Just now, the foreign data website Dezhuan compared the honors of Messi and Ronaldo, two football superstars, in the past three years. turned out to be very embarrassed to find that the gap between the honors won by the two in recent years is very large. Ronaldo even has a feeling that he has been left behind by Argentine star Lionel Messi, why do you say that? Because the gap in the number of champions is indeed widening.
For the two, three years ago was another key point in their careers. Because in that summer, Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly chose to transfer to Manchester United just before the transfer window closed, ending his Juventus career. And Messi also left Barcelona, where he played for more than a dozen seasons, that summer and went to Ligue 1 to join Paris Saint-Germain. Looking back at this node now, it seems that it is also an opportunity for major changes in the careers of the two. Messi's career has been smoother since then, and the national team's years of decline have all been reversed. But on the other hand, Ronaldo is getting worse and worse, and it has been difficult to find a championship in recent years.
So far, after Ronaldo left Juventus in 2021, both for two seasons at Manchester United and later transferred to Riyadh Victory in the Saudi league. In both teams, Ronaldo failed to win any of the official titles. Whether it is the domestic league, cup competitions, the Champions League and the AFC Champions League, Ronaldo has not made achievements. Although he still scored a lot of goals during the same period, he still maintained his true nature as a striker. But it cannot be ignored that collective glory seems to have become an untouchable presence for Portuguese stars during this time. The most important thing is that Ronaldo failed to have the last laugh in the European Cup and the World Cup at the same time. The honor room in the past three years can be said to be very shabby.
For Ronaldo, who once won the championship, such a sense of gap is really difficult for him to accept. And this season has been a bad one, with the team currently missing title hopes on several fronts. The AFC Champions League was eliminated by Ain, and the gap between the league and Riyadh Crescent is getting wider and wider. At the same time, the Saudi Super Cup was also defeated by Riyadh Crescent, and Ronaldo even received a red card and was about to be suspended.
However, at the same time, his old rival Messi was smooth sailing, and after joining Paris Saint-Germain, Messi and the team won two Ligue 1 titles and a French Super Cup. Admittedly, there were no wins in the Champions League, but three wins in two years are also reasonable. And after joining Inter Miami of the American Professional League, Messi scored 10 goals in 7 games to lead the team to win the North American League Cup. It can be said that wherever you go, the championship honor is not a problem.
The most important thing is that Messi has achieved a comprehensive overtake of national team honors in recent years. Fans who are familiar with Messi know that the Argentine king's national team results in the early part of his career can be described as very dismal. The Copa America was runner-up in a row, the World Cup was also runner-up, and several other tournaments ended in failure. In the early stage of his career, Messi's national team results were not as good as Ronaldo's. But since 2021, Messi has led the team to win the long-awaited Copa America. At this point, the Argentine striker opened the knot, and after that, it was another round of honors. Immediately afterwards, Argentina defeated the European Cup champion Italy in the European Cup, and a clean 3:0 allowed Messi to win the second national team championship.
Subsequently, the team successfully reached the top in the Qatar World Cup, and Messi won the most prestigious honor of his career. So far, Messi has successfully become one of the kings of the ball, and the achievement of the national team three consecutive championships is indeed breathtaking. It can be said that Messi has won seven championships in the past three years, while his old rival Ronaldo has not had any official championships. What do you think about the further gap between the honors of the two?