#2 They carry two of the biggest teams on the planet
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are superb players. What really makes them the unquestionable best of the lot, is the fact that the two players carry two of the biggest teams on the planet. It is somewhat imaginable that teams as rich in player resources as Barcelona and Real Madrid should struggle in the absence of any one player.
However, it has been the case where the difference between them and a team in the European elite or even La Liga high ranked clubs has been the absence of either player from their respective starting line-up or their loss of form for a temporary time.
Their absolute ability with a football transcends their respective teams and galvanizes them with an aura of invincibility which eventually fades if either has to choose to have an off day. Indeed, teams facing them often surrender to the ability of these players but gain a tail when either is not on the team sheet of their clubs.
So we have two of the best players on the planet carrying their respective clubs. That is no mean task considering the two clubs have won 15 European Cups between themselves.
