I've mentionned that several times. People show up here after Ronaldo scoring goals against Atalanta for a CL group stage and it's "the debate is over, he's the GOAT" when this whole debate was built on hundreds of games at the highest level. Unless Messi wins CL with PSG scoring 10 goals or something (which is unlikely but seems less unlikely than Ronaldo winning anything this season), this debate will never be over. Chances are, there's never going to be a tie breaker.
Yeah I have to agree here. And this actually is probably the biggest thing Ronaldo has achieved, for me personally obviously, in 2012 there was no debate, and in BdOr's, as much as each one values them, I can remember everyone saying he was done for, and well, it's not like I disagreed Messi had been better to that point, as much as I always preferred Ronnie, but I felt a little bit bad for the dude and I felt he was extremely underrated at that point, in a rivalry standpoint.
He just kept pounding and pounding and his dedication, hard work payed off, at a point in his career when he wasn't even as good as he had been, or as complete, at least. And of course, it's a team game and everyone around him helped make things happen (like he also did a million times).
At this point Ronaldo has latched himself into Messi level in terms of discussion, and the end result is done for already, unless something extraordinary happens. Ronnie will never be discussed without Messi alongside, but neither will Messi without Ronaldo. And looking in hindsight, that's one hell of an achievement.
Ronaldo scores, the monkeys are in to throw their faeces at the others, Messi scores and the same happens. It’s just pointless toxic tribal rubbish where no one will change their minds. So pointless.