He deserves that, although the argument that they should be able to talk down a player because he hasn't won an international trophy in a team of 11 players never held water with me. Without any doubt in my mind the most gifted player of all time.
Apparently there are 15 players who have played with both Messi and Ronaldo. 6 of them said Messi was the better player. 2 said Ronaldo and the rest didn't have the balls to get off the fence.