Ronaldo missed a penalty during Juventus’ win over Chievo on Monday night. So where does that put him in the penalty stakes alongside Lionel Messi?
That miss was Ronaldo’s 25th out of the 139 he has taken during his career - including penalty shootouts.
Lionel Messi has missed the same number, but has only taken 108.
That gives Ronaldo a success rate of 82.01 per cent.
Messi, who has scored 83 of his 108, boasts a success rate of 76.85 per cent.
Messi’s worst penalty ratio is for Argentina, only scoring 11 from 16 - giving him a ratio of 75 per cent.
Ronaldo has also struggled internationally with seven goals from 11 penalties - giving him an 83.73 per cent record.
Messi missed a penalty at the 2018 World Cup in Russia against Iceland.
Ronaldo missed against Austria at Euro 2016 and also failed to score against Chelsea in the 2008 Champions League final for Manchester United.
In terms of regular goals, both Ronaldo and Messi are chasing down Pele’s record of domestic strikes.
Messi has a total of 577 goals in 661 appearances for his beloved Barcelona, after making his debut in 2004.
Pele, who played for Santos between 1956 and 1974, scored a total of 619 goals in 638 games
Ronaldo, who wouldn’t rule himself out of beating Pele’s total, has scored an impressive 589 goals in 790 games.
Fazdeop
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as a Messi fan I think this is a weird article that touches a sensitive topic we usually don't want to talk about. Messi may be good in a lot of things but his confidence in penalties is not one of them. CR7 on the other hand is just fantastic at hitting these penalties. people shouldn't take every chance they have to compare these two. I love them both and have massive respect for each of them because they may be different but they are just insanely good. its kind of tiring to have to read comparisons every day
janabarca
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he scored crucial penalties misses one the whole world is against him people start questioning whether he could.play they forgot it was cr7 who came to juventus .even juventus fans are trusting him meanwhile other fans criticize him.don't forget he is the best penalty taker on earth
NebaBorizo
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Ronaldo misses a penalty, it becomes the talk of the century and history starts coming out... I'm a Ronaldo fan but I love Messi too. but Messi's fans are full of hate speeches. these two players are great... Ronaldo in penalties, tapins, and decisive when needed. Messi in free kicks, pace and ball magnetism and good goal scorer... F***k all haters
RealMd13
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Cristiano Ronaldo penalty miss: Is Juventus star worse than Lionel Messi? Me ⚽️💪🏾 No CR7 is a better PK taker than. Leo and CR7 Pks are always well placed and He cant always score every Pk of course He will miss some but what I love about CR7 is the fact he doesnt miss a PK when the world 🌍 against him! and thats proves that CR7 is a player who like to he under pressure because thats when he steps up big time and as for Lionel Messi he has every from Vision..agility..balance..football IQ..passing..pace..shooting..dribbling skills.. my point is Lionel Messi is a complete player while CR7 is a better Goal scorer!
wiuklostz
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Neither Messi or Ronaldo can touch Pele's record, as they have already made far more appearances and still haven't scored anything like Pele in terms of number of goals. The opportunity has gone.