soccer: barcelona is currently better than real madrid

both teams began going through changes from 2008-2009" 1. Real Madrid experienced pretty much all their change at the end of that season. As you stated they started off badly trying to one up each other rather than playing as a team, which is why they have only just recently tapped into their full playing ability. Yet again the titles of years gone past are futile when discussing which team is currently better. Also ill say this to keep it simple for you, 2008-2009 6 trophies, 2009-2010 1 trophy, 2010-2011 5 trophies 2. All I'll say to keep this simple is Real Madrid has 52 points on 51 goal difference. Whilst Barcelona has 45 points with 47 goal difference(1). This is CURRENTLY, not 2 years ago. This is against the same opponents over a consistent period of time. Its true is doing well but again messi has better foot work and more assists and easily goes past players and overall plays much better than Ronaldo in each game. 3. As I proved last round in last Year's La Liga Ronaldo's goals and assists were a greater combined total than Messi's. Saying Messi has better footwork is subjective, in my opinion Ronaldo has proved to be a better player due to his versatility. He made the UEFA team of the year in 2004 as a midfielder who got 9 goals in 50 appearances. Yet he made it this year as a forward with 53 goals in 54 appearances. He has proved he can be the best in different positions in different leagues. He has not played with the same team since he was 12 doing the exact same thing. He has only just recently truly adapted to his position in Real Madrid a bit like how the rest of the real Madrid team has. In fact the most relevant point to this is the fact that Ronaldo currently has 24 goals to Messi's 22 in La Liga whist only having one less assist. This is not a debate over which team has been better over the last few years or who has made a team in a more ethical way it is simply a case of which team is currently better which is clearly Real Madrid. By the way in terms of all people thinking Messi is better here is a poll from January 2012 which has 59% choosing Ronaldo over Messi currently. lastly as I said before its true Madrid has the lead in la Liga but it hasn't beat Barcelona once in this league. 4. Time for another Man City example. In the 2004/2005 premiership Chelsea lost one game and drew the other with Man City but finished 43 points higher.(3) As mentioned the last time these two teams played it was at Barcelona's ground where it finished a draw. Madrid play foul and dirty 5. In last season's La Liga Real Madrid got 94 yellow cards to Barcelona's 95. (4) When a strong gust of wind will cause the Barcelona players to go to ground it is obviously going to look as if Madrid has "fouled" them. As I've stated before it is less a case of teams kicking Barcelona because they can't play football with them but rather that Barcelona can't match up with them physically. As Rafa Benitzes stated Premier League is quicker and has bigger physical demands than the Spanish championship(5), meaning that Barcelona are in a league that helps their tic-tac 5ft8 average height style of team. If these teams played in England or Germany Real Madrid would have even more than the 7 points they currently have on Barcelona. (1) http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com... (2) http://www.goal.com... (3) http://en.wikipedia.org... (4) http://www.soccerpunter.com... (5) http://www.rafabenitez.com...