The world of sport has seen a cultural shift in recent years, with a gravitation towards individual stars in preference to teams as evidenced by football's Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo rivalry.
In the 2010s, both players justifiably earned their titles as two of the greatest footballers of all time with their remarkable goalscoring feats. The extent of which have never been seen before in Europe with Ronaldo breaking the all-time goal scoring record in recent years, with 807 goals.
Messi, meanwhile, broke the record for goals in a season in all competitions in 2011/12 with 73, while also setting the record for most Ballon D'Or awards with seven compared to Ronaldo's six. Both players have achieved seemingly superhuman feats which led them to be regarded as the so-called 'GOAT' by their supporters, while the other is derided as 'Penaldo' or 'Pessi' in the comment sections of Twitter and Instagram.
