Surprising to see how far behind Messi Ronaldo is now. Messi is on another level.
I support neither RM or Barcelona and was in a way pleased that a coincidence of Messi's recurrent hamstring troubles mixed with his own great form allowed CR7 his time in the glory in the past 2 years because his great talent and great application deserve it but no there is no surprise. Since he was 19 or 20 a fit and in form Messi is unquestionably ahead of everyone in the entire skillset with ball at feet. Over the past 2 months for the first time since the Pep Guardiola time at Barcelona we are seeing the full Messi talent on show untrammmelled by injury or poor form and when that is on show there is no other show in town.
messi ball at feet running at an opposition defence....there is no equivalent in soccer for sheer aesthetic soccer drama.