In the midst of a storm of criticism, Cristiano Ronaldo still … does not forget the “race of the century” with Lionel Messi. When the opponent showed excellent performance in the Inter Miami shirt, CR7 also temporarily put aside the previous disappointing round against Al Nassr to vent his anger at Al Fateh with the 63rd hat-trick in his illustrious career. mine.
The football world is divided into two halves when there are controversies involving Ronaldo and Messi. And of course these controversies often have no clear results or answers. If the Argentine superstar dominates one chart, his rival Ronaldo will respond by sitting at the top of another.
Furthermore, make sure both push each other to their limits. And that is what makes them different from the rest of the football world right now. The illustrious career of CR7 and “King Leo” was filled with goals, doubles and, of course, hat-tricks. In this article, just mention the times when both have scored more than 2 goals in a match.
Ronaldo’s hat-trick against Al Fateh is the 63rd time he has scored a hat-trick in his career. Meanwhile, Messi has only 57 hat-tricks. This is not much of a gap when Ronaldo plays more than Messi for 2 seasons. However, we also need to remember that, towards the end of the career, hat-tricks will be more difficult.
Therefore, although the number of hat-tricks is not large, it shows Ronaldo’s perseverance and great will. Only in the last 2 years for example. The 38-year-old Portuguese superstar (he will turn 39 in February 2024) still scored 4 hat-tricks, including 2 for MU in the Premier League and 2 for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League.
At the same time, the 36-year-old Argentine superstar scored two hat-tricks for Argentina, one in a friendly match against Estonia on June 5, 2022 and another in a friendly against Curacao on March 28. The past 2023. That is, in 2 years 2022 and 2023 (up to now), Ronaldo’s hat-tricks are twice as many as Messi’s. CR7 also has a unique feat of scoring 30 hat-tricks before the age of 30 and 30 hat-tricks after the age of 30. Meanwhile, Messi’s 41/57 hat-tricks were scored before the age of 30, and after the age of 30, That number is 16.
Scoring 3 goals against Al Fateh is also the third time Ronaldo (in addition to having an assist for Sadio Mane to score, contributing to a 5-0 victory for the home team) has scored a hat-trick in the Al Nassr shirt, in when Messi has not had a hat-trick with Inter Miami and PSG before.
Ronaldo and Messi are not ashamed to be rivals, but Ronaldo is better than Messi in hat-tricks
More notably, Ronaldo’s hat-trick against Al Fateh was perfect with 1 goal with his head, 2 goals with his left foot – the non-dominant foot. That shows CR7’s superb finishing skills. It should be emphasized more that since Messi’s last hhat-trick at club level (against Eibar in La Liga on February 22, 2020 in Barca shirt, this match Messi made a poker), Ronaldo has scored 16 more hats. – another trick (exactly scoring 3 or more goals).
Ronaldo’s tenacity is surprising and admirable. Even when constantly criticized for not being fair-play on the field, the 38-year-old Portuguese superstar still strives constantly to make a mark and force others to mention the positive aspects. from self. That’s what Ronaldo is. There are always two sides, dark and light.
