Records being particularly difficult to surpass in the football world, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi each have two!

#Zidane’s three consecutive Champions League titles with Real Madrid

In 2016, 2017 and 2018, Zidane’s Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Liverpool in three Champions League finals, winning the Champions League three times in a row after the restructuring of Europe’s top competition the UEFA Champions League. The Champions League may not be the most influential league, but it must be the highest level of football technology and tactics and the most enjoyable league.

Many European giants will try their best to win the trophy every year. As a result, winning the Champions League is very difficult, especially after the reform. After restructuring the Champions League format, there is no team winning two consecutive Champions League titles, not to mention winning the title three times in a row. Zidane retired from Real Madrid and left the miracle that is very hard to replicate.

#Cristiano Ronaldo’s single-season scoring record in the Champions League

Ronaldo holds the record for the most goals(17 scores) scored within a Champions League in a single season. It is really incredible that Ronaldo can score so many goals in the fiercely competitive Champions League.

#Messi’s goal-scoring record during the calendar year

In 2012, Lionel Messi scored a record 91 goals combined in all competitions for Barcelona and the Argentina national side, shattering the mark of 85 tallied by Gerd Muller for Bayern Munich and Germany in 1972.

#Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s Ballon d’Or

Lionel Messi had monopolised the Ballon d’Or with Cristiano Ronaldo in the ten years from 2008 to 2017. with both of them winning Ballon d’Or five times. Luka Modric has won the 2018 Ballon d’Or, becoming the first player other than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to receive the award since 2007. Although Modric breaks decade of Ronaldo and Messi dominance, it is difficult that someone can copy Ronaldo and Messi’s achievement again.

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