🚨 BREAKING:
Cristiano Ronaldo is the ONLY player in the GOAT debate without a single international MVP award.
No World Cup Golden Ball.
No Euros Player of the Tournament.
No Nations league Best Player.
For someone constantly pushed as the greatest ever, that’s a glaring omission. 👀
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Five years later, Messi lifted the World Cup in Qatar.
Football remembers the trophy.
It should also remember the night that trophy almost never happened.
No Quito.
No Qatar.
What's the greatest pressure performance you've ever seen? 👇
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Most people remember Messi lifting the World Cup in Qatar.
Few remember his World Cup story almost died in Quito.
37 seconds in, Argentina were staring at humiliation.
Then Messi scored a hat-trick and changed history.
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Argentina qualified.
The headlines celebrated the victory.
But the real story was much bigger.
One bad night in Quito could have rewritten Messi's entire legacy.