Ronaldo vs. Messi Age, Dominance, and the Race Against Time

If age is taken into account, the gap grows: Messi, at 37 years and 138 days old, surpassed this barrier sooner than Ronaldo, who hit the same ... According to ESPN, Lionel Messi has won a total of 43 trophies in his football career while Ronaldo has won 33 senior trophies and is still ... Messi is 35-years-old but he just fired Argentina to World Cup glory and continues to be phenomenal despite having lost a yard of pace in recent ... How have Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo fared at previous World Cups? ... Both players were featuring at their fifth World Cup, having first ... The pair have played for so long, and this storyline has been around for so many years, that most people's minds are irretrievably made up by ... Apart from going head-to-head in many competitions, they have also ... Both Ronaldo and Messi have enjoyed impressive time in the Champions League ... It is fair to say they are two extremely different people away from the tennis court, but for so much of the past 25 years their careers have ... Debatable Merit of 'The Best' Aside, How Much Longer Can Ronaldo, Messi Reign? ... year other than get a five-game ban for shoving a ... Over the years Messi's and Ronaldo's unwillingness to share has ... The Spaniard's performances at Euro 2012 set him apart from the pack. ... years, sharing 12 Ballon d'Or awards for best player in the world ... Messi and Ronaldo apart for so long. But to match their powers of ...