Former midfielder of Real Madrid Guti considers Cristiano Ronaldo as an outstanding player, but he reckons the Portugal superstar is not at same level of Barcelona’s ace striker Lionel Messi in regard to performing in crucial situations.

Ronaldo broke the goals record of La Liga in the last season, scoring 40 times. But he could not make Santiago Bernabeu team win the Champions League or league title.

Guti remarked, “He is a great player and has been decisive in many games. However, what happens in the big games is that he fails to deliver the goods – something that Lionel Messi did for Barcelona. The real stars are those players who shine at the big moments.”

The Besiktas attacking midfielder pointed Barcelona stay ahead of their rivals Madrid. He expressed disappointment as there are less homegrown players in the line-up of Jose Mourinho.

He also said, “Madrid have not yet reached the level of Barcelona. It will be very hard to beat them if you line up all players against each other one-by-one. My biggest sadness is that Iker Casillas is the only youth product in the team. We spent some money on new signings, rather than in youth investment.”

You should note that Guti came from the youth academy of Real Madrid. He played in more than 500 matches for the Los Blancos before he left them to join Besiktas in 2010.