>>150098108 (OP)
It very much was. It's ridiculous when people look at the past wth presents' eyes. It might look obvious that Messi's better now, but when he was retiring from the national team after losing to Chile again, missing a penalty, all the while Ronaldo won the Euros for Portugal, and had just won another UCL, winning a couple more after it, there was very much a debate, for good reason.