5 reasons why this season's Champions League final could be an El Clasico

#5 Ronaldo and Messi are hitting form again

Real Madrid v Getafe - La Liga — Cristiano Ronaldo has been on fire in this season's Champions League

It always helps when you’ve got the best players in the world in your team, and while the start of the season saw some debate over whether the dominance of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi could continue – particularly with the form of players like Neymar and Harry Kane in the early stages of the Champions League. Now though, there can be no question as to who the greatest is.

Both men are still banging goals in and dominating games both in Europe and at home in La Liga – Messi has 24 goals and 12 assists in 27 league games, and in the Champions League he’s scored 4 and assisted in 1 in 7 games. Ronaldo’s domestic form hasn’t been quite as impressive – 16 goals and 4 assists in 21 games, but in the Champions League, he’s been simply phenomenal.

He’s already scored 12 and assisted in 2 in just 8 games in Europe, and more impressively, he’s scored in literally every game Los Blancos have played in the Champions League this season. To put it simply, the Champions League is Ronaldo’s competition. And his greatest rival Messi loves it just as much, having led Barca to four triumphs in the last decade. With those two on top form, who would bet against both sides making the final this year?

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