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"A supercomputer developed in Belgium rated Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) more than twice as good as Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)," the U.K.'s Gibmi Sports reported on Monday (Korea time).
"It's hard to compare better players just for Messi and Ronaldo's career," Gibmi Sports said. "Both of them have won five Ballon d'Or titles and have the best Barcelona-Leal goals ever.
In response to this 'Menaldu debate,' a group of Belgian researchers tried to compare the two players' play by presenting objective figures by introducing an analysis system called Valuing Actions (VAEF).
The VAEF is a record that goes beyond the one-dimensional offensive point of goal and help, taking into account all the moves a player usually showed throughout the game and his role in offense and defense.
"In fact, so far, football players have been judged only with goals and help," said a professor from Belgium's research team. "But there are an average of 1,600 actions in a game."
"That's why it's not right to judge a player with only the offensive points. We look at and evaluate each and every move, including shooting, passing, dribbling and tackles," he added.
The research team analyzed data from Real and Barcelona from 2013 to 2018 and compared Messi and Ronaldo. Interestingly, he is called a rival in the world, but he made a big difference.
"Messie had the highest and most overwhelming VAEP points," Gibmi Sports said. He scored 1.21 points for VAEP in each game. Ronaldo, on the other hand, scored only 0.61 points.
"In the 2013-2014 season, Messi and Ronaldo had similar scores. But since the 2015-2016 season, the two have shown a huge gap," he said.
As for Messi's high score, he said, "Most soccer players are creative or only good at one finish or the other. Ronaldo is as good as Harry Kane-Mohamed Sala. Messi, on the other hand, is good at both. He is influential and valuable in every play," he praised.
"Now in the Menaldu debate, Messi's fans can even get the results of the supercomputer," Gibmi Sports said, declaring Messi's victory.