Transfermarkt page has just published statistics comparing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in terms of penalty kicks.
Data site Transfermarkt has just created an explosive interactive topic on the social network Instagram. This article attracted a much higher number of likes and comments than usual on Transfermarkt’s account. The topic causing heated debate is comparing the numbers of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in terms of penalty kick ability.
According to Transfermarkt statistics, Cristiano Ronaldo has taken 186 penalties and converted 157 of them, achieving a conversion rate of 84%. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi took 138 penalties and scored 107 goals from a distance of 11 meters. The penalty conversion rate of “El Pulga” is only 78%.
At every club Ronaldo plays for, he is tasked with taking the main penalty kick on the field. Since arriving at Al Nasr, Ronaldo has not missed a penalty kick and has scored 8 goals from the 11 meter mark.
The last time the Portuguese superstar missed a shot from this range was in the penalty shootout between Man United and Middlesbrough. Goalkeeper Joe Lumley blocked Ronaldo’s kick to help the First Division representative win 9-8 against MU in a “shootout” series, thereby winning a ticket to the 5th round of the FA Cup 2021/22 season.
Messi’s penalty miss rate is higher than Ronaldo’s. However, in terms of absolute numbers, these two superstars are not much different. Ronaldo missed 29 times and Messi missed 31 times. Among Messi’s 31 penalty misses, there was one time the Argentine superstar intentionally made a foul kick to create a chance for Luis Suarez in the match against Celta Vigo in 2016.
Meanwhile, there is a very notable statistic from another source about Messi’s number of penalty kicks, which is that he gave up a total of 48 penalties to his teammates.
The most recent person to benefit from Messi was striker Josef Martinez in the 4-0 win against Charlotte FC in August. Out of 48 times, Messi’s teammate succeeded 35 times and missed 13 times. If you include the number of penalty concessions, For his teammates, Messi has taken penalties the same number of times as his colleague Ronaldo (both 186 times).
