Cristiano Ronaldo made a bet with his Real Madrid teammates to score more goals than Messi in the 17/18 season

According to foreign media reports, Ronaldo had bet that he would score more goals than Messi in the 2017/18 season, but the Portuguese superstar's super confidence was not rewarded.

Judging by Cristiano Ronaldo's high standards, he started this particular season very badly and scored only one goal in his first eight La Liga games.

Messi is far ahead of the list, scoring 11 goals in his first eight games – including a hat-trick against Espanyol and Ebar.

However, according to Macca, Cristiano still insisted he would score more goals than his opponents and told his teammates.

After failing to score in a 3-0 win over Las Palmas on November 5, Cristiano is said to have bet he would bring back the Pichichi trophy – basically a La Liga version of the Golden Boot.

Then he did start scoring, and by March 2018, the goal numbers were close, with Messi only three goals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Still, Messi ended the season with 34 goals – eight more than Cristiano Ronaldo.

In all competitions, Messi scored 45 goals, and Cristiano Ronaldo trailed by just one goal with 44 times after scoring a staggering 15 goals in the Champions League.

Real Madrid finished third in the La Liga title battle won by Ernesto Valverde's Barca, but soared through the european arena, beating Liverpool 3-1 in the final in Kiev to win the Champions League for the third consecutive time.

After winning the Champions League for the fifth time, Cristiano Ronaldo decided to leave Real Madrid at the end of the season for a transfer fee of £99 million to join Juventus.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner didn't win the bet, but he did win a bet with Sir Alex Ferguson in the 2006/07 season a few years ago.

He made a £400 bet with his manager on his Premier League goals.

If Ronaldo hadn't scored 15 goals in the league, Ferguson would have gotten the money, otherwise Ronaldo would have been paid handsomely and bragged about.

Cristiano Scored his 15th goal in White Hart Lane's 4-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur, and Ferguson was later asked about it and joked that "penalties don't count".