What would be the difference between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, if ​​they were this season without their top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?

According to calculations made by Marca, Real would today have 12 points more and would be on the verge of the title.

In Madrid daily magazine they just threw all league goals this season which achieve the Portuguese (24) and Argentinian (23). It turned out that Ronaldo’s impact on Real Madrid results is much smaller than Messi at Barca.

Without Ronaldo’s goals would, in fact, Mourinho’s team stayed without victory only against Valencia in the 13th round.

On the other hand, without Messi’s goals, FC Barcelona would instead of three points, winning only one against Real Sociedad, Malaga and Betis, and against Athletic Bilbao they wouldn’t win any point because that match ended draw.. Guardiola’s team would, therefore, in this case had 41 points, which means 12 less than biggest rivals.

This whole story is, of course, in the sphere of ‘what if it would be’, but it is interesting to see once again how important Messi is in play of the current European and World champions.