Goats of Football

1st of all we should know that what is GOAT. Many people when they hear the word “GOAT” in some specific sport or field they start thinking of the goat(animal) which are totally wrong in sense of praising. This abbreviation has become very well-known in the last few years, allowing supporters to argue and discuss it continuously. Here we will exploring the Goats of football.

Meaning of GOAT?

Actually “GOAT” means “Greatest of All Time”. Here we will study about the greatest player of all time in football. Though there’s never a clear-cut answer to who the “one true GOAT” is, several players are always at the forefront of discussion.

I think that if we are mentioning some specific player and named him as a GOAT of football so its wrong. Many big players have many big contributions and achievements in football from the beginning of football.

MODERN ERA(Goats of Football)

If we further try to go down in deep in this particular debate, we will have to understand it in every aspect of football.

In modern era we have 2 main famous footballers which are consider the GOATS of football in present generation. 1^st one is Cristiano Ronaldo and 2^nd one is Lionel MESSI.

Both have un precedented contribution in the field of football. Both have a huge number of fans, fame, respect and luxuries as well.

Loving Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t mean that to start hating Lionel Messi Now a days it became a debate between Messi and Ronaldo fans. We are not supposed to hate the other one in love of one of them. Both are living legends both need to be respected.

LIONEL MESSI

Lionel Messi is one of the best and greatest footballers of all time. He needs no introduction to introduce him. Messi have many trophies such as world cup 2022, Copa America, champion leagues, La Liga, Copa Del Rey, 8 Ballon Dors, Golden Boots, FIFA best men’s player of the year and many more. Messi and Ronaldo share the stage of Goats of Football for 15 years which is amazing.

Messi has a good sense of dribbling which are better than all the footballers. Messi also have a high IQ level in sense of play making. Messi is the one who can lead the game single handedly in most of the time. He has also the best first touch technique and a perfect level of controlling the ball in game. He also has the good manners which are the main ingredient in football for gaining respect from football fans in all over the world. Messi also have a great sense of finishing and scoring goals. He has the very amazing sense of taking freekicks in curve style.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Messi longtime rival, one of the best, stylish and show boater player of all time in a history of football. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the players which made filmy and movie scene into reality. Cristiano Ronaldo save his country and clubs many times in their football career. Ronaldo has a good sense of long-range attempts on goals. He also has a great ability to do heading goals. He is the only player with no weak foot i.e., he can play with their both feet same as his strong foot. His way of shooting is just insane. One of the best Footballer who maintain himself in the debate of Goats of Football for several years.

Cristiano Ronaldo shoot is like rocket that no one can judge his shoot. He is very stylish and amazing free kick taker from distance.

He turns many filmy and movie scenes into reality. The match between Spain and Portugal in 2018 world cup, Cristiano Ronaldo draw the match with Spain single handedly with 3-3 goals by scoring a hattrick against one of the best goal keeper, De Gea, 4 of the best defenders, Sergio Ramos, Giraud pique, Jordi Alba and Nacho, 3 of the best mid fielders, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi and Bosquet. All of these players are from the world top 3 clubs like real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Ronaldo made his space in the debate of Goats of Football in Real Madrid.

In simple terms, Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player which can turn the game into few minutes from loosing to winning.

There are many matches which are the best example of Ronaldo supremacy. I am mentioning some of them.

Ronaldo vs Egypt

Ronaldo score 2 goals in extra minutes of the game and won the game by 2:1. This is one of the mesmerizing performance in terms of Goats of Football.

Ronaldo vs Sweden:

Ronaldo score an incredible hattrick against Sweden in the 2014 world cup playoff match and qualify his country Portugal for the world cup single handedly and won that qualify match by 3:2.

Ronaldo vs Atletico Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo score a magnificent hattrick against Atletico Madrid in the 2^nd leg many times and won the matches for their club single handedly that’s why Cristiano Ronaldo is consider one of the biggest nightmares for Atletico Madrid and Diego Simone (Atletico Madrid Coach at that time). Here Ronaldo settled himself completely in the debate of Goats of Football.

Ronaldo also score a glamorous hattrick against Atletico Madrid in Juventus again in champion leagues.

Cristiano Ronaldo score 4 hattricks against Atletico Madrid and score 25 Goals against them.

Ronaldo vs Bayer Munich

Cristiano Ronaldo also scored a hattrick against Bayern Munich FC against the World best Goal Keeper of that time, Manual Nuer. He also scored 9 Goals against Bayern Munich in the champion leagues without bundas Liga because bundus Liga is German football League and Ronaldo never played in German leagues. Cristiano Ronaldo performances against the Bayern Munich is enough for Ronaldo to be in the debate of Goats of Football.

Ronaldo vs Wolfsburg

Cristiano Ronaldo score beneficial hattrick against Wolfsburg’s in the champion league 2^nd leg which are one of the best comebacks in the history of champion League and football as well and won the match by 3:2.

There are many more matches which are the best examples to explain Ronaldo supremacy but I mentioned those which are remember to me. This performance by Ronaldo made him special in the debate of Goats of FOOTBALL.

Comparison between Ronaldo and Messi

Well, there are no comparison between these two living legends because both are great players in their own way. We can’t say that Messi is better than Ronaldo or Ronaldo is better than Messi instead of that we can say that both are great players and best in their own places. Both have biggest achievements and records in football history which I don’t think so that can be broke easily.

Ronaldo and Messi share the stage for 15 years and it became one of the best topics of debate in terms of Goats of Football.

DRIBBLING

Messi is a good Dribbler while Ronaldo is not good in dribbling as Messi. It doesn’t mean that Ronaldo is not a good dribbler it simply meant that Ronaldo is not good as Messi.

Play making

Messi has a good sense of play making as compared to Cristiano Ronaldo. Again, it doesn’t mean that Ronaldo is not a good play maker, off course he is, but Messi is more intelligent than Ronaldo in play making. This quality of Lionel Messi made him a unique player in the debate of Goats of Football

SCORING AND FINISHING

Cristiano Ronaldo is a very good finisher and goal scorer than Lionel Messi. Messi is also a good finisher but not good as Ronaldo.

Skill point of view

Cristiano Ronaldo is more skillful than Lionel Messi. Ronaldo is the stylish player with many show boating skills like chop, stepover, elastico, and many more while Messi can’t do it, he’s just a good dribbler not a show boater like Cristiano. Here Ronaldo is above on the debate of Goats of Football.

FREESTYLE

As we all know that Messi is not a freestyler with freestyling skills and Ronaldo is a good freestyler than Lionel Messi. We can see it in a warm up session before the match.

LEADERSHIP

Both Ronaldo and Messi have great ability of leadership which are very necessary for leading the whole team as a captain. Both of them have special abilities and qualities of leaderships which make both of them very special and cost worthy players in History of Goats of Football.

FREEKICKS

Both are a good freekick taker of all time in football. Ronaldo can score from distance and Messi can score freekicks in style like Panenka and spin.

WEAK FOOTS

Now Messi is not a good finisher and Goal scorer as Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo can play with their weak foot as he plays with their strong foot while Messi can’t play with their weak foot as Ronaldo can plays with their weak foot.

These are the qualities which made a player a perfect and complete player.

At the end we can’t say that one is better and special position in the debate of GOATS of football, both are amazing players with many abilities and High IQ levels. Both are on a same level.

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Other Net Worthy players

Pelé

Known as one of the greatest football players of all time, Pelé is a legend in the sport who led Brazil to three World Cup victories. He had remarkable quickness, dribbling, and finishing skills.

Diego Maradona

Another World Cup champion, Maradona was well-known for his leadership, passing vision, and dribbling abilities. His personality and impact on the sport will live forever in memory.

Johan Cruyff

Cruyff was a revolutionary whose influence went beyond sports. He established the “Total Football” concept, which has impacted coaches and players for many years.

Alfredo Di Stefano

Di Stefano, a formidable force in the 1950s and 60s, guided Real Madrid to five straight European Cup victories. Their success was largely due to his leadership, inventiveness, and goal-scoring abilities.

Zinedine Zidane

Zidane was a classy midfield player who helped France win the World Cup and the European Championship. He was renowned for having excellent passing, vision, and tempo management skills.

CONCLUSION

In this blog post, I discussed the greatest players of all time in football or Goats of Football. Who are those players, what are their contribution, what are their achievements and what are their specialty and what are their qualities which differ the from others players.

FAQs

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