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Cristiano Ronaldo Vs Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo Vs Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo Vs Messi
Lionel Messi
A Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick can generate greater acceleration
than a Formula 1 race car.
Lionel Messi covers so much
ground, he runs the equivalent distance
from Barcelona to Madrid during a
season.
STRENGTH
QUOTES:
Marcel Desailly - Castrol Ambassador and a two-time
Champions League winner with Olympique Marseilles and AC
Milan - is in no doubt that the two players pose very different
and potentially deadly threats.
He said: Ronaldo has great speed and skill but most of all his
unpredictability does not allow teams to anticipate what he is
Assumption
During a full weight training session Ronaldo will lift in excess
of 20 tonnes. This is equivalent to some common mechanical
load.
Calculation
Total weight lifted during a training session based on 6 reps x 4
sets of:
Squat
150 kgs x 4 x 6 = 3,600 kgs
Bench Press
100 kgs
= 2,400 kgs
Clean
75 kgs
= 1,800 kgs
Leg Press
200 kgs
= 4,800 kgs
Dead Leg
200 kgs
= 4,800 kgs
Shoulder Press
70 kgs
= 1,680 kgs
Arm Curl
30 kgs
= 720 kgs
Tricep Curl
20 kgs
= 480 kgs
Pull up
75 kgs
= 1,800 kgs
Bench Dip
75 kgs
= 1,800 kgs
Bridge x 5
75 kgs
= 375 kgs
Total kgs lifted = 24,355 kgs
Audi Q7 (4x4) curb weight 2,400 kgs x 10 = 24,090 kgs
(approximate)
Cristiano Ronaldos free kick will accelerate as fast as a
Formula 1 Racing Car
Assumption
A Formula 1 racing car accelerates from zero to 100 kmh in 1.7
seconds.
A 30 meter free kick flies at 70 mph (112 kph) and has a 1
second flight time.
Calculations
F1 100kmh in 1.7 seconds
16.3 metres per second x 1.7 seconds = 27.78 metres.
Free Kick flies at 32 metres per second.
Therefore Ronaldos free kick accelerates nearly twice as fast as
an F1 car.
Cristiano Ronaldo will sprint 900 more times in a season than
an Olympic sprinter in a season.
Assumption
On average an elite footballer in the Premiership will sprint 20
times per game.
An 100 metre track athlete will compete an average of 20-30
competitive races in a season.
Calculations
Footballer - 20 sprints per game, average 50 games per
season. 50 x 20 = 1,000 sprints (Prozone individual club
information).
Athlete average 20-30 competitive sprints per season.
LIONEL MESSI
The force exerted by Lionel Messi at full flight is the
equivalent weight of 7 men.
Assumption
Foot contact force at full flight is similar to force (weight) of
several men at 75 kgs weight.
Calculations
At full flight 10/m second foot strike = 10,000N (Kryolanmien
etal 98).
Thus the equivalent of 10,000N / 750N = 13.3.Aaverage men at
75 kgs = 997.5 kgs.
7 men at average weight of 75 kgs = 525 kgs.
In one season Lionel Messi will run the equivalent distance
from Barcelona to Madrid.
Assumption
A forward in elite soccer will run an average of 10.5 kms in a
game. (Jonthan Bloomfield, Remco Polman and Peter
ODonoghue. Journal of Sports Science and
Medicine). Confirmed by individual club Prozone statistical
evidence.
Player will average 50 games per season (all games).
Calculation
50 x 10.5 kms = 525 kms.
Distance between Barcelona and Madrid = 504 kms.
Lionel Messi will perform more turns and bends in one game
than a Formula 1 Racing Car competing in the Silverstone
Grand Prix.
Assumption