I am of the opinion that an assist is pretty much as important as a goal stat, with no assist there is no goal. Without the direct intervention of you and your assist there would be no goal scored
At the end of the day both are just stats and they dont tell the whole story. Does messi get an assist for giving the ball away in a bad position at the bridge for chelseas goal too? Also messi had 1 assist last night not two.
Neuer is a beast. Alonso and Ronaldo earlier, did well to get past him. The Ronaldo pen in the shoot-out, was more a save than a miss.
Without Ronaldo's goals tonight they would not have even got to pens. Ramos and Kaka's pens were worse then Ronaldo's.
Plus some goals you beat 5 guys and bend it in the top corner. Other goals you just tap it in. Other goals it just bounces off you by accident and goes in. Other goals are penalties. Same with assists. Some assists are breathtaking play and then an amazing pass. Other assists are simple passes vs a shambolic back line.