Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the best players of this generation. In the past 10 years, these two super stars have outshine all the other players. Although their ten-year duopoly was ended, no one is better than them in terms of scoring ability. Both of them are very close in all aspects, so they are always chasing each other’s records.
Although the Argentines are ahead of the Portuguese in some respects, Ronaldo also has some records that Messi hasn’t caught up yet. In some data, he just leads a little bit and they are easy for Messi to catch up.
So, here are three records of Ronaldo that the Argentines can break through in 2019.
#3 Most La Liga hattricks
Now that the Portuguese have left La Liga, it is clear that Messi will surely break the record of the most La Liga hattricks in the future. Currently, Ronaldo has 34 La Li hat tricks. Messi has accompished 31 hat tricks. Messi only need 3 more to tie the record and 4 more to break it. Now, the Portuguese has left La Liga, this record will not change. Messi has a big chance to break it in 2019.
#2 Most goals scored in a single Champions League season
Ronaldo’s is 17 goals in a single Champions League season. For Argentine, this is a hard-to-break record. After all, it’s tough to score 18 goals in a single-season Champions League. If you get into the finals, you can only play 13 games at most. It needs a extremely high efficiency to score 18 goals in 13 games. If there is still someone can do this, it is Messi.
The Argentine always has a high efficiency and he has already scored 6 goals in four Champions League games this season. If he didn’t miss two games, he might have scored more goals. There are still at most 7 games left. For him, scoring 12 more goals and breaking Ronaldo’s record of 17 goals in a single season are not impossible.
#1 Most Champions League goals in a calendar year
The record of the most Champions League goals in a calendar year was maintained by Cristiano Ronaldo. In 2017, he scored 18 goals and created the record. It is difficult to break as well. This season, Messi has taken out phenomenal performance and is already on the way to breaking this record. Besides, this year, Messi has said it is time for Barcelona to win the Champions League once again, so he will definitely give everything in the Champions League games. It is not impossible to see him break the record in 2019. Let’s wait and see.
