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Ronaldo 🇵🇹 is NOT better than Messi 🇦🇷 under pressure ❌

We have been lied to 😭

Here's why.. 👇👇👇
LATE WINNING GOALS

Winning goals scored after 76 mins:
Leo - 3️⃣5️⃣ (20% of winners)
Cristiano - 2️⃣5️⃣ (13% of winners)

Messi has scored far more late winning goals, despite playing 15% less games 😱
Winning goals scored by direct free kick after 75 mins:

Leo - 3️⃣
Cristiano - 1️⃣

Winning goals scored by penalty after 75 mins:

Leo - 7️⃣
Cristiano - 5️⃣

These are the most clutch moments - the crowd is silent and time stands still.

Leo makes it happen ✅
Most important winning goals in 2nd half of a game:

Messi 🇦🇷
1️⃣ UCL final (10/11)
2️⃣ UCL Semi (10/11 & 14/15)
3️⃣ Copa Del Rey final (08/09)
4️⃣ Club World Cup Final (09/10)
5️⃣ Supercopa (08/09 & 10/11)
Most important winning goals in 2nd half of a game:

Cristiano 🇵🇹
1️⃣ Copa Del Rey final (10/11)
2️⃣ Club World Cup Final (16/17)
3️⃣ Supercopa final (17/18)
4️⃣ Supercoppa final (18/19)
5️⃣ UCL Semi (12/13)

Messi scored by far the most important late winner - UCL final.

.......
Conversion Rates when team is winning:

Messi 🇦🇷 - 2️⃣3️⃣.2️⃣%
Cristiano 🇵🇹 - 2️⃣4️⃣.5️⃣%

Conversation rate when losing:

Messi 🇦🇷 - 2️⃣2️⃣.4️⃣%
Cristiano 🇵🇹 - 4️⃣.3️⃣%

Messi clearly FAR calmer under pressure. His conv rate barely changes 😱

Next up - penalties 👇
Penalties scored with zero effect on game (either in a loss or when they won by 2+ goals and scored after the winning goal)

Messi 🇦🇷 4️⃣1️⃣
Cristiano 🇵🇹 5️⃣1️⃣

Cristiano has scored a lot more unimportant penalties.

More on penalties...
Penalties missed which would have changed the result if scored:

Messi 🇦🇷 - 6️⃣
Cristiano 🇵🇹 - 8️⃣

Cristiano's misses have cost his team more points/wins than Leo's misses have.
Biggest Career Penalty Misses:

Messi 🇦🇷
1️⃣ Copa America 16 final
2️⃣ UCL Semi
3️⃣ Copa Del Rey Semi

Cristiano 🇵🇹
1️⃣ UCL final
2️⃣ UCL Semi (2x)
3️⃣ Coppa Italia Semi

Again with a UCL final AND 2x UCL semis, Cristiano has choked more in big games.
The last segment is focusing on away games because "Messi only turns up at the Camp Nou".

Before that, total match winners:
Messi - 24% of all games
Cristiano - 23% of all games

Now for away game stats 👇👇👇
% of winning goals scored away:
Messi - 45%
Cristiano - 43%

% of away winners in 2nd half:
Messi - 50%
Cristiano - 49%

% of away winners after 75 mins:
Messi - 30%
Cristiano - 17%

% of away winners after 90 mins:
Messi - 3.9%
Cristiano - 2.3%
I think I have clearly shown just why Messi is not a bottler.

I have also shown why a worse penalty conversion rate for Messi does not mean he suffers under pressure.

He clearly misses more 'no pressure' penalties compared to Cristiano.

Have I changed your mind?
Stats are from:

@Transfermarkt
@mvsrapp

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