Messi vs Ronaldo

With Messi supposedly being the best footballer in the world, there's always some sort of competition.  Cristiano Ronaldo is in the running for being number one and lots of people think that he is, which would mean that he's even better than Messi.  Lots of controversy comes up when people talk about Messi and Ronaldo because lots of people think that one is better than the other.  In this post I will talk about three different that give good input and information on this topic.

Bleacherreport.com has its own take on the Messi vs. Ronaldo controversy.  They say that both party's have there own strengths that are useful.  With Messi and Ronaldo being the two best footballers in the world, bleacherreport.com thinks that Ronaldo takes the cake as the best.  They say that this isn't fair to Messi because of his size but it's true.  Ronaldo can bring more power, is better in the air, and is better in most defensive aspects of the game, along with being able to score an outstanding amount of goals like Messi.  Stated by bleacherreport.com "there is not a whole lot one can do with a 5'7" player on defense other than intercepting passes played on the ground" http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1373932-5-things-that-cristiano-ronaldo-does-better-than-lionel-messi

nesn.com has some good input on what the retired Brazilian football star Abidel Pele thinks about this debate. Pele is known as one of the best footballers to ever have lived and hearing his input now, ven though he is retired, is really cool.  Pele strongly thinks that Messi is better than Ronaldo because of his style of play and because of the character that he is.  From nesn.com Pele states "Messi is the best player in the world and I would have loved to play against him" if you'd like to read more than go here at
http://nesn.com/2012/06/lionel-messi-is-better-than-cristiano-ronaldo-pele-says/

From looking at messivsrinaldo.net I was able to compare stats between Messi and Ronaldo.  In just the past year from stats from earlier in the year, Messi had thirty four goals and eight assists in twenty five games.  These stats come from earlier in the year and exclude country competitions.  From 2009 to 2012 Messi received sixteen big awards while Ronaldo came away with a measly four.  And when we compare the ratings the messivsronaldo.net gave out Messi got  sixty nine out of eighty ability points while Ronaldo got sixty six out of eighty ability points.  These were just ratings that messivsronaldo.net thought were correct but they still show their attributes.  Read more at http://messivsronaldo.net/

Source one and two had different takes on the Mess vs Ronaldo debate but they still had a little bit to say that we're about the same.  bleacherreport.com thought that Ronaldo is better than Messi while nesn.com thought that Messi is better.  But they both say that both party's are really good, and that Messi's height gives him a disadvantage, and that they both have different playing styles. Both cites also have some differences.  bleacherreport.com favored Ronaldo as the best while nesn.com favored Messi as the best.  And their place in the debate in general are different.

On this debate I agree with bleacherreport.com that Messi has a disadvantage because of his height but I'm going to have to go with nesn.com's view because I feel that Mssi is the best in the world because of what he's capable of doing and that he uses his height into the best of an advantage that he can.