How did Messi-Ronaldo fare in matches against the top 10 teams?

 How did Messi-Ronaldo fare in matches against the top 10 teams?

There has long been a disagreement regarding who is better between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.. After winning the World Cup in Qatar, Messi is recognized by many as the greatest of all time. However, many of Ronaldo's fans are not willing to accept this. Statistics, however, do not speak in favor of any single superiority. Messi is ahead in some standards and Ronaldo is ahead in others.

 How did Messi-Ronaldo fare in matches against the top 10 teams?

Both have proved their superiority once again by scoring for Argentina and Portugal in international matches recently. On the one hand, as Messi has touched the milestone of 100 goals, on the other hand, Ronaldo has set a new record for playing the most international matches. After scoring 4 goals in two friendlies against Panama and Curacao during the international break, Messi's goal tally is now 102, while Ronaldo's tally is 122 with 4 goals in Euro qualifying. But the question is, among these goals, who has the highest number of goals against the top ranked countries?

In a recent article, the Spanish sports newspaper Marca highlighted the goals that Messi and Ronaldo currently have against the top 10 ranked clubs. Brazil, Argentina, France, Belgium, England, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are currently among the top ten teams in the rankings.

Ronaldo won't play against Portugal, and Messi is unable to score against Argentina. In addition, Messi scored 15 goals in his career versus the other 9 teams the two of them faced while playing together. Messi, on the other hand, scored five goals against Brazil's archrivals, three against France, three against Croatia, two against Spain, one against the Netherlands, and one against Portugal. After playing in one match each against Italy and Belgium, Messi was unable to score any goals. Moreover, the superstar from Argentina has yet to face England.

 How did Messi-Ronaldo fare in matches against the top 10 teams?

Although Ronaldo is ahead of Messi in terms of overall goals scored, the Portuguese star is behind in goals scored against teams currently ranked in the top ten. Ronaldo scored 14 goals against these teams. Whereas Ronaldo scored the most 4 goals against the Netherlands, 3 goals each against Belgium and Spain. Scored 2 goals against France and 1 each against Argentina and Croatia. Ronaldo could not score any goals despite playing 3 matches against Brazil and England. Apart from this, Ronaldo did not score a goal in one match against Italy.

Interestingly, Messi-Ronaldo goals against Portugal and Argentina came in the same match. Argentina beat Portugal 2-1 in that friendly match on March 9, 2011. And the top ten teams against which both Messi and Ronaldo have scored are France, Netherlands, Croatia and Spain. The number of goals scored by two of these four teams is 19.