Chris Martin Triggers Cristiano Ronaldo Vs Lionel Messi Debate After Coldplay Concert originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Neither has an easy path in Qatar. Messi's Argentina is in Group C with Mexico, Poland and Saudi Arabia. Ronaldo's Portugal must face Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea.

While the sun sets on the careers of two giants, the game is reliving something it hasn 39;t felt in years mdash; ...

While Messi has played his magic mainly at Barca and now also Inter Miami, Ronaldo has done it across different divisions, i.e., England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, and Italy’s Serie A.

And on Wednesday, as Ronaldo and Messi bowed out of spotlights, in a 10-hour span that felt both symbolic and significant, Yamal seized one that, someday, could be just as bright and big.

Ronaldo leads Messi in the scoring stakes, having netted 938 goals for club and country over his glittering career, in comparison to his rival's tally of 866. Read more ...

Ronaldo and Messi are jockeying for their place among the all-time greats to ever step on the field. There is no hiding, even in the relative footballing outskirts of Saudi Arabia and the U.S.

Messi’s greatness has always been about that talent, above all else. Ronaldo obviously has talent but the real difference has been how his physical prowess has maximised that.