Cristiano Ronaldo–Lionel Messi rivalry

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are both regarded as one fo the greatest footballer active…

      

Argentine Lionel Messi, and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo are the best players of this generation, and both are among   the highest paid players in football today. Having won a combined six FIFA Ballon d'Or awards they are regarded as football sensation and superstar. They both have scored in two UEFA Champions League finals and have consistently broken the 50 goal barricade in a single season and Both have scored more than 400 goals in their Football career including for their respective clubs and countries.

In appearance Lionel Messi is of modest height and slim body and on the other hand Ronaldo is comparatively taller and muscular .In helping for charity and needy Ronaldo's  spend funds are even more than the total gross domestic product of a small country in Africa to the hair.

About personality, Cristiano Ronaldo looks arrogant and loud, far from a lionel Messi's humble and quietly behavior. Even the clubs they play for are traditional rivals and the brand they are sponsored by are two rival sporting brand .(Ronaldo is sponsored by 'Nike' and the barcelona's no.10 is sponsored by 'ADIDAS')

In brief, it seems that these two football giants were born to do rivals and The world might have to weight for long time to witness a new pair of rivals together to shine and peak the football summit in the period as a duo of these. These two aces of Real and Barca along the way see themselves as enemy and as a thorn in the eye regardless they plays down their rivalry in front of media and this is also understandable.

This rivalry began ever since Ronaldo was still on Manchester united's red color and Messi was shining as a great young talent with very high prospect in la liga.Ronaldo has ability to run down the defender in the flank with his high speed and some trickery of the foot.His capability to shoot the ball with accuracy and pace is very much admirable.He is good with is left foot and even better with his favorite right.

On the other hand Messi simply do magic with the ball ,his foot movement vision of the game and through balls to team mates are very enjoyable to watch.They both are outstanding goal scorer and always problem for the opposition defense to handle and They both are very good at set pieces like Free kicks and penalties.

The rivalry between these two promises to be more dramatic and attractive in the coming years.After Ronaldo fail to overshine lionel messi in his earlier season with Real madrid he is nowadays getting better of the Argentine Lionel Messi which is seen with his second Ballon d'or win in 2013 and leading as favorite to lift his personal third this year.For a while, Messi proved marginally better performance by winning six La Liga, three Champions League and along the way becoming first player to win four FIFA Ballon d'or in a four consecutive years. ( CR7 La Liga 1 times,  two Champions League and three times the Premiership and two FIFA Ballon d'or). 

But now, the balance between the two players are now leaning toward Ronaldo. After Real won the  Decima (European Championship 10th) last season with the help of Ronaldo's staggering 17 goals in competition , the 29-year-old Real madrid star  has shown impressive form since then. With a record of 23 goals from the start of the season, he is considered as the leading candidate for FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2014 .

Even if Ronaldo is dominant, but Messi with the high qualities on the pitch it's still possible to reverse the situation if the player of Real madrid proved subjective and drop form. In summary, the two stars are always self-conscious and focused  about going to play with more than 100% every time they play  or risk being left behind of other. Hence the saying, for them to add their names to the history of the story, but the conflict or collision individual is a breeze.

While Messi’s legacy is overwhelmingly larger than Ronaldo’s after his side's sucessful run to final of world cup in Brazil and the way he perform on world cup after being criticized for his low form in playing for argentina for long time, Messi also has the age factor on his side as he his more than 2 years younger than his rival and will probably put more distance between himself and his supposed rival at the end of their careers But people will consider that there never was a rivalry between them as One was Football genius, while the other was extraterrestrial.