It was long debated even before Cristiano Ronaldo made the move from Manchester to Madrid, and there was never a real chance for a comparison, because of the huge bridge in quality of the Spanish and English league defenders, but since he made the choice to go to Spain we have had a equal look at what each of the player's can do. They both have a fantastic scoring record in La Liga and have set the competition alight with skillful moves and wonderful passing, but there has been little between them.
The defining moment for these two players will come tonight at the Bernabau in front of 80,000 fans, the atmosphere will be electric and it will be interesting to see if they can both handle the pressure in what comes as a season defining moment for the two teams. It will be here that the best player is revealed, one will triumph and the other will have to bow and accept defeat.
Messi Comes Out on Top - Not for the First Time
As I said, one player would shine in the Bernabau this evening and that player was Lionel Messi, it seemed for a while that neither Ronaldo nor Messi were on top of their game but in the 76th minute Messi lost Alonso in the box and slotted home through Cassilas' legs.
If you thought that was good then it got a lot better from their on, with his renewed confidence from the goal, Messi looked threatening and Madrid were dejected and in the 87th minute he picked up the ball midway in the Madrid half, surrounded by 5 white shirts he slipped past them all and cooly slotted past the keeper.
In a match that was destined to be remembered for diving and theatrics not seen outside of broadway, one man stepped up to the challenge and showed why he is renowned as the best player in the world.
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