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Assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) given by Messi vs Ronaldo in national cups in 2003
Transfermarkt‘s criteria is more lenient in their concept of assists. They include deflected passes, rebounded shots, penalties earned, and passes or shots leading to an own goal.
In this section, we use that criterion, although the figures on Transfermarkt may differ, as they are quite inconsistent in gathering assists.
Cumulative distribution
| Period | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Difference | 
|---|
Distribution by season
| Period | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Difference | 
|---|
| Totals | Per game | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Games | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Contrib. | 
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
 
                	Lionel Messi            38 years, 4 months, 6 days        
                                        	
| Totals | Per game | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Games | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Contrib. | 
| Sporting CP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 
| Manchester Utd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 
 
                	Cristiano Ronaldo            40 years, 8 months, 25 days        
                                                Last games:
EFL Cup · Round of 16
West Bromwich Albion FC vs Manchester Utd
West Bromwich Albion FC vs Manchester Utd
|  | 2-0 |  | 
| C. Ronaldo, 77′ | ||
03-12-2003


