days and scored 4 goals and now back in Saudi Arabia to play on Saturday ! The dude is 38 years old ! Respect ! If you don’t watch the Saudi League or Ronaldo’s games in full for that matter , at least do your job and be fair ! You judge both players differently ! We can’t compare apples with oranges ! But you can’t say the former are better or worse from the latter either ! Grow up ESPN! Viva Ronaldo !⚽️🙏🏻💪🏻 GOAT!
"Ronaldo has been more demanding on his body than Messi" – biggest football joke I have heard in a long time.
Tom Brady had a good laugh at this show….
this is Messi u are discussing about, i don't know why people compare Messi and Ronaldo clearly one is twice better than the other
While Mesi is about the team, Ronald is about himself.
'Messi is doing the things he was doing 10-15 yrs ago.' In other words, he still hasn't evolved.😂
Ronaldo has scored 40 goals in fewer games in 2023 at 38 more than any other player. Here they are still hating on him 😂
Man I can’t wait to see Messi at 38 ! He will be seating on a chair watching and ESPN will say : Messi Ballon D’Or! Because he is more complete , look at the way he sits on that chair ! 😂😂😂😂
The proof Ronaldo is the GOAT: after 5 hours this ESPN section on Messi has 12 k views! The same section on Ronaldo had 50 k views ! 😂😂😂😂
Messis peak was so high that this is him being average. There’s levels
You guys talk like y’all played better than Ronaldo I am a Ronaldo Fan,I know Messi is way better than Ronaldo none of y’all played the game at 38 give the man some respect
Hes a complete baller ❤
In all fairness, CR7 is doing the same things he's been doing 10 years ago… tap-ins
If you compare messi with messi 15 years ago sure he's not the same player but if you just compare messi with other players he's still in top 5 best players on the planet easily and Ronaldo is not that's the difference.