But the reality is that we are talking about an impressive talent no matter how hard he trained. Because reading some of the posts of how he was not born like Messi and had to work for everything, it implies that everyone working as hard could become like Ronaldo (which I highly doubt) and second of all it also implies that Messi didn't work as hard. But to be honest how do even know how hard Messi worked? He is just not the kind of guy who posts his training routines all over Instagram. I couldn't tell for sure whether Messi worked less hard than Ronaldo. Maybe they worked on different things.
Having a mindset like that of Ronaldo is not easy and for anyone to train as hard as he does will be difficult and it’s like his own kind of talent and only a few will have this kind of mentality and be consistent with it. Ronaldo is also talented but not as much as Messi so the hard work elevated him to the same heights as Messi and it doesn’t mean Messi doesn’t work hard too. Ronaldo’s work is all round while Messi might be working to improve on particular skills. Again, let me ask you, what proof do you have that Ronaldo works harder than others? I don't have any proof and please don't use social media as your most reliable source here or otherwise I will start posting one picture more per day showing my body of steal and claim I am working harder than Ronaldo. Some people have a better physique than Ronaldo, love soccer and could never come close to him. All this talk about his mindset and how he works harder than anyone else has always been a major part of his marketing strategy. I am not arguing against the fact that he is working hard, but repeating all the time that he works harder than others is nothing but unproven claims. I can't say whether it is true and I want to know how so many people seem to be able to verify it is true.
He built himself that way, and you should applaud his efforts because I don't think there is a player that will arrive to training before everyone else and leave hours after everyone else has left and still get home to train. It's not normal, so don't criticise him.
But this is what I mean, you make your own definitions for work. But does work mean in a sports world? Mental training, good nutrition, physical training, other methods help professionals elevate to the next level. Maybe Ronaldo spent half an hour more at training on average per day than Messi, but how does anyone know what Messi did all the time? Or any other player who is fully dedicated, working their asses off. There is a huge number of things that can count as work, but if you refer to the pure physical workload, maybe you are right. But if there is a defender who doesn't score any goals and doesn't win any titles, but works as much as Ronaldo, do you think people would also talk as much about him? Or is there a correlation not only between the work and the success, but also between the success and the talk about Ronaldo? But this leads nowhere, let's agree that Ronaldo is the hardest working human being on the planet.
"It's not normal, so don't criticise him."
Could you please elaborate where you found specific criticism? Contextualizing something or talking about relations to other hard working people is no criticism. It is about putting things into perspective.
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! The first half was very tight, but Al Nassr ball control was better and that made me happy because maybe in the second half Al Nassr squad could scored. But what happened was really disappointing, when Talisca missed him golden opportunity, and Ronaldo imperfect shot accuracy made me frustrated and I didn't want to continue watching them !
