Epic Battle Ronaldo and Messi's World Cup Goal-Scoring War

It's no wonder then that both became the top two scorers in UEFA Champions League history before the age of 30: Messi with 75 goals, Ronaldo ... On 20 June 2018, Ronaldo scored his 85th goal for Portugal in a 1–0 win over Morocco at the 2018 World Cup, surpassing Hungary's Ferenc Puskás as the all-time ... Lionel Messi, coming into the 2022 World Cup had six goals in 19 matches, which increased to eight in 21 after his spot-kick against Saudi ... Messi came closest to winning the World Cup in 2014, when he guided Argentina all the way to the final, only to narrowly lose out to Germany. Ronaldo has scored more goals (seven to six), but overall, Messi's goal contributions exceed his Portuguese counterpart's (11 to nine). The Real Madrid and Portugal forward had an incredible start to the 2018 World Cup, scoring a hat-trick in his country's opening match ... That Ronaldo free kick may have not been impactful in the big picture but it's straight up iconic. 15:42. Go to channel ... At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Messi took the edge in both performance and team success. Messi's four goals topped Ronaldo's one as ... In this year's head-to-head competition, Cristiano Ronaldo has the edge. Across all competitions, CR7 has scored 35 goals so far. They've split the last 10 FIFA Player of the Year awards. Ronaldo has won four Champions League titles with Real Madrid in the past decade, ...