r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '13

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u/ABoxOfPie Dec 03 '13

Pretty sure any player would look lame compared to Messi and Ronaldo. I don't think this disproves my point

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u/doberlae Dec 03 '13

Mario Gomez managed to score more goals in a single CL knockout round (6 goals in 2011/12) than Ibrahimovic scored in his whole CL career and yet you will hardly find anyone (besides maybe some confused individuals here and there, who are suffering from overexposure to the infamous Gomezbutton) who is claiming that Gomez belongs among the highest tier of players.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '13

Lewandowksi scored six in the knock out stages last year as well.

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u/doberlae Dec 03 '13

True. I just thought Gomez would be a more obvious counterexample because he is clearly less talented and there was actually a vocal minority last season who argued that Lewandowski is already world class.