In football, penalties can be said to be a relatively easy way to score goals, as long as a team gets a penalty opportunity, then there is almost an 80% chance of getting a point. As the two superstars of today's football, they have scored a lot of goals, and are the only two players in the active squad who have a total of more than 700 goals, Messi has nearly 770 goals, and Cristiano Ronaldo's current total number of goals has exceeded 800. As the absolute main force of their respective clubs and national teams, they naturally got a lot of penalty opportunities. Penalties also account for a certain percentage of their goals. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a total of 141 penalties, more than 20% of the total number of goals scored, and Messi also had 102 penalties anyway.
The total number of penalties can reach three figures, and I have to say that the strength of these two players is still very good! However, in terms of the total shooting percentage of the penalty, Messi is inferior to C Ronaldo, but it is not much different. Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty shooting rate is around 83%, while Messi's is around 76%. In addition to some small matches, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both conceded penalties in some very important games! Let's take stock of how these two players have performed on penalties in the Champions League today. In fact, the total number of penalties in the Champions League between the two players is similar, Messi has won a total of 23 penalties in the Champions League, and Cristiano Ronaldo has also won 22.
Messi scored 18 of these 23 penalty attempts and conceded five penalties, most recently in the first leg of the quarter-out round at home to Real Madrid in the Champions League this season. Messi's penalty was saved by Courtois, and messi became the player who conceded the most penalties in the Champions League as Henry. To be honest, such a record is indeed a bit embarrassing, but in a sense, it does reveal a little flaw in Messi's penalty! In all of Ronaldo's 22 Champions League penalty attempts, he also conceded three, two less than Messi. Of course, since the penalty is still relatively easy to score, the gap is not large. After all, penalties are, in a sense, a means of getting players to score. It's also hard for a goalkeeper to save a penalty!
This season, Ronaldo's Manchester United will face Atletico Madrid away in the first knockout match of the Champions League, and this is also Ronaldo's second return to Madrid after leaving Real Madrid. Remember the last time he played for Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo met Atletico madrid in the Champions League and used a hat-trick to reverse his opponent and successfully qualify. This season can be said to be "not a bad guy does not gather", this time facing Atletico, for C Ronaldo, it may just be a change of team! Considering that both teams have been less stable this season, perhaps it will be a match between the two sides! Interestingly, although everyone criticizes Ronaldo for being very selfish and does not like to pass and assist teammates, according to statistics, in the Champions League knockout stage, the most assisted is C Ronaldo. He has a total of 17 assists, followed by Ribery with 16, Iniesta and Giggs with 15, and Messi with 14 assists in the knockout stages of the Champions League!
1.C Luo (17 times)
2. Ribery (16 times)
3. Iniesta (15 times)
4. Giggs (15 times)
5. Messi (14 times)
6. Alves (14 times)
7. Harvey (14 times)
8. Zidane (13 times)
9. Lewandowski (12 times)
10. Di Maria (12 times)