How to evaluate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's Champions League knockout?

What's the difference between Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, the king of the Champions League? C Ronaldo is undoubtedly the two brightest stars in today's football. The contrast and controversy between the two players is naturally an unavoidable topic. As La Liga and Champions League entered the final stage this season, Messi's Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid took two completely different paths on their way forward: Messi's Barcelona has basically locked in the La Liga championship, but was eliminated in the Champions League; Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid continued to advance in the Champions League, but lost the hope of the La Liga championship early. Similar to the situation of the club, the performances of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi seem to have their own emphasis on two battlefields: in La Liga, Lionel Messi has scored 29 goals, ranking first in the league's Golden Boot list, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored 23 goals; In the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 15 goals, which makes Messi's six Champions League goals look mediocre. Although the two men have shown their superiority over their opponents in different battlefields, the recent remarks of the two superstars have shown different trends: Cristiano Ronaldo, who is expected to lead Real Madrid to "three consecutive championships", has become a model of "being healthy and strong", and Messi, who was eliminated by Rome in the Champions League, has become the object of many people's criticism. Some people think that in the "big scene" like the Champions League knockout, Cristiano Ronaldo is stronger than Messi, and Messi does not have the ability to "stand out" at the crucial moment. So, is this statement correct? What kind of abilities the two players have, naturally, cannot be compared by quantifying them into specific figures, but we can analyze them from some data of the two players. Judging from the data analysis of the "big scene" competition in the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo has obvious advantages over Messi. In the Champions League in the past five seasons, Real Madrid won the championship three times and stopped the semi-finals twice; Barcelona 1 won the championship, 1 stopped in the semi-finals and was eliminated in the quarter-finals three times. Cristiano Ronaldo has formed a lead over Messi in performance, and in personal performance, Cristiano Ronaldo has also suppressed Messi in the data of "key matches": since Barcelona scored twice in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final in 20 14- 15 season, Messi has never scored in the Champions League quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored 65,400 in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. It is because Messi's overall data in the Champions League is not too far behind Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi has scored 100 goals in 125 Champions League matches, and the efficiency of 0.8 goals per game is not worse than that of Ronaldo (150 goals, 0.8 goals per game). They scored in the group match. C Ronaldo's 20 Champions League goals ahead of Messi are precisely their data gap in the Champions League knockout. Then, why is there such an obvious gap between Ronaldo and Messi in the Champions League knockout? In other words, why did Messi lag behind C Ronaldo so much in the "big scene" competition? There are many reasons for this. First of all, Ronaldo and Messi have different positioning on the court. In recent years, Cristiano Ronaldo has gradually changed from a gorgeous "shooting from the side" to a more functional and scoring-oriented terminator, and Messi has gradually retired from the front line "magician" to become a "kaleidoscope" in the frontcourt. Organization, combing, assists and goals should be taken into account, and the ability to organize is naturally affected. This change of the two men is also the inevitable progress of history: in the Real Madrid array supported by top midfielders such as modric, Cross and casemiro, Cristiano Ronaldo does not need to be too distracted in holding the ball and organizing the attack, but can concentrate on scoring in front of a strong midfielder; However, with the departure of Xavi, Iniesta and Vazquez, Barcelona's midfield control has declined. If Messi still insists on staying in the front line, the midfielder who is no longer strong will lose control, Messi, Suarez and other players will not get enough support, and the overall operation of Barcelona will be greatly affected. At this time, Barcelona will have to pull Messi back to the midfield and undertake some organizational tasks, so that Barcelona will not "lose from beginning to end." Secondly, it is not surprising that after the roles of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been changed, they have come up with different data in such a "big scene" competition as the Champions League knockout. After Cristiano Ronaldo became a "terminator", "keeping an eye on Cristiano Ronaldo" became the most difficult problem for opponents: if many people were sent to keep an eye on Cristiano Ronaldo, it would definitely give more space to Benzema, isco, modric, Vazquez and others. Based on the strength of these Real Madrid players, Juventus, Bayern and other teams dare not use fewer people against Ronaldo's teammates, not to mention Ronaldo's ability to run without the ball. Messi's situation is much simpler, and opponents can hold Messi to death, thus limiting the overall operation of Barcelona. After all, even if the old Iniesta and busquets were released in midfield, they would hardly pose enough threat. This strategy is naturally not so powerful in La Liga, where the overall strength is slightly weak. After all, Iniesta and busquets are still top-notch in La Liga, but in such a strong dialogue as the Champions League knockout, the ability disadvantage brought by their older age has become a point that powerful opponents can use to make a fuss. In addition to the technical differences between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, an important factor that makes Cristiano Ronaldo appear stronger than Messi in the "big scene" competition is the "spirit" displayed by the two because of their different personalities. There is a big difference between C Ronaldo and Messi's emotional performance on the court. C Ronaldo is very ostentatious and emotional, while Messi is restrained and steady. In the game of Real Madrid, Ronaldo will be domineering after scoring, and he will look annoyed after missing. C Ronaldo will be very active when the team is in the lead, and he will be more excited when the team is behind, arguing with his teammates and encouraging them to work harder; In the Barcelona game, Messi is more low-key and more stable. No matter what the situation is, Messi does not seem to show joy or anxiety on the surface, but continues to play football silently, trying to expand the advantage or reverse the disadvantage with performance. On the one hand, this character has become Barcelona's "reassurance", on the other hand, it has also made Barcelona unable to find a "backbone" in adversity, which has also become a factor for their different performances to some extent. But the differences between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo did not completely prevent them from becoming great players. They are still the best players on the planet, but we will expect them to make up for their disadvantages on the basis of maintaining their own advantages and bring more exciting football and more intense confrontation to the world. In the future, we can also be more proud to say that we have witnessed a great era belonging to Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.