The phrase "UEFA Cristiano League" has been heard because of Ronaldo's apparent superiority in the competition, but in this post, I will show you how that is not the case, and it is indeed Messi who is superior.
First of all, Messi has a higher average of goals, assists, and goals generated per X minutes than Ronaldo. That already tells us a lot, in addition to the fact that Messi is the player with the fewest matches needed to reach 100 goals.
Since the 2009/10 season, Messi has more than double the dribbles completed, more key passes, more filtered passes, and more big chances created (since the 2015/16 season). As you can see, Messi has clear superiority.
Now we will take the average ratings from WhoScored. Since the 2009/10 season, Messi has been superior in the group stage, a round of 16, semi-finals, and finals. The total is a resounding 8.49 to 8.03, in addition to having 62 MoTM in 113 games against 38 in 122, a much higher average of MoTM. Also worthy to note that Messi beat Ronaldo in 7/11 Champions League seasons (8/12 counting the current one), which is quite a difference. It's fine to count from there considering that Ronaldo didn't pass the Round of 16 three times before that season and have an inferior performance than Messi in 2008/09.
In conclusion, as you can see, Messi is far superior to "Mr. Champions League", so if the competition were renamed to its most dominant player, it would be the UEFA Messi League.
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