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Quote from: Rampagoe004 on July 27, 2024, 11:59:21 AM

I agree with you. I think we are very lucky to have witnessed the Ronaldo-Messi rivalry during El Clasico for so many years. The two GOATs played in the same league in their prime and even the clubs they played for also have a long history of rivalry. And now we are reaching the end of an era. They have won everything, and I think they can retire and leave a legacy for the rest of the world. Ronaldo has not won the World Cup but that does not mean Messi is better. Messi is an example of natural talent coupled with consistency. And Ronaldo is a living example of hard work, consistency, discipline and dedication. I think both of them have left a legacy that will continue to be followed by the next generation.

C Ronaldo and Messi have unique skills that are very different from other players.

Ronaldo can do a lot of acrobatics with the ball, while Messi has his powerful swing and quick passes to perform feints. I have never seen Messi do the pedalada dribble like other players like Ronaldo, Robinho, and Neymar did.

But I think Ronaldo is more skilled than Messi, because Messi has simpler dribbles, but they are very effective.

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Quote from: imamusma on July 26, 2024, 06:52:58 PM

The speculation about the future of Ronaldo and Messi with the national team is still full of doubts, both have not made any decisions regarding the possibility of them playing in the upcoming 2026 World Cup. If Ronaldo and Messi retire with their national teams, then we will see a historic shock in the world of football, many people still hope that both of them can participate. Messi has won everything at both club and national level, so the Argentine captain may not be too ambitious anymore. Unlike Ronaldo who has not tasted the World Cup trophy, maybe he will continue to fight for a place with Portugal, and has no plans to retire anytime soon. We realize that the two best players are no longer young, and their physical condition has also declined, but the experience they have can help other young players in their respective teams.

This talk is not going to end in near future because we all know currently both are ready and doing their best for having spots into their national teams for the world cup 2026 currently performance level is impressive and will they keep this until 2026 it's also important because usually any injury can bring things down badly which are not recoverable in this age but as we have their performance and game it's looking perfect.

Both teams are having enough quality youngsters, but they want to keep them because this will give them confidence and also motivation for the next generation players which are now ready for their game in next few years Ronaldo having many records and achievements but sadly never able to give any good success to his team, but Lionel Messi is now GOAT due to having World Cup and Copa América two times which is amazing stuff with his national team.

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Quote from: slapper on July 27, 2024, 09:08:11 AM

Man, the 2026 World Cup. Finale, Messi and Ronaldo? This could happen. Look, Messi has everything. Throwing trophies out the window. This World Cup? A victory lap. Complete happiness. Ronaldo? Somewhat different. Needing that World Cup win badly. Totally obsessed. Feeling hungry could push him further, but it could also make him lose his mind. We'll see. These guys aren't just players. Folklore says they exist. Significantly bigger than the game. Their last dance ain't just about winning. Legacy is important. The torch is being passed to the young guns. That mix of old wisdom and newfound fire could be deadly. Let's enjoy these final moments. They are once-in-a-lifetime stars

I agree with you. I think we are very lucky to have witnessed the Ronaldo-Messi rivalry during El Clasico for so many years. The two GOATs played in the same league in their prime and even the clubs they played for also have a long history of rivalry. And now we are reaching the end of an era. They have won everything, and I think they can retire and leave a legacy for the rest of the world. Ronaldo has not won the World Cup but that does not mean Messi is better. Messi is an example of natural talent coupled with consistency. And Ronaldo is a living example of hard work, consistency, discipline and dedication. I think both of them have left a legacy that will continue to be followed by the next generation.

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Quote from: Weawant on July 26, 2024, 05:29:23 PM

Quote from: Rampagoe004 on July 25, 2024, 02:17:58 PM

I agree with you. The 2026 world cup is still very far away. We have to wait another two years and this will make this thread very long. There's a lot to discuss in this thread. I enjoy discussing the performance of several top national teams which have experienced a decline. Or about Messi Ronaldo. Many say the 2026 world cup will be their last dance before quitting football completely. But many are also skeptical and say that the second era is over now. Ronaldo will retire from the Portuguese national team after the euro and Messi also deserves to retire. He has achieved everything in football and his country.

We have got two years before the world cup games, enough time to consider as too far a time but then one thing I know for sure is that tho it appears far but I don't think it really is because we have gine passed half of 2024 already so it won't be long a d the world cup will ne here. Messi and Ronaldo are anticipated to appear in rhw world cup, for Messi it's not because he wants to achieve anything but wants some very last experience before exiting football formerly and for Ronaldo it may appear like a one last trial just before he exits national football so it's more like it's of a lesser priority to Messi than it is to Ronaldo.

Man, the 2026 World Cup. Finale, Messi and Ronaldo? This could happen. Look, Messi has everything. Throwing trophies out the window. This World Cup? A victory lap. Complete happiness. Ronaldo? Somewhat different. Needing that World Cup win badly. Totally obsessed. Feeling hungry could push him further, but it could also make him lose his mind. We'll see. These guys aren't just players. Folklore says they exist. Significantly bigger than the game. Their last dance ain't just about winning. Legacy is important. The torch is being passed to the young guns. That mix of old wisdom and newfound fire could be deadly. Let's enjoy these final moments. They are once-in-a-lifetime stars

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Interestingly it's been feeling like Argentina aren't that successful. But in reality the situation is the opposite. Grin

Especially that World Cup title has made a huge impact on Argentina to climb places in FIFA Men's Ranking to top. Messi has really achieved all the things he can at the same time, even more than one of each - except the World Cup.

In my opinion, France needs to get rid of Deschamps. His game is so boring to watch, just as Southgate's was. Now Southgate has left England and I would like to see the same action from Deschamps if possible. Tongue

46 years old Lionel Scaloni having amazing success with Argentinian side in last few years they won one FIFA World Cup and 2 Copa América which is surely big achievement for this coach which is having services of quality players which are giving their best in last few years and winning trophies even we all know this is not the strongest side of Argentina but still they are having good success.

France surely now need change because Deschamps is having no strong strategy even he is having quality players things are stuck up for them so they needed to be had new coach which bring changes and give them good motivation for the win in big events which they are missing in last few years hopefully things will be taken change, and we will have them back in better performance at the top.

I am pretty sure that he will keep on managing that team for a long time, wouldn't really be possible to get him out at that point. Dude has been amazing, and I am sure that they will start to fail soon enough, probably with next world cup they will not be good enough and lose.

But, just because he loses one or two will not be enough to stop him neither, he won so much so far that he will have a chance to keep on failing a few more times before he is asked to leave. That of course isn't a good choice at all times, because it looks like we are talking about a situation that is going to be tough for them to lose, they are looking good and just recently won Copa America too, so that means in 2026 they could still be one of the good ones, and may even win, not saying they will, but they may win.

This is why I think it's important to keep it going, should be good enough to help everyone as well, and wouldn't really be an issue. That seems like the smart way to approach it, and if he wins yet another world cup, then I guarantee you that he will be asked to manage that team as long as he wants, even if he doesn't win anything else in the next 10+ years, he will still not be asked to leave.

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Quote from: Weawant on July 26, 2024, 05:29:23 PM

Quote from: Rampagoe004 on July 25, 2024, 02:17:58 PM

I agree with you. The 2026 world cup is still very far away. We have to wait another two years and this will make this thread very long. There's a lot to discuss in this thread. I enjoy discussing the performance of several top national teams which have experienced a decline. Or about Messi Ronaldo. Many say the 2026 world cup will be their last dance before quitting football completely. But many are also skeptical and say that the second era is over now. Ronaldo will retire from the Portuguese national team after the euro and Messi also deserves to retire. He has achieved everything in football and his country.

We have got two years before the world cup games, enough time to consider as too far a time but then one thing I know for sure is that tho it appears far but I don't think it really is because we have gine passed half of 2024 already so it won't be long a d the world cup will ne here. Messi and Ronaldo are anticipated to appear in rhw world cup, for Messi it's not because he wants to achieve anything but wants some very last experience before exiting football formerly and for Ronaldo it may appear like a one last trial just before he exits national football so it's more like it's of a lesser priority to Messi than it is to Ronaldo.

Of course, the 2026 World Cup will be the last competition for Ronaldo and Messi to be able to defend their respective countries because in the future, maybe after the 2026 World Cup they will no longer be able to appear to defend their countries.
For Euro 2024, it will be the last European competition for Ronaldo, in the future no one knows for sure when Ronaldo will end his career as player but what is clear is that everyone, especially Portuguese fans, still want to see Ronaldo play.
I think this last wish can be form of love for their country football and also as final tribute as the best player that Portugal and Argentina have.
Seeing how both of them are still optimistic about being able to continue to participate, but in the decision it is still the coach right whether to continue using Ronaldo in the Portuguese national team and Messi in the Argentine national team.
For Messi himself, he previously had the opportunity to play in the World Cup if he managed to win the Copa America and in reality he was able to get the title with Argentina.

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All in all, we have 2 more years, but we know the teams, and I think it is obvious that there are few that will do fine, and this is why people already talk about it. Along with that, there has been a lot of talks about Messi and Ronaldo as well, it is obvious that it will be their very last world cup, and even that's in question, 2 years is a long time, and they will be incredibly old when this happens, they will of course play, but they will be far from their prime, so it is going to be quite difficult to watch them like that.

I agree with you. The 2026 world cup is still very far away. We have to wait another two years and this will make this thread very long. There's a lot to discuss in this thread. I enjoy discussing the performance of several top national teams which have experienced a decline. Or about Messi Ronaldo. Many say the 2026 world cup will be their last dance before quitting football completely. But many are also skeptical and say that the second era is over now. Ronaldo will retire from the Portuguese national team after the euro and Messi also deserves to retire. He has achieved everything in football and his country.

2026 World Cup is still a long time away but currently if we talk about the performances of Messi and Ronaldo in the Copa America and Euro tournaments, then that performance does not show much hope. In the few matches Ronaldo has played for Portugal at the Euro tournament, he has looked like a helpless player. Not being able to finish properly, not being able to pass the ball properly, not being able to run at the speed he used to, as well as not being able to head like he used to, may make Ronaldo wonder if he will play for Portugal in the 2026 World Cup. As long as he was a good performer people talked about him a lot but now many people are trolling him because of some poor performances in the Euro tournament. If the performance doesn't change then I don't think Ronaldo or Messi will play the 2026 World Cup for the national team.

in addition to being very far away we will see the birth in the meantime of just as many stars who will oust Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi from the throne it is normal it is the cycle of sport and in football we know it is truly terrible, I say this because having grown up with these players it is a huge disappointment for me seeing them go away from football is certainly a dualism that we will never see again but I am convinced that if new players grow the fun will be the same every generation change is drastic but it must be done so let's hope for the best in the new stars of world football

We know cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi as the best footballers and we are familiar with them through football but if they can't play good football for the team then definitely don't waste a place in the team. Although Lionel Messi was successful in the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo was not successful, so he said that he will play one more World Cup, but now it seems that the performance is not agreeing with his mind. Ronaldo himself can decide whether he will play for Portugal in the 2026 World Cup. Now Ronaldo's performance for the team and for the club must be changed in this performance only then we can see him wearing the jersey of the national team and winning the World Cup after 2 years. Messi may decide to retire before the World Cup.

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Quote from: Weawant on July 26, 2024, 05:29:23 PM

Quote from: Rampagoe004 on July 25, 2024, 02:17:58 PM

I agree with you. The 2026 world cup is still very far away. We have to wait another two years and this will make this thread very long. There's a lot to discuss in this thread. I enjoy discussing the performance of several top national teams which have experienced a decline. Or about Messi Ronaldo. Many say the 2026 world cup will be their last dance before quitting football completely. But many are also skeptical and say that the second era is over now. Ronaldo will retire from the Portuguese national team after the euro and Messi also deserves to retire. He has achieved everything in football and his country.

We have got two years before the world cup games, enough time to consider as too far a time but then one thing I know for sure is that tho it appears far but I don't think it really is because we have gine passed half of 2024 already so it won't be long a d the world cup will ne here. Messi and Ronaldo are anticipated to appear in rhw world cup, for Messi it's not because he wants to achieve anything but wants some very last experience before exiting football formerly and for Ronaldo it may appear like a one last trial just before he exits national football so it's more like it's of a lesser priority to Messi than it is to Ronaldo.

The speculation about the future of Ronaldo and Messi with the national team is still full of doubts, both have not made any decisions regarding the possibility of them playing in the upcoming 2026 World Cup. If Ronaldo and Messi retire with their national teams, then we will see a historic shock in the world of football, many people still hope that both of them can participate. Messi has won everything at both club and national level, so the Argentine captain may not be too ambitious anymore. Unlike Ronaldo who has not tasted the World Cup trophy, maybe he will continue to fight for a place with Portugal, and has no plans to retire anytime soon. We realize that the two best players are no longer young, and their physical condition has also declined, but the experience they have can help other young players in their respective teams.

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Quote from: Rampagoe004 on July 25, 2024, 02:17:58 PM

I agree with you. The 2026 world cup is still very far away. We have to wait another two years and this will make this thread very long. There's a lot to discuss in this thread. I enjoy discussing the performance of several top national teams which have experienced a decline. Or about Messi Ronaldo. Many say the 2026 world cup will be their last dance before quitting football completely. But many are also skeptical and say that the second era is over now. Ronaldo will retire from the Portuguese national team after the euro and Messi also deserves to retire. He has achieved everything in football and his country.

We have got two years before the world cup games, enough time to consider as too far a time but then one thing I know for sure is that tho it appears far but I don't think it really is because we have gine passed half of 2024 already so it won't be long a d the world cup will ne here. Messi and Ronaldo are anticipated to appear in rhw world cup, for Messi it's not because he wants to achieve anything but wants some very last experience before exiting football formerly and for Ronaldo it may appear like a one last trial just before he exits national football so it's more like it's of a lesser priority to Messi than it is to Ronaldo.

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There is no doubt that with Di Maria's departure from the Argentine national team the absence will be large and there aren't many players at his level in Argentina.

Winning the 2022 World Cup was the pinnacle of the duo Messi and Di Maria. But the 2021 and 2024 Copa América rode this wave. But according to the coach, even without the duo, Argentina has life, they have already proven that they can win without the big stars.

I disagree with the first part. Although Ángel Di María was an important player for Argentina, it would be wrong to state that his position can't be replaced. Argentina has a lot of younger players coming up through the ranks. They have some of the best emerging players in the world, such as Lautaro Martínez, Alejandro Garnacho, Julián Álvarez, Enzo Fernández, Valentín Carboni and Valentín Carboni. Other teams like England or France have 1-2 such players, but Argentina has half a dozen at least.

Well, I think that DiMaria was a very important player for Argentina and it is definitely going to be hard for Argentina to actually find a player who will be able to give as good service as him. And remember even though Argentina to have some young players, experience is something that is always important in football. Actually experience alone is not good just like only young players is probably also not a very good idea. Anyway, players are going to retire and young players are going to take their place. That is the role and that is the natural process. For someone to say that Argentina is going to be the same without Lionel Messi and DiMaria is probably just dumb but Argentina is also not all about Lionel Messi and Maria as well.

By the way Argentina losing against Moro in the Olympics 2024 was something unexpected.

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Ronaldo is already 39 years old, it is very difficult to assume that he could play in the 2026 World Cup at the age of 41, although he is still in very good shape, but at the last Euro he was not so good, his time is running out. Messi is now 37 years old, theoretically he can play in the upcoming World Cup, but everything will depend on his desire, and his condition, I admit that by this time he can already finish his career, or stop playing for the Argentina national team. These are great legends, but they cannot play forever, maybe one day they will want to become coaches, when football was a part of their lives, they will not be able to live without it.

When looking at Ronaldo's game at the last Euro, there was indeed a very significant change in his playing style. However, the choice at that time to fill the front line, Ronaldo was the best choice in my opinion and maybe that's what the coach thought too, so he put Ronaldo there. And also he can still contribute to the game even though it's not like what we saw when he was young. 2 more years is still a long time and I don't know what will happen in the next 2 years, maybe we will hear him retire.

It quite true that Ronaldo no longer has age by his side and he will be 41 by the year 2026 World Cup, and yes the energy and strength has gone down when compared to what Ronaldo used to be before, however Is see Ronaldo as someone who is quite younger than his age, the 2 years may not change much about Ronaldo appearance in that world cup, in terms of his physical ability and strength and coupled with the fact that the world cup is one very dream trophy that Ronaldo is desperate to add to his career before he finally say goodbye to football, I think he might be tempted to try this one last chance, and unlike Lionel Messi who has achieved it all.

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For France, I think there is problem somewhere because this is certainly not the french team that gave Argentina the scare of their life during the FIFA world cup finals and even the finalists that played with Portugal. I feel France problem is that they are actually missing someone very strong that can spread the ball so well like Paul Pogba because I remember the same french were very enjoyable to watch but for this Euro's competition they were completely poor and not interesting at all.

Tables turn. It's not always juicy every time and that further exemplify the fact that they must continue to struggle hard to maintain their tempo at every season of the tournament else others will take charge. France really needs to work more on their squad and improve on the depth performance. Someone like Paul Pogba used to be instrumental in their game perticipation

Not every team can maintain the same level of performance forever. If France had an entertaining match in the last finals against Argentina, it is not necessary that they will reach the final stages in this 2026 tournament. We saw during the last European Championship how the French team found it difficult to organize its ranks to launch attacks at the right time and coordinate between the players, and it remained dependent only on the individual abilities of some star players. This strategy may be relatively successful in a continental tournament, but it may not be the best plan in a world tournament where the stars of Latin America will be ready with all their strength to seize the title again, especially since the tournament is being held on American soil.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on July 26, 2024, 06:45:09 AM

Quote from: Lannakosa on July 26, 2024, 06:16:20 AM

Ronaldo is already 39 years old, it is very difficult to assume that he could play in the 2026 World Cup at the age of 41, although he is still in very good shape, but at the last Euro he was not so good, his time is running out. Messi is now 37 years old, theoretically he can play in the upcoming World Cup, but everything will depend on his desire, and his condition, I admit that by this time he can already finish his career, or stop playing for the Argentina national team. These are great legends, but they cannot play forever, maybe one day they will want to become coaches, when football was a part of their lives, they will not be able to live without it.

Depends on motivation. When Roger Milla participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he was 42 years old (and he scored goals in that tournament as well). Ronaldo may still want one good performance before he hangs up his boots. But then, what about Messi? He won FIFA World Cup as well as Copa America for Argentina. So what's left to achieve? I would suggest that he would be fine if he focus on Major League Soccer and earn himself a few hundred million USD as the retirement package.

When looking at Ronaldo's game at the last Euro, there was indeed a very significant change in his playing style. However, the choice at that time to fill the front line, Ronaldo was the best choice in my opinion and maybe that's what the coach thought too, so he put Ronaldo there. And also he can still contribute to the game even though it's not like what we saw when he was young. 2 more years is still a long time and I don't know what will happen in the next 2 years, maybe we will hear him retire.

Messi has actually achieved everything in his career, including being able to win the World Cup, in terms of ambition he may not have thought about it anymore because he has felt everything. And it is also possible that he has started to consider retiring in the near future, yes that might happen. We are just speculating here, because previously we had discussed the possibility of 2022 being the last World Cup for these two players.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on July 26, 2024, 06:45:09 AM

Quote from: Lannakosa on July 26, 2024, 06:16:20 AM

Ronaldo is already 39 years old, it is very difficult to assume that he could play in the 2026 World Cup at the age of 41, although he is still in very good shape, but at the last Euro he was not so good, his time is running out. Messi is now 37 years old, theoretically he can play in the upcoming World Cup, but everything will depend on his desire, and his condition, I admit that by this time he can already finish his career, or stop playing for the Argentina national team. These are great legends, but they cannot play forever, maybe one day they will want to become coaches, when football was a part of their lives, they will not be able to live without it.

Depends on motivation. When Roger Milla participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he was 42 years old (and he scored goals in that tournament as well). Ronaldo may still want one good performance before he hangs up his boots. But then, what about Messi? He won FIFA World Cup as well as Copa America for Argentina. So what's left to achieve? I would suggest that he would be fine if he focus on Major League Soccer and earn himself a few hundred million USD as the retirement package.

Situation is very interesting because still too much available for the talk on this topic where we are currently standing Cristiano Ronaldo is doing good job and his target is achieving record first ever person in soccer history who will score 1000 goals with currently he is having 895 goals, and he is extending his contract with Al Nassr for two seasons which will allow him to do this and then after participating in world cup he will be retired from all type of soccer this is understandable.

But as mentioned Lionel Messi is already having all under his belt with captain of winning world cup team and now recently he had another milestone which give him tag of GOAT as well so he needs to give up and do thing which will bring better honour for this player instead of running for long time and having another World Cup in sight which is possible but surely no easy task for them because they are currently at the top which is surely their main target.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on July 26, 2024, 06:45:09 AM

Quote from: Lannakosa on July 26, 2024, 06:16:20 AM

Ronaldo is already 39 years old, it is very difficult to assume that he could play in the 2026 World Cup at the age of 41, although he is still in very good shape, but at the last Euro he was not so good, his time is running out. Messi is now 37 years old, theoretically he can play in the upcoming World Cup, but everything will depend on his desire, and his condition, I admit that by this time he can already finish his career, or stop playing for the Argentina national team. These are great legends, but they cannot play forever, maybe one day they will want to become coaches, when football was a part of their lives, they will not be able to live without it.

Depends on motivation. When Roger Milla participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he was 42 years old (and he scored goals in that tournament as well). Ronaldo may still want one good performance before he hangs up his boots. But then, what about Messi? He won FIFA World Cup as well as Copa America for Argentina. So what's left to achieve? I would suggest that he would be fine if he focus on Major League Soccer and earn himself a few hundred million USD as the retirement package.

Situation is very interesting because still too much available for the talk on this topic where we are currently standing Cristiano Ronaldo is doing good job and his target is achieving record first ever person in soccer history who will score 1000 goals with currently he is having 895 goals, and he is extending his contract with Al Nassr for two seasons which will allow him to do this and then after participating in world cup he will be retired from all type of soccer this is understandable.

But as mentioned Lionel Messi is already having all under his belt with captain of winning world cup team and now recently he had another milestone which give him tag of GOAT as well so he needs to give up and do thing which will bring better honour for this player instead of running for long time and having another World Cup in sight which is possible but surely no easy task for them because they are currently at the top which is surely their main target.

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All in all, we have 2 more years, but we know the teams, and I think it is obvious that there are few that will do fine, and this is why people already talk about it. Along with that, there has been a lot of talks about Messi and Ronaldo as well, it is obvious that it will be their very last world cup, and even that's in question, 2 years is a long time, and they will be incredibly old when this happens, they will of course play, but they will be far from their prime, so it is going to be quite difficult to watch them like that.

In the end, when you combine last one, Messi/Rronaldo, qualifying and all that, then suddenly you start to have 250+ pages of people discussing all of these, and it makes it quite entertaining to chat about opposite ideas.

If they participate in the 2026 World Cup (I was sure of this before but now I doubt it) it will be as bench/replacement players. The group stage will be complete garbage so the head coaches will have the opportunity to put them on the field (this will be of great interest to the tournament organizers since Ronaldo alone is the biggest sports brand in the world), but once the playoff stages begin I don’t think they will appear on the field for more than 10-15 minutes (and then only if the game goes in favor of the team).

If Messi and Ronaldo still look fit, then there is no other choice but to call them back to their respective national teams. Both players have quite a large fan base, and will certainly attract the attention of many people as usual, the organizers will profit greatly from their presence. However, all possibilities can still happen, and we will never know how Messi and Ronaldo will be in the next two years. In terms of age everyone would probably agree, that both of them are no longer ideal to play at the top level, but only they themselves can decide their future.

The manager will of course prioritize young players and that makes perfect sense, although in terms of experience and composure the megastar contribution is still highly anticipated. If both of them are re-elected by their respective managers, I think there must be other considerations, such as fans demands, balance in the dressing room and motivation for young players. Apart from speculation about their future, usually at every World Cup event there is always a new star who steals the public attention, so we will not be short of surprises.

The fact about these two players is they are getting old but they are legends in their country and they had perfect performance when they were in the better form in the last recent years. Even Messi was the key player for Argentina when they won the last World Cup title. I think they be able to let these players go easily and not use them in the next World Cup because still they still haven't found any alternative players yet.

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Quote from: Lannakosa on July 26, 2024, 06:16:20 AM

Ronaldo is already 39 years old, it is very difficult to assume that he could play in the 2026 World Cup at the age of 41, although he is still in very good shape, but at the last Euro he was not so good, his time is running out. Messi is now 37 years old, theoretically he can play in the upcoming World Cup, but everything will depend on his desire, and his condition, I admit that by this time he can already finish his career, or stop playing for the Argentina national team. These are great legends, but they cannot play forever, maybe one day they will want to become coaches, when football was a part of their lives, they will not be able to live without it.

Depends on motivation. When Roger Milla participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he was 42 years old (and he scored goals in that tournament as well). Ronaldo may still want one good performance before he hangs up his boots. But then, what about Messi? He won FIFA World Cup as well as Copa America for Argentina. So what's left to achieve? I would suggest that he would be fine if he focus on Major League Soccer and earn himself a few hundred million USD as the retirement package.

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Quote from: Sg4j1n3ll0 on July 26, 2024, 05:11:46 AM

in addition to being very far away we will see the birth in the meantime of just as many stars who will oust Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi from the throne it is normal it is the cycle of sport and in football we know it is truly terrible, I say this because having grown up with these players it is a huge disappointment for me seeing them go away from football is certainly a dualism that we will never see again but I am convinced that if new players grow the fun will be the same every generation change is drastic but it must be done so let's hope for the best in the new stars of world football

Ronaldo is already 39 years old, it is very difficult to assume that he could play in the 2026 World Cup at the age of 41, although he is still in very good shape, but at the last Euro he was not so good, his time is running out. Messi is now 37 years old, theoretically he can play in the upcoming World Cup, but everything will depend on his desire, and his condition, I admit that by this time he can already finish his career, or stop playing for the Argentina national team. These are great legends, but they cannot play forever, maybe one day they will want to become coaches, when football was a part of their lives, they will not be able to live without it.

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I see that there is still more than a month for the next qualifiers games. Do you have any idea about when European qualifiers would start? Huh

I assume it wouldn't be too far away from now. Because games are played with quite big breaks and there are many games to be played as well. I hope we enjoy the upcoming World Cup even more than Euro 2024. I'm worried about Brazil though. Sad

They have made a horrible start to the qualifiers so far. 7 points in 6 games... I know they have a new manager now but hopefully he can make a good impact on the team.

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All in all, we have 2 more years, but we know the teams, and I think it is obvious that there are few that will do fine, and this is why people already talk about it. Along with that, there has been a lot of talks about Messi and Ronaldo as well, it is obvious that it will be their very last world cup, and even that's in question, 2 years is a long time, and they will be incredibly old when this happens, they will of course play, but they will be far from their prime, so it is going to be quite difficult to watch them like that.

I agree with you. The 2026 world cup is still very far away. We have to wait another two years and this will make this thread very long. There's a lot to discuss in this thread. I enjoy discussing the performance of several top national teams which have experienced a decline. Or about Messi Ronaldo. Many say the 2026 world cup will be their last dance before quitting football completely. But many are also skeptical and say that the second era is over now. Ronaldo will retire from the Portuguese national team after the euro and Messi also deserves to retire. He has achieved everything in football and his country.

2026 World Cup is still a long time away but currently if we talk about the performances of Messi and Ronaldo in the Copa America and Euro tournaments, then that performance does not show much hope. In the few matches Ronaldo has played for Portugal at the Euro tournament, he has looked like a helpless player. Not being able to finish properly, not being able to pass the ball properly, not being able to run at the speed he used to, as well as not being able to head like he used to, may make Ronaldo wonder if he will play for Portugal in the 2026 World Cup. As long as he was a good performer people talked about him a lot but now many people are trolling him because of some poor performances in the Euro tournament. If the performance doesn't change then I don't think Ronaldo or Messi will play the 2026 World Cup for the national team.

in addition to being very far away we will see the birth in the meantime of just as many stars who will oust Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi from the throne it is normal it is the cycle of sport and in football we know it is truly terrible, I say this because having grown up with these players it is a huge disappointment for me seeing them go away from football is certainly a dualism that we will never see again but I am convinced that if new players grow the fun will be the same every generation change is drastic but it must be done so let's hope for the best in the new stars of world football

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