Thread on why Messi 🇦🇷 is the best UCL player of all time - and why trophies dont tell the whole picture
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Games scored in:

Messi 🇦🇷 - 70/141 (50%)
Ronaldo 🇵🇹 - 84/175 (48%)

This shows that Leo has an impact on more games than Cristiano does

Points per game when scoring:

Messi 🇦🇷 - 2.64
Ronaldo 🇵🇹 - 2.45

Not only does he impact more games, but his impact is worth more than CRs.
Goals scored in losses:

Messi 🇦🇷 - 3️⃣ goals in 3️⃣ losses
CR 🇵🇹 - 1️⃣3️⃣ goals in 1️⃣0️⃣ losses

Cristiano stat pads a much higher % (10%) of goals in losing games than Messi does (2.6%)

Messi has lost 0️⃣ KO matches when scoring

Cristiano has lost 7️⃣ KO matches when scoring
Match winning goals

Total:
Messi - 3️⃣7️⃣ (26% of games)
CR - 3️⃣8️⃣ (21% of games)

Semi:
Messi - 2️⃣ in 1️⃣5️⃣ (13%)
CR - 2️⃣ in 2️⃣1️⃣ (9%)

Final:
Messi - 1️⃣ in 3️⃣ (33%)
CR - 0️⃣ in 6️⃣ (0%)
Man of the Match Awards
(since 09/10)

Messi 5️⃣9️⃣/9️⃣9️⃣ games (59%)
CR 3️⃣7️⃣/1️⃣1️⃣6️⃣ games (32%)

Average rating since 09/10

Messi - 8️⃣. 5️⃣0️⃣
Ronaldo - 8️⃣. 0️⃣3️⃣
Messi's team lose more when he fails to score.

This shows how much the team rely on him.
Subjective view ftom a Newcastle fan. Very good read. https://twitter.com/Newcastle_FC/status/1272540174350790657?s=19
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