Lionel Messi fans trolled their Cristiano Ronaldo counterparts on Monday night after the Argentine notched against Uruguay.
Messi’s injury-time penalty secured a 2-2 draw for Argentina against their South American rivals, four days after he missed from 12 yards against Brazil only to tap in the rebound.
The Barcelona forward’s spot-kick took his international goal tally to 70 - 29 short of Cristiano Ronaldo’s haul.
The Portuguese goal machine went one short of a century by steering in an effort against Luxembourg on Sunday night, putting him 10 goals short of Iran legend Ali Daei’s international goalscoring record.
Messi fans were keen to back their man and throw shade at Ronaldo, however, following the goal against Uruguay on Monday.
“Messi scoring vs Brazil and Uruguay while Ronaldo is scoring vs teams like Lithuania. Levels,” one on-looker tweeted.
“Messi just scored against 2 top 5 nations. Ronaldo against top 100 lmao,” added another.
The Greatest of all Time acronym was naturally mentioned when discussing the pair, too.
“My GOAT is scoring penalties against Uruguay, while Siuuuu bottles it against Uruguay in a world cup again,” tweeted one Messi supporter.
Another posted: “Goal and assist from messi, against a top 10 team, Uruguay. While Ronaldo out here blaming the pitch against Luxembourg.”
That line of argument seemed to be the go-to theme for social media users, with another saying: “Ronaldo scored against people that Wikipedia doesn't know as professional footballers.