Both equal to 53 goals on average and split the records
End of the season, time of balance. First conclusion: two football giants have targeted the season, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. His goals and assists were crucial to encourage Real Madrid and Barca well above the other clubs.
As a significant number, production scorer: 53 goals each. More equality is impossible. The honor carries Portuguese Cup King and the Golden Boot with 40 goals in the league (one every 72 minutes), the Argentine reached only 31 (one every 83 minutes) but can claim to add the Champions League and its curriculum.
Cristiano and Messi in the order they prefer, have stunned the football world from the Spanish championship and the Champions League. Real Madrid star has risen from 26 league goals last season to 40 of this newly finished. Barca has the crack down three in the league (from 34 to 31) but ... has made four more in the European Cup (8 to 12) and there is an argument for the title recently conquered by the club at Wembley. Messi was named best player in the UEFA final.
The sum of 72 goals in the league signed by Cristiano and Messi shatters all European registries. In no other tournament has been anything like it. Di Natale (Udinese) and Cavani (Naples) together account for 54 on the Scudetto. For reference, suffice it to say that Eto'o has managed 35 goals for all concepts, Agüero reached 27 and in front of Milan, Ibrahimovic has been in 22.
But there is more equality and success of Messi and Cristiano. Average goals scored and minutes played gives an almost identical result: a well every 86 minutes. To be exact, Messi win for the invaluable difference of 86.2 minutes vs. 86.8 of Madrid. This factor included three goals and minutes corresponding inch in the Super Spain.
In short, we face the two stars of world football, they will return to fight for the top international awards season. Messi has the advantage of the newly acquired Champions, while Christian is already the top scorer in his pocket and the European Golden Boot. Bipolarity in Spanish football also has two names.