Ronaldo big game player

Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Alan Dawson. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi continue their battle to be the best soccer player on the planet. Statistics show that Ronaldo is far superior to Messi when it comes to big match performance-level in the latter stages of the tournament.

In these games, Messi fails while Ronaldo succeeds. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Cristiano Ronaldo is the ultimate big game player. Just check out the competitions he has scored in. Ronaldo has now scored in 10 different international tournaments.

Oh, he's dominated club football, too. He scored three Ronaldo had his fair share of misses in the initial phase of his Real Madrid career but the Juventus star has made his presence known more than any other player in the planet in the last few years.

The Portuguese legend has made it clear in the last few seasons that he remains the better among the two when it comes to performing in big matches. The famous expression means that when things are getting difficult and hard, the winners find a way to cross all their obstacles.

It goes without saying that Ronaldo has done just that throughout his career, more than Messi or anyone else in the current era. While Messi has performed in big matches too, the Argentine talisman also let his head drop in certain tough situations. The Barcelona star's constant lacklustre performances with Argentina does not help his case either. On the other hand, Ronaldo has never let his head drop even when things were not going his team's way.

The Portuguese superstar is ruthless and always look for opportunities to find a way to tilt the game in his team's favour. The match against Hungary in the Euro Championship is one such instance where Ronaldo portrayed his formidable ability to be relentless at the face of pressure. Baresi rarely required such rescue missions throughout his career, helping Milan concede only three goals combined in the quarters, semis and finals of the and European Cups and Champions League.

Hell, Baresi played for over an hour with a broken arm in a November Milan derby; they obviously kept a clean sheet. The leading scorer in Africa Cup of Nations history netted in all six of the tournaments he featured in — another record — guiding Cameroon to the trophy twice and himself to the Golden Boot two more times. The first and last trophies of his club career were pleasingly parallel, too.

Under strict instructions from my lawyer, I am obliged to point out just one similarity: they were all vanquished by the final boss of the s: Gerd Muller. It started with his two goals in the European Championship final, giving West Germany their first major tournament success in 18 years.

The Berlin-based equivalent of Baddiel and Skinner must have been ecstatic. Two years later, Total Football was humbled as Muller saved his final international goal for the winner in the World Cup final. That came shortly after he scored twice to beat Atletico Madrid in the European Cup final, the same last hurdle Leeds and Jimmy Armfield controversially tripped over in Muller iced them all.

Twice the Spaniard has spoiled the fairytale ending in separate Madrid derby Champions League finals.