Spanish La Liga Review: A Comparison between Ronaldo and Messi This Season
Spanish La Liga is gaining a lot of attention this season for many reasons. It is a battle between two of the greatest sides in Europe, i.e. Barcelona and Real Madrid. This is also the battle between two of the greatest managers as well, i.e. Pep Guardiola
and Jose Mourinho. However, the most interesting part of the league is the showdown between Lionel Messi and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 who are competing for being the best football players of this generation.
So far in the season, both the players are going very close in terms of goal scoring. Both players have scored an incredible 17 goals in the league, but Messi is a step ahead of Ronaldo, as he has achieved in fewer games. In addition, the young Argentinean
has had taken almost half the shots as compared to his rival. Therefore, he has a better conversion rate and has a better average than Ronaldo and he is going slightly ahead of him in this battle.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 has been instrumental on most of the occasions for Barcelona. In his 14 matches, Messi has found the net on 10 different times in which only one game against Mallorca was drawn while the rest were won by Barcelona. On the other hand, Ronaldo
failed to score on 8 different occasions, which means that he has been less instrumental than Messi in securing victories for his team. There is no doubt about the influence of the Portuguese forward in winning the matches for his team but he is slightly behind
Messi in this department.
The only showdown between both these players this season was the El Clasico match played in the last week of November. As Barcelona hosted Real Madrid, football pundits claimed that it would be a decider between Messi and Ronaldo. In that particular game,
Ronaldo proved to be a failure but he should not be blamed for the whole mishap. Barcelona controlled the midfield in that game and Ronaldo could not do anything when the supply from his midfield was cut short. Therefore, out of frustration he missed a couple
of half chances which could have been converted in different circumstances.
Lionel Messi was not on the score-sheet for that particular match and it put a stop his scoring spree in ten consecutive matches in all competitions. However, he had two incredible assists during the match, including the one that cut through Madrid’s defence
and found David Villa. In short, despite being not on the target, Lionel Messi was a clear winner of that battle against his rival.
During this match against Real Madrid, Lionel Messi turned out to be a completely different player from the previous season. He had two assists in that match and has another three assists in the matches afterwards. Now, he is showing his strength as a quality
team player and has now made 10 assists in La Liga, which is the highest number so far. Ronaldo only has 5 assists and is way behind Messi in this category.
If a closer look is taken at the progress that Messi made during the season we would realize that he adjusted himself according to his team’s requirements. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 was another player in the squad who was supposed to find goals for his team. But, due
to his lack of confidence and some bad luck he scored only 6 goals in first 11 games. Therefore, Lionel Messi was the one who was finding goals on a consistent basis. However, Villa found his finishing touch in the game against Madrid and he has come up with
five goals in the last four matches. This is where Messi plays the role of a supporting player and he has done that incredibly well.
There is no doubt that Messi is going ahead of Ronaldo in all departments so far this season. As the league has moved into the New Year this battle would also intensify. Cristiano Ronaldo is not very far behind, and with his determination, he would not rest
until he reclaims the title of best player, which is being held by Messi at the moment.
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