FinalChapter WC 2026

The Final Chapter — five legends, their last World Cup.

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Wrote about each of their last-WC stakes here:
https://t.co/ktD2IhgVgn

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@BrickCenter_ Which three? Euro 2016, Nations League 2019, and Nations League 2025?

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@ESPNFC Definitely end an era

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@Lifeof_AG01 Hi

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Mbappé says Ronaldo will outscore Messi at the World Cup. Messi enters with 13 WC goals — three from Klose's all-time record of 16. Ronaldo enters with 8, but is the only man to have scored in five different tournaments. Both arrive at their sixth. Pick your fighter.

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@ManUtd @selecaoportugal Also captain of Portugal?

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@FabrizioRomano No Messi?

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41 years old. Hattrick against Switzerland in the last friendly. A German legend just tipped Portugal to lift it. Ronaldo is the only man to have scored in five different World Cups — 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022. A sixth would extend a record nobody else is near.

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@FabrizioRomano Still just 18?

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41 years old. Oldest outfield player at the 2026 World Cup. Ronaldo is the only man to have scored in five different World Cups — a goal in a sixth extends a record no one else is anywhere near. Roger Milla scored at 42 for Cameroon in '94. One target left.

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Neymar skips Brazil's Cleveland trip. Doubtful for the opener. Three World Cups, three heartbreaks: fractured vertebra in '14, Belgium in '18, penalties to Croatia in '22. Now 34, post-ACL, back at Santos. He's 4 goals from Pelé's Brazil record. Body just has to hold once more.

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Next week, two men walk out for a sixth World Cup. No outfield player has ever done it. The previous record of five was shared by Rafa Márquez, Messi and Ronaldo. In 2026, only Messi and Ronaldo arrive. The rivalry gets one final stage neither has ever shared.

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@CristianoXtra_ Less odds than champion

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Croatia lost the Belgium warm-up. Modrić, 40, still walks into a fifth World Cup as captain — a Final, a third place, 19 appearances and counting. Stanišić and Moro don't inherit a shirt. They inherit a standard no Croatian generation will reach again.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, reporting for his 6th training camp. He's the only man to have scored in 5 different World Cups: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022. A goal in 2026 extends a record nobody else is within shouting distance of. Call it what you want — it isn't normal.

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@Cristiano @selecaoportugal Can’t wait for the last dance

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@Footballtweet Feels not even close

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Ronaldo on whether a World Cup defines his legacy: "I don't agree."

He's right. But he's also confirmed 2026 is his last — and at 41, the only man to score in 5 different World Cups, the one gap left has one final chance to close.

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Three World Cups, three heartbreaks. A fractured vertebra in 2014. Knocked out by Belgium in 2018. Penalties in 2022. Now 34, rebuilt from an ACL, and the injury whispers start before a ball is kicked. Neymar's final chapter was never going to be quiet.

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@TouchlineX @gastonedul But we can't even say what the minor issue was?

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@DeRaptureX @ESPNFC "No farewell, no send-off" — exactly. And the brutal part: his Inter Miami teammate Messi gets one more World Cup while Suárez's international story ends here. 2026 is the last chapter for the handful who made it. Not everyone does.