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MADRID (Reuters) – World football stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have completed a decade of fierce competition for a high-end career that should not end in the years to come.
The two big stars still seek the title of top scorer since the beginning of the conflict in 2009, when Messi has made a leap forward after scoring 41 goals this year, either with Barcelona or his country, about double the rate recorded in 2008 (22 goals) Without knowing the historical competition with the Portuguese rival who left the same year Manchester United to play in the ranks of Real Madrid, having scored 30 goals.
Since this year, international sailors have offered incredible numbers, both individually and at tournaments.
After finishing the Don in 2008 with 35 goals over Ronaldo, who was playing for Milan, he failed to resist the "chip" the following year, while his talents did not did not allow Barcelona to win its first trophy and crowned the Golden Ball Trophy. .
In 2010, both players finished the year with almost two draws: 60 goals for Cristiano and 59 for Messi, where this year was the most competitive between the two stars.
In 2012, the Messi scoring machine again exploded, scoring a total of 91 goals, the highest figure for a player in a year, compared to 63 goals for CR7.
Over the next three years, until 2015, he was crowned winner of the World Player of the Year trophy, but he also managed to beat Messi in 2013 by scoring 69 goals against 45 for the Flea ".
While the 10-year-old has been in charge of Cristiano for three years, he has beaten him five times in the Golden Boot Award (four times for Portugal), who was the best player in the title of World Player of the Year. Year (5 times). .
In 2018, Messi scored 51 goals to beat the 50 goals of the fifth season in the top eight and eighth in the last nine seasons.
Cristiano, who will be finished in the five weeks of his 34th year, has not crossed the barrier for the first time in seven consecutive years after scoring 49 goals.
In the final, Messi, 31, has scored 571 goals in the last ten years, either with Barcelona or Albiceleste, against 546 for Cristiano with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus, as well as the Seafarers.
All these successes were achieved despite the competition of other names such as the Brazilian Neymar da Silva (Paris Saint-Germain), the Frenchman Cléin Mbabé (Paris Saint-Germain), the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) , the Englishman Harry Kane (Tottenham) and others.
The competition between New Year's players continues with individual rewards, including the Golden Shoe award, with the top two scorers in the Spanish and Italian league respectively. The Uruguayan Luis Suarez is the only one to be selected in the award (twice with Liverpool, Cristiano in 2014). And the other in Barcelona – (AFP)
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