The AI predicts how many Ballon of Ors Messi would have won if he played with Ronaldo

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The AI predicts how many Ballon of Ors Messi would have won if he played with Ronaldo

It is a rivalry that has dominated football for almost two decades now, with the story of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo who will probably seem to be at the end of next year’s World Cup.

Now well in the status of veteran, but not necessarily reduced, the two men defined a generation during their pump in Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively, with the beautiful game probably never seen – and could never again – the two best players in the world on the head on a base each week.

Although Messi’s contractual situation in Inter Miami has sparked speculation concerning a potential passage to the Saudi team, Al Ahli – launched the prospect of a renewed battle with the Nassr number – it seems unlikely that their paths will cross on the club stage.

With previous reports on Ronaldo’s move to Miami to join Argentinian after being also closed by his recent bumper extension in the Middle East, the biggest “and if” question of the modern era is likely to remain unanswered.

What would have happened if the two men had already played together in the same side?

Well, with the help of the AI Chatgpt tool, we may have the answers, having a deep dive in what Messi’s career, in particular, would have seemed if he had ended up associating with the Portuguese sensation:

In the midst of previous reports according to which Madrid had tried several times to sign Messi during his stay at Camp Nou, the prediction is based on their pair which lines up together at the top of their powers in the Bernabeu, Between 2009 and 2018::

Messi & Ronaldo Together – Hypothetical Statistics (2009-2018)
Season	Messi (g / a)	Ronaldo (G / A
2017/18	33 g, 22 a	44 g, 8 a
2016/17	37 g, 25 a	42 g, 10 a
2015/16	32 g, 27 a	49 g, 11 a
2014/15	35 g, 30 a	52 g, 9 a
2013/14	34 g, 21 a	51 g, 12 a
2012/13	42 g, 24 a	47 g, 11 a
2011/12	50 g, 29 a	48 g, 9 a
2010/11	40 g, 25 a	45 g, 10 a
2009/10	38 g, 21 a	42 g, 10 a
Total	341 goals, 224 assists	420 goals, 90 assists

1

A change of role

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The view of the 38-year-old walking around the park has become familiar for the club and the country these days, with Messi, as planned given his age, the more the balletic and lightning striker who tore the defenses in tatters in his pump.

Who can forget the majestic 2012 of the left footer, in which he scored 91 goals in total during a simply amazing calendar year, after having made a sublime transition of life on the sides to a false place to nine. In all for Barcelona, the 5 feet 7 stars recorded 672 goals and 303 assists in 778 games, according to TransferMarkt.

In the opinion of Chatgpt, a link with Ronaldo to the Bernabeu could well have led to a different position path, with it predicts that Messi would have fallen earlier in a deeper role, described as “more orchestrator than a finisher”.

This adjustment to operate more like a number PIR – in a vein similar to the role of Mesut Ozil behind “CR7” for Los Blancos – may have seen Messi emerge as more a supplier than a clinical scorer.

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Indeed, Chatgpt thinks that it would have more likely repressed with 35 to 45 goals per season, unlike its average of 50+ to its pump, although offset by an increase in decisive passes. As the AI tool indicates, a “season with more than 30 assists would not be impossible”.

2

Increased success at the club level

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As we saw during Messi’s time in Paris Saint-Germain, alongside Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, assembling the best in the world is not always particularly fruitful, with the side of Ligue 1 unable to get closer to the glory of the Champions League with this trio on board.

The same would have happened with a front line containing Messi and Ronaldo? Well, Chatgpt does not think so, having predicted that Madrid – with this trailer duo – could have won “seven or eight liga titles in a decade”.

In the real world, Messi already has ten Laliga titles, although he was able to overshadow his record on the European scene, after winning four Champions League titles during his stay in Catalonia.

According to Chatgpt, this return could be improved with a transport of six to eight triumphs in the Champions League, alongside Ronaldo, reflecting the success of the club during the golden period in the 1950s.

Such sparkling success in Spain and on the continent would have, from the point of view of Chatgpt, led this team to Madrid to become “the biggest in the history of club football”.

3

The debate on the goat

Everyone has their favorite choice, although it is difficult to discuss Messi being the greatest of his generation – if not all the time – having won eight Bollon d’Or to date, overshadowing Ronaldo from five.

Would this domination over her long-stand enemy continue with the two playing together? Well, Chatgpt does not think, suggesting that the pair could have claimed six each.

They add that their “votes can cannibalize the domination of the other”, thus potentially opening the door to a player like Neymar or Robert Lewandowski to claim the prize themselves.

Similarly, an apparently prosperous gold joint is even floated for the Grand Duo, the planned debate to move away from Messi VS Ronaldo, and to focus rather on the pair “against everyone”.

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There is the assertion that there is much less debate on who is the best of both, with a more broad acceptance of their whole.

That said, even in a parallel universe, tribalism exists, with Chatgpt noting that the assertions would remain on who is the one who “transported the team”.

4

A different heritage?

As a man who won everything in the game – including the World Cup – the diminutive sorcerer could barely have built a greater heritage, with even his recent mixed adventures in Paris and Miami unable to tarnish a really amazing individual career.

Sharing the spotlight with Ronaldo may well had a somewhat impact impact on his position, with Chatgpt suggesting that Messi would have been more widely admired as the “ultimate team player”, rather than simply an individual genius.

With his role as a supplier or supplier, Chatgpt affirms that the Argentinian would be “considered the creative force behind an unbeatable duo”, which led him “even more respected by coaches and purists” but “less by fans focused on statistics”.

Is this a world that we would have liked to see? Two characters working in tandem to terrorize the rest of Europe, rather than head to each other?

“I have a lot of respect and admiration for Cristiano Ronaldo and for the career he had and continues, because he always contributes to the highest level.

“The competition with him was on the field. Each of us wanted to do our best for our team. Obviously, as always, everything stayed on the field. Off on the field, we are two normal people.

“We are not friends, obviously, because we do not spend time together, but we have always treated with great respect.” Messi on his relationship with Ronaldo.

A large part of what made the 21st century brilliant in a football context focused on this Messi-Ronaldo rivalry, but have we refused something more intriguing by not seeing them playing together?

Alas, it shouldn’t be. But if Chatgpt is something, the two men would have reached greatness anyway.