5 things that Lionel Messi currently does better than Cristiano Ronaldo

#1 Team work

His team-work is second to none

Lionel Messi has been a great team player all through his life. The Argentine has been the most consistent team player for the past few seasons. This term, Leo has helped Barcelona to overturn a poor start to the campaign with his incredible team efforts.

His link-up play is second to none and he often drops in deep to receive the ball and try to build attacks. His contribution to the Barcelona team is so huge that in his absence, the Blaugrana find it difficult to reproduce their excellence.

For instance, Barca played a very poor game in their recent encounter with Sevilla, going 2 goals down until the little magician was introduced to change the fate of the game.

Messi has been everything for Barca this season. He has been their best goalscorer, most creative player, best team builder as well as their game controller.

However, even though Ronaldo has been a great scorer, he does not have much impact on the game like his Argentine rival.

Take a look at this:

📊 | 17/18Top scorerMadrid - RonaldoBarca - MessiMost assistsMadrid - BenzemaBarca - MessiMost chances createdMadrid - KroosBarca - MessiKey passes/matchMadrid - KroosBarca - MessiBig chances createdMadrid - AsensioBarca - MessiThe difference

— 🇵🇹 P (@ClinicalAIexis) March 25, 2018