Why Messi Is Better Than Ronaldo – Raul

Real Madrid legend Raul has explained why Barcelona legend Lionel Messi ranks above Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, despite being fortunate enough to play alongside Zidane and CR7, he rates Messi more because the Argentine is simply different.

Raul added that Lionel deserves praise for making the most impossible things in football look so easy.

His words, “I’ve been fortunate to play with players like Zidane, Cristiano, Ronaldo, [Luis] Figo… but I think Messi is the best, he’s very different. He makes everything look easy, things you see as impossible, he makes them look easy, as if he were playing with his friends in the street.”

WOW.

Lionel Messi, also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 he was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team.

Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times.

With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América (17).

He also has the most international goals by a South American male (103). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).