# Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi's Tactical Intelligence

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2069555852105687496
- Source account: [@elchiringuitotv](https://x.com/elchiringuitotv)
- Source language: Spanish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:39
- Published: 2026-06-24
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/olUecQ8njCXI/en/cristiano-ronaldo-and-messi-s-tactical-intelligence) What is like that, Alfredo? What is like that, Cristiano?

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/olUecQ8njCXI/en/cristiano-ronaldo-and-messi-s-tactical-intelligence?t=3) Because he is an intelligent person, he is in his zone where he can be effective, which is inside the box, where he is a predator, where on the finish, with a first touch, he is still one of the best in the world.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/olUecQ8njCXI/en/cristiano-ronaldo-and-messi-s-tactical-intelligence?t=12) And Messi, who clearly no longer has the physical capacity, like he did a few years ago, also has that intelligence to pace himself and find the dead zone where he can have an influence without needing to wear himself out too much.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/olUecQ8njCXI/en/cristiano-ronaldo-and-messi-s-tactical-intelligence?t=24) And he protects himself poorly. It's not a matter of protection, it's a matter of tactical intelligence.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/olUecQ8njCXI/en/cristiano-ronaldo-and-messi-s-tactical-intelligence?t=27) It's a matter of knowing how to find the spaces where you can be decisive.

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/olUecQ8njCXI/en/cristiano-ronaldo-and-messi-s-tactical-intelligence?t=31) It does you no good to run around like a chicken all over the midfield if then, at the moment of truth, you don't arrive from deep and put some balls into it.