The 2026 World Cup may be the last trophy Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo ever jointly compete for.
They are among the greatest players to ever kick a ball and their compelling rivalry has transcended the sport for decades. They may have barely shared a pitch in the past eight years but comparisons between the two remain constant — and perhaps always will, whatever they do for the rest of their careers and lives.
It has been a rivalry of trophies, goals and resentment, even spawning a culture war.
This is the story of football’s GOATs (Greatest Of All Time). We may never see this again.
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Pushing 30. Zero CLs. Zero Euros. Zero Ballons D’Or. Zero relevant league titles. Zero World Cup Golden Balls. Zero Trebles. Zero CL top scorer awards. Zero POTT awards.
If you mean Thiago Messi, you’re goddamn right.
في ظرف ٣ أيام بس حصل الآتي:
هاري كين بيقرب من رقم ميسي كأكتر لاعب سجل في موسم واحد
أوليسي بيقرب من رقم ميسي كأكتر لاعب صنع في موسم واحد
مبابي بيقرب من رقم ميسي كأكتر لاعب سجل في تاريخ كاس العالم.
لو ده مش تعريف الهيمنة والشمولية هيبقى ايه؟
Es gracioso que Kane esté “compitiendo” por igualar la campaña con más goles de Messi y Olise esté cerca de igualar la campaña con más asistencias de Messi…
¿Y lo gracioso? Messi hizo las dos cosas en la misma temporada 😭
Do you know what’s funny?
Argentina outplayed them. Argentina didn’t even have to be physical, they schooled them on the ball. France were begging for their lives most of that game.
Midfield trio of Enzo, Mac Allister and De Paul, got their whole squad running.
Otamendi had to drop an error before Mbappe woke up around 80mins.
The irony about Argentina squad is that, they can also be physical if they can’t control the game. I’d really love that match up again.
Before the Victory, there was the Sacrifice.
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Argentina had one of the most dominant final displays ever, then an Otamendi error changed the game which resulted in a a back and forth extra time.
Gaslighting on what we saw in this final pisses me off
Mbappe and France got battered for 80 minutes then Nico Otamendi’s brain imploded to let them back in the game when, fair, Mbappe went supernova for 15 minutes.
Argentina were far, far superior. had Lautaro Martinez not been on a Higuain vibe, it wouldn’t have been close.
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