Cristiano Covers More Champions League Ground Than Messi – Uefa

On Tuesday, Uefa released a report
with a player ranking based on the
distance run across the four
Champions League group matches
that have taken place thus far in the
2017/18 campaign.
And European football’s governing
body decided to include a separate
comment to highlight the data of
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi
who did not feature in the Top 10.
The Real Madrid and Barcelona
stars that have dominated the
podium at Uefa’s award galas in
recent years are shown up
significantly by the figures,
although it is clear that their styles
vary considerably from others
listed.
The Portuguese forward has covered
36,870 metres in the four games for
Los Blancos while the Argentine just
29,802 metres for Barça.
With both completing the total 360
minutes involved, that means that
Cristiano has covered an average of
1,767m more per game.
In terms of highest average,
however, that goes to another
Premier League star.
Christian Eriksen has completed an
average of 140.5 metres per minute
in the three full games he has
played for Tottenham Hotspur.
As a comparison, Cristiano and
Messi have covered 102.4 m/min
and 82.8 m/min respectively.
Source: WTN.