Girona

Villarreal

Real Madrid

Barcelona

Osasuna

Athletic Bilbao

Celta Vigo

Cadiz

Real Sociedad

Getafe

Granada

Betis

Regular Season

Atletico Madrid

Valencia

Alaves

Sevilla

Las Palmas

Mallorca

Rayo Vallecano

Almería

La Liga

Stat: Lionel Messi has dominated Ronaldo in terms of assists for nearly 15 seasons

Opta

 and Cristiano Ronaldo are almost neck-and-neck in terms of goals scored, Leo is unrivalled when it comes to assists claimed. 

 skipper has recorded more assists than Ronaldo in 14 of the 15 seasons recorded by football stats provider Opta. 

 only bettered Messi in terms of assists claimed back in 2006. 

Overall, Leo has registered 123 more assists than his Portuguese rival. 

'Why not him?': How Cristiano Ronaldo stopped being arrogant to admit Messi's edge in Ballon d'Or race

]. Why not him? If he wins it, it will be well deserved," 

," he added. "To win a trophy like this, you need to have won collective trophies, a league title, the 

. That's why many players from Barcelona could win it," the Portuguese added back then.

Even then, it was quite surprising to hear something like that from the current (at that time) Ballon d'Or holder.

As a reminder, Leo Messi won that prize with a huge 250-point advantage over Cristiano Ronaldo. 

'If Messi wins, it'll be the most busted Ballon d'Or in history': French pro boxer Tony Yoka rips into Leo

Professional French boxer and Olympic gold medalist Tony Yoka has revealed his take on 

. The 29-year-old didn't support his candidacy, to say the least.

"We live in a time when we want to give the Ballon d’Or to a player who finished third in La Liga, was eliminated in the knockout stages of the 

 by losing 4-1 at home (the sixth year in a row being humiliated in CL), who lost the final of the Spanish Super Cup after seeing a red card for hitting the opponent with his right…" Yoka's Instagram story reads. 

"Just because he scored four goals against 

"PS: 29 goals in La Liga, 24 scored against the last seven teams in the league. 

"5 goals in the Champions League this season, 4 penalties. 

"If he wins it, it will be the ugliest and most busted Ballon d’Or in history. Winning the Ballon d'Or after such a bad season, scoring goals that didn’t win your team anything, zero goals against 

, zero against the great clubs, nothing. Thank you 

, this competition with two groups of five teams, where the first four are directly qualified to the quarter-finals! Have you no shame?"

It makes no sense defending Messi against people that will clearly not be convinced by facts. However, it should be noted that the 

 captain scored 30 goals in La Liga, and not 29 like Yoka is claiming.

Besides, the Ballon d'Or is awarded for a player's performances during the calendar year, and not for his achievements from the past season. And in 2021 the 34-year-old has been 

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There’s a different between a goalscorer and a perfect footballer 
Messi is the most complete footballer

Painkillers

Ana Del

Ayan Tiwari, if person give you slap now u go dey complain... check your stats Wella ooo

Best Wurld

Check your Stats first , Suarez is ahead of CR7 in terms of assists , See You Next Tuesday

Ayan Tiwari

Messi ? Even Suarez has more assists than CR7

This really shouldn't be news to anyone...
Messi is not just a goal scorer, he is also the best playmaker in the history of the game... 
Just Leo being Leo and this is the reason why we dont compare him with anyone...

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	20
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	19
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	18
Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	17
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	16

Stat: Lionel Messi has dominated Ronaldo in terms of assists for nearly 15 seasons

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