Monday, 20 June 2016

Fewer goals, fewer assists & more selfies! How Ronaldo's Euros experience compares to Messi's Copa party

The Portugal star is struggling to rediscover his scoring touch in France, while his long-time rival is leading Argentina to a semi-final place in America

Cristiano Ronaldo is enduring a tournament to forget at Euro 2016 thus far, compounded by a missed penalty against Austria as Portugal made it two points from two games on Saturday night.

Meanwhile, over in Massachusetts, Ronaldo's long-time rival Lionel Messi was busy equalling Argentina's all-time top scorer record with his 54th international goal and assisting both Gonzalo Higuain and Erik Lamela in a 4-1 win over Venezuela to reach the Copa America semi-finals.

Back in Europe, Ronaldo - who did break Portugal's all-time caps record - has now attempted more shots in two games than nine other countries, including Italy, Wales and Sweden. He did, however, have time to take a selfie with a fan.


Using data from Opta - plus an added extra - we have compared how both have fared so far this summer following matches against Panama, Bolivia and Venezuela and Iceland and Austria, respectively

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