WHO DO THESE GUYS THINK THEY ARE?

      It’s safe to say, normal to say, that these two “superhumans” have redefined the sport in every sense of the word. Records, accolades, trophies? Goals, sort of goals: how about the number? “Been there, done that”, they’ll both shrug. The refusal to allow a drop in these riveting performances they produce year after year makes you wonder. Between these two extraterrestrials were more than a 100 strikes for club and country this past season. Staggering? You bet. But it all seems so normal to them, more like they’re gods. Safe to say, they are the gods of this sport (been for a while now). 

 

Cristiano and Leo Messi in a friendly at Old Trafford in 2015 ((c) greennews.ng)

                                                   

    The 2007 Ballon D’Or will be for a long time looked at as the one which probably started all these hurricanes. Leo Messi finished in second ahead of Cristiano, and after that, well: it’s been two of them rotating between first and second. The Argentine leads by 1 (5-4) in that particular duel: the most important you could argue. Portugal’s own Superman looks like he’s equaling the tie this December. What sort of monarchy is this? Showboat Neymar Jr would be forgiven for praying for his alien-mate to retire soon. They’ve set the standards so high that it’s a bit criminal to say anyone would match up to that on a consistent basis: we’re talking four to seven years of such immense achievements. Ever since that night in Zurich, virtually everyone (and yes everyone) has been turned to spectators.

Cristiano breaking Raul's all-time record in less than half of the time

the Spaniard did ((c) ronaldo7.net).

You think it just ends at the Ballon D’Orssss? Think again. Goals win you games, points, honours, articles, endorsements, etc: but when they are scored on countless number of occasions that it becomes a tedious process for statisticians to actually calculate how many they’ve struck: then we here have something actually astonishing. Telmo Zarra’s record a thing of the past (and probably never remembered again) just because some fellow from Spain’s lost cousin decided he wanted to break it. 251 league goals he hit? And the genius smashed it. What about the UCL record (106 strikes) and Raul’s that Jose’s best friend rubbished (324 in 310 games)?Raul achieved that number in over 370 games. Isn’t that stupendous in truth? Certainly is. They've also hit a thousand between them. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

   “All good things must come to an end.” Sadly, these two will one day decide this adventure has to end: and when those days come, two separate voids will form which probably no one (in probably the next three decades or so) will ever produce such mind-boggling feats.