Three times Cristiano Ronaldo's sisters have mocked his rival Lionel Messi (2024)
Cristiano Ronaldo has always had the unerring support of his two sisters Katia and Elma throughout his career - and both are not shy when it comes to mocking Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo has millions of passionate fans all over the world – but none of them come close to matching his sisters for ferocity.
Ronaldo’s career at the very top of the game has been built upon a unique talent, a serious work ethic and a legendary self belief. Every step of the way, from the early days at Manchester United to the present day at Al-Nassr, he has been cheered on by his family.
As well as an older brother called Hugo, Ronaldo has two older sisters – Elma and Katia. Both are fiercely loyal and completely unafraid to make their feelings known on his career – and his rivals.
Ronaldo’s own fantastic and lengthy career has been mirrored by Lionel Messi’s, with both superstar players peaking at similar points. They have been constantly pitted against each other, both on and off the pitch, with the age-old greatest of all time debate raging on and on.
While football fans have different opinions on who is the modern-day GOAT, it is safe to say that Ronaldo’s sisters are in agreement. They are just as fierce in their dislike of the Argentina legend as they are in their love of their brother.
A good example of their loyalty came in December 2020 when Messi’s Barcelona played Ronaldo’s Juventus in the Champions League. It wasn’t a great evening for Messi, who ended up on the losing side as Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot in a 3-0 win for Juve at the Camp Nou.
Elma Aveiro was quick to make hay while the sun shined, writing an Instagram post in praise of her brother while mocking Messi. The post: "My king. Greatest of all time. Pride of my life," and was accompanied by a mocked-up drawing of Messi bowing down to Ronaldo.
Katia Aveiro tried to one-up her sister by mocking Messi when Ronaldo was not even involved a few years later. Back in August 2022, Messi was being celebrated for scoring a stunning overhead kick for PSG against Clermont.
Cue the response from the Ronaldo fan army online. One page decided to mock Messi's goal while comparing it to Ronaldo’s iconic bicycle kick for Real Madrid against Juventus in the Champions League in 2018.
The post on Instagram read: "One is a handgun and the other is a bicycle. One is in the French Championship against Clermont and the other is in the knockout stage of the Champions League against Juventus.
"In one, the player puts his hands on the pitch, the other foot also and it would barely be possible to put a mattress between his body and the field, while the other has his body completely off the pitch and the space between his body and the field. It's so much that the player in the top image would fit and if he hesitated, there would still be a little left hahaha. Never compare…" Katia Aveiro liked the post before commenting on it with a series of clapping emojis.
The most frequent area of conflict between Ronaldo and Messi has been the Ballon d’Or. Unfortunately for Ronaldo fans, he trails Messi five to eight in that arena, which dents their argument about him being the GOAT. But they have an argument for that too.
Last year, Messi was awarded his record-extending eighth gong, while Ronaldo wasn’t even among the 30 players nominated. After Messi won, a Ronaldo fan page posted a photo of the Portuguese forward with his trophies alongside the captioned "Earned, not given”. Katia then replied to the post with clapping emojis.
Ronaldo is now 39 years old. Messi is 36. But even when they eventually hang up their boots, you can be sure the debate will never die – and that Ronaldo’s sisters will be there fighting for their brother.
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If we compare Messi and Ronaldo's average speed, we can see that Messi is more involved in the game. Messi has an average speed of 23 km/h and Ronaldo has an average speed of 22 km/h. They are close, but Messi has a slight edge.
Ronaldo has 891 goals compared to Messi's 833. This would give Cristiano an advantage of 58 goals over Messi. CR7 scored 450 of those goals with Real Madrid, 145 with Manchester United, 128 with Portugal, 62 with his current club Al Nassr, and five with Sporting Club.
Messi has higher acceleration, Ronaldo has higher speed (when he is at full pace). For dribbling Messi accelerates extremely fast in first few meters, and there he makes a lot of advantage over defenders.
Synopsis. Portugal's star striker and World Cupper Cristiano Ronaldo, who currently plays in the cash-rich Saudi Pro League, has emerged as the richest sportsman as Lionel Messi settles for the third position.
The individual battle between Ronaldo and Messi has been the defining feature of modern football for the past decade and more. Messi went ahead of Ronaldo in the Ballon d'Or stakes when he won his sixth in 2019 and cemented his superior status in that field with his seventh in 2021 and eighth in 2023.
With his goal for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) against Nice in the French league on Saturday, Messi surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo (701) in 105 fewer matches in Europe.
That man is, of course, Lionel Messi, who has scored 57 hat-tricks for club and country since making his senior debut. The Argentine is almost two and a half years younger than his eternal rival and has played around 160 career games fewer as a result, with his hat-trick rate coming in at one every 18.5 games.
Not far behind is World Cup-winning Argentina legend Lionel Messi, who has scored 34 Champions League braces (on top of his staggering 134 La Liga braces).
Ronaldo's perfect hat trick -- scored with the left foot, right foot and head-- elevated his total for the season at club level to 45 goals, his most since scoring 51 for Real Madrid in 2015-16, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
While Ronaldo currently has more goals overall, Messi has the edge in the scoring department, with a higher season average (37.9 to 35), having hit a high of 73 goals in 2011-12, though his average dropped after a disappointing maiden campaign at PSG in 2021-22.
Lionel Messi is the all time record winner of the award, having won it six times overall. He also holds the record for most goals and most points in a single season (50 and 100 respectively, in 2011–12). Cristiano Ronaldo is second on the all time list, having won four Golden Shoes, as well as two consecutively.
The Juventus marksman is the club's fastest player this season, hitting a max speed of 34.62kmph in Juve's win over Napoli at the start of the season. Ronaldo managed to sprint 92 metres in less than 12 seconds in the move that led to the opening goal.
What is the top speed of Messi, Neymar, and Ronaldo with a ball and without a ball? With ball, Messi can reach upto 32.5 - 33.7 kmph with and without it maybe a slight higher.
And as Messi's height is 1.69m, we can do some maths. All we have to do is 1.69 times by 3, which gets us a jump height of 5.07m, which is ridiculous. And this is nearly double. of Ronaldo's highest jump of 2.93m, proving that Messi is better at jumping than Ronaldo.
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