Spain has 1 good World Cup run in their entire history, pretty much. Italy missed the last 3 World Cups. And you have people tweeting shit like "why Messi never faced Italy or Spain in the WC its so unfair 😭😭😭"
Some of Lionel Messi’s all-time records:
🥇 Most Ballon d’Ors - 8
🥇 Most major trophies - 46
🥇 Most goal contributions - Over 1,320
🥇 Most World Cup goals - 17
🥇 Most La Liga goals - 474
🥇 Most La Liga assists - 192
🥇 Most goals in a calendar year - 91
🥇 Most goals for a single club - 672 (Barcelona)
🥇 Most goals for Argentina - 121
🥇 Most European Golden Shoe awards - 6
And many, many more 🤯
0 - Cristiano Ronaldo has now gone 10 consecutive major tournament games without scoring for Portugal (FIFA World Cup/EURO):
33 shots
11 on target
0 goals
Drought.
'I don’t know if people are surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo's struggle so far, but it is absolutely nothing new.
'Ronaldo made so little impact at Euro 2024 (no goals in five games) and even at the 2022 World Cup, where he scored one goal (a penalty against Ghana) in five appearances.
'The difference at the Euros was that he was at least getting chances. So far this afternoon he has barely had a sniff.' - @OliverKay
Portugal vs DR Congo live blog: https://t.co/HCVMLcoBfR
I apologize in advance if this applies to you but I sincerely believe that if you think Ronaldo was ever close to Messi, you are of an objectively lower mental status than me, something akin to a sea urchin or maybe a mussel.