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This is perhaps the biggest failure of Cristiano Ronaldo, he is unable to change players and win the World Cup trophy. If Portugal had players like France, Brazil, Spain, England, then Portugal would have won the World Cup trophy by now. But what still gives hope to me is that a team like Morocco played in the semi-finals of the last World Cup, but Portugal can certainly show them well with this team. In the last world cup we saw cristiano ronaldo being intentionally benched by the manager for several matches i think it is disrespectful to ronaldo if that doesn't happen in 2026 world cup then he should participate again in 2026 world cup. If a player who has single-handedly done so much for the team has to be humiliated at the last moment, it could not be worse.
Christiano Ronaldo will never be fulfilled for not winning the world cup.He wouldn't have been feeling bad because of it,but since Messi his rival has won it,it now looked like he hasn't been able to do what Messi has done in the world of Football.But I don't really blame him,I wish he would be able to win atleast Once,but with the squad Portugal have,you can't compare them with what other countrie have.But i also believe that if Portugal have team spirit,and they have that winning mentality in the team,I so much believe they can win the world cup.
Portugal opportunity to become World Cup champions is very open, because they have quality players in their squad, and that is very possible. However, if you look at the current facts, Portugal is in 6th place in the FIFA rankings, which means that Portugal has to work hard if it has the ambition to win the 2026 World Cup trophy. This ambition is not only limited to Ronaldo, because all players also want the same thing, regardless of Ronaldo rivalry with Messi. Not all players are lucky, even though Ronaldo failed to win the World Cup trophy during his career, everyone should respect him as one of the best players in the world.
On the other hand, personally I doubt that Ronaldo will be able to appear at the 2026 World Cup, maybe EURO 2024 this time will be his last event for the Portuguese national team. The age factor is a major obstacle that cannot be avoided, although we know that currently Ronaldo is still very productive in scoring goals. Apart from that, we'll see how Ronaldo performs at EURO 2024, whether the coach will give him more playing time or not. I think EURO 2024 can be a reference to see Ronaldo chances of participating in the 2026 World Cup.