# Cristiano Ronaldo vs Messi: Debate on Goals, Penalties and Performance - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2102809380215525742 - Source account: [@Basvicluz](https://x.com/Basvicluz) - Source language: Spanish - Target language: English - Duration: 1:45 - Published: 2026-09-25 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/es/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-sobre-goles-penales-y-nivel-de-juego.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance) Cristiano, from what we saw— what we were seeing at the World Cup, we know that it wasn't his best performance. Why? [0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=5) Because he's in the Saudi League, where he isn't doing so well either… [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=8) He didn't play very well either. Cristiano didn't play very well in the Saudi League, even though he won it as the best player in the Saudi League. Now, a few months back— But you can't present that to me as an achievement. It's like telling you… [0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=17) I mean, if he doesn't win it, he should go home and take a breather. [0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=19) But listen to me, he, he, he, he just won it. [0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=21) Messi also lost the… what would be— But the level is low. [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=25) It doesn't matter. No, but we know how he's played, how he's been doing, how it went for him— But look, listen to me. The level is low in both leagues. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=28) When they played a match, Al-Nassr against Messi's team, beat them Al-Nassr six-nil. You're talking about Cristiano, a guy who's 41 years old, who played in his sixth World Cup, he's the only player who scored in six Wor— who scored goals in the six World Cups he played in, and he's 41, two years older than [0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=42) Messi. Look at Ronaldo two years ago at 39. [0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=45) And he scored it, Messi played— Look at how many goals you used to score. [0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=47) In fact, I'll tell you something— I don't think Messi will decline in two years. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=49) Listen to me. The last competition Cristiano had before the World Cup was the Nations League. He was the Nations League's top scorer, competing against Mbappé, Haaland, against everyone now competing in the World Cup. [0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=58) Cristiano Ronaldo is a good penalty taker. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=59) What? A good penalty taker. He's the best penalty taker in history. [1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=62) The go— Messi's goals are always goals created by him. [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=66) Because— And all created by him. Because Messi— He clears the pitch. What he does is insane, how he runs, what he does. [1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=69) Messi, Mes-Messi missed fifty percent of the penalties he took in the World Cups. I mean, he's a, he's a disaster— That doesn't determine it. [1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=74) Stop, stop, stop, when it comes to penalties. [1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=75) He missed one penalty. He scored, scored another and got an assist. [1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=78) Fine, but Cristiano— We won three-two, we went through. [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=79) Cristiano is the best penalty taker in history, as well as the best header in history. [1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=82) Thanks to penalties, he has so many goals. Cristiano wouldn't be as decisive. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=86) Who is, who has the most penalties in the Spanish League? Messi. [1:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=88) Who's the pen— the player with the most penalties at the World Cup? Messi. [1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=91) Who's the player with the most penalties in the Champions League? Messi. [1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5KlMWWZIzdRq/en/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-messi-debate-on-goals-penalties-and-performance?t=93) But we stick with the— If you're talking about penalties, Messi, Messi is the one most arbitrarily favored by penalties, and yet— But— Cristiano is still superior.