Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have made almost all the records in the world of football. Goals or assists or personal success - these two superstars are ahead of the careers of many. However, these two stars who have made football history have also set an unexpected record in football at the same time.
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Penalty is the easiest chance to score in the world of football. But this nerve-wracking opportunity is what the two superstars miss the most. Argentina's Lionel Messi was on top of this list after missing 31 penalties. Ronaldo also took part in it this time.
He missed a penalty in the King's Cup round of sixteen in the last Saudi Arabian football domestic competition. Hot favorite Al Nasr had to withdraw from the tournament due to his penalty miss in this match at home. Penalty in the 96th minute had the possibility of dragging the match to extra time. But Ronaldo's penalty miss didn't let it happen anymore.
The Portuguese star's penalty went over the bar. Mileson jumped back but the ball was not on target. A small fan of Ronaldo was injured again by the ball that went over the bar. The fan also broke his mobile phone. Ronaldo scored in the first 18 penalties he took after joining the Saudi club. In the 19th penalty, he got the taste of missing.
Ronaldo missed the 31st penalty in his career in yesterday's miss. He is now on top of all the penalty misses in football along with Lionel Messi. Ronaldo scored 168 times from 199 penalties in his career. In total, 84.42 percent of cases involved the Portuguese star in the penalty net.
Messi's record is a bit worse. Messi has succeeded in 109 out of 140 career penalties. His success rate is 77.9 percent. In terms of penalties, Messi is quite a bit behind compared to Ronaldo.
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However, if the field of comparison is the national team, then the statistics will speak for Messi. Messi took 29 penalties for Albiceleste. Missed 5. The goals came in 24. And Ronaldo only hit the net 20 times from 28 penalties. Missed 8 penalties. Messi's penalty success for the country is close to 83 percent. Ronaldo's success rate was only 71.4 percent.