5 reasons why Cristiano Ronaldo has had a better 2020 than Lionel Messi

#3 Cristiano Ronaldo has had better form in league football

As has already been mentioned before, Cristiano Ronaldo has had a goal-rich year. His tally of 44 goals in all competitions for club and country this season comprises 33 league goals - 21 in 2019-20 and 12 in the present campaign, with the player scoring his first Serie A hat-trick to open the year.

📝🗓 New Year's resolution: Score a first @SerieA hat-trick ✅#JuveCagliari #CR7JUVE pic.twitter.com/ux9TayFVl2
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) January 6, 2020

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On the other hand, Lionel Messi did not have the best time in league football this year, at least from the perspective of scoring goals. The Argentine tallied only 19 La Liga goals this year - 12 in the last season and seven in the ongoing season.

#4 Better form in the UEFA Champions League

Cristiano Ronaldo scored six goals in as many games in the Champions League this year, with four of these strikes coming in this season's competition. However, despite his exploits, Juventus exited in the Round of 16 in the Champions League in the 2019/20 season.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a BRACE against this Lyon side and almost knocked them out.Now they've knocked out Man City and are in the Semi-finals.Respect Cristiano Ronaldo.pic.twitter.com/8AcGiG0Fun
— The CR7 Timeline. (@TimelineCR7) August 15, 2020

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On the other hand, Lionel Messi has scored only four times in the Champions League this year, with three of these goals coming this season. The player came a cropper in Barcelona's 2-8 humbling against Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals last season.

#5 Better form in international football

In six games for Portugal this year, Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals, with his brace against Sweden bringing up his century of goals in international football.

In sharp contrast, Lionel Messi has netted only once in four games for Argentina this year - all of them in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.