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#4 Lack of leadership quality
One attribute where Messi definitely falls behind Cristiano Ronaldo is leadership quality and the ability to rally your teammates to fight against seemingly insurmountable odds. While Ronaldo rallied his troops to an unexpected win at the 2016 Euros, Messi's star-studded Argentine side went down in the 2014 World Cup final as well as the 2015 and 2016 Copa finals, desperately lacking leadership in the team.
While at Barcelona, Messi has had the good fortune of playing under great leaders like Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandez and of late, Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets. He does not have to shoulder the same leadership burden at Barcelona that he has to in the Albiceleste colours.
Even when players like Javier Mascherano were part of the team, the pressure for inspiration always fell on Messi and the magician has failed to live up to expectations. He is human after all and this problem would and should have been addressed by more capable managers. Messi still retains the captain's armband at Argentina when the AFA should look to reprieve him of that pressure and instead hand it over to goalkeeper Sergio Romero or centre back Nicolas Otamendi.
