Former Italy forward Alessandro Del Piero believes that Argentina's Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo both have a chance of winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He stated that both countries will need everything to go their way during the tournament and will need to start well.
Argentina beat Italy in the La Finalissima 3-0 on Wednesday, June 1 at Wembley to lift another trophy after their Copa America win last year. They completely dominated the Italians, making 17 attempts on goal with 10 being on target.
After the match, Del Piero spoke on ESPN FC's YouTube channel about the chances of La Albiceleste in the upcoming World Cup. He highlighted Italy's 2020 EURO win and stressed that anything can happen and that both Messi and Ronaldo have a chance to win it.
De Piero said:
"The Euro 2020 proved that when a team comes together they can do amazing things. And of course, there's a kind of emotional way to see the last World Cup for Messi. The same thing can happen for Ronaldo. They basically have two very similar teams."
He added:
"It's good that we're going to the last World Cup for these amazing players with a good team that actually can win the tournament because it's one month. Everything has to be perfect for one month. But you need to start that tournament on the right foot. And I believe both teams, including Argentina, have the right foot to start."
Del Piero claimed that La Albiceleste are perhaps not the best team in the tournament currently. However, he feels they need to prove that they are the strongest team to win the tournament.
He said:
"Are they the best team actually now? No, for sure, no. There are much better teams than them, structured together and accomplished tactically and everything and experience, yes."
He added:
"But you never know what can happen in that month, and not most of the time, the better team wins the tournament. It is the strongest team there that is going to win the tournament. So you need to prove that you are the strongest in that period."
A potentially last World Cup for Argentina's Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo
The upcoming World Cup could be the last time the world sees the duo play in their national colors in the biggest tournament of them all. Arguably the two greatest players ever to grace the game will, hence, look to top off their national careers with the trophy.
Argentina cruised through the World Cup Qualification while Portugal had to go through the qualifiers in March to make it to the tournament in Qatar.
Ronaldo has had a tough season with Manchester United and will hope to make a statement in his national colors. Meanwhile, Messi has finally taken off for Paris Saint-Germain and will look to carry on his good form into the next season.
Whoever wins, though, the tournament could be the end of an incredible era for Ronaldo and Messi's footballing glory days at the international level.
Fihacekry
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Love Messi gets from his teammates is really amazing ๐๐ฆ๐ท
ossydeboss
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CR7 most certainly will definitely lift the 2022 world cup trophy for Portugal in Qatar by November...He remains the official GOAT ๐๐ฅโค๏ธ๐ช
Utwo
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Everytime messi shines, they must try to talk about Ronaldo. ๐ค๐ค
Podabilry
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Messi working for other team mates to score is a very good move for his club and nation yesterday he provided 2 key assist , created several goal chances, key passes to help the team win. Messi is a team player he has provided 18 assist to mates at psg so far while cr5 has only 3 assist and 9 assist in last 3 seasons because he always wait for the team to play for him to tap in to take the glory and that was the issue at juve and now at utd which made utd to dropped from 2nd position to Europa conference league because of selfishness.No chance created for himself or for mates, no dribble , no key passes he just wait in the box for passes from mates to tap in and take all the credit and glory and that attitudes makes portugal ๐ต๐น and utd team mates to be discouraged and aggrieved. Portugal ๐ต๐น and utd team may not make any head way if cr5 don't change and learn from Messi who put the team first instead of always wanting to be the scorer. Yesterday against italy ๐ฎ๐น messi didn't score but he got 9.5 rating and the MOTM award but cristiano has never and can never get 8.5 without scoring hatrick. PORTUGAL ๐ต๐น has never won the world ๐ cup before, Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท has won it 3 times, Cristiano as captain has never led portugal ๐ต๐น beyond r16 in world ๐ cup, Figo and deco got portugal ๐ต๐น to semi because they are team players. Messi led Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท to world ๐ cup final in 2014 and narrowly lost to Germany ๐ฉ๐ช but Messi was still best player of the tournament where he won gold ball. In fact cristiano has never won best player award in any international competition. One would have through with cr5 at utd they will win epl but they dropped to Europa with utd dressing room totally destroyed, if you say ๐ญ utd players are not good enough how come same players that are refferred to as not good enough came 3rd and 2nd respectively without cr5 in last 2 seasons? How come it was when cr5 came that the team became not good enough? Portugal ๐ต๐น team won Euro2016 final with cristiano on the bench, Portugal ๐ต๐น won nations league with Benaldo Silva as the best player of the tournament, which tells you that portugal ๐ต๐น has a very good team but has selfish leader who think about himself first and not the team. With what we are seeing, Portugal ๐ต๐น with cr5 will not go anywhere except cr5 changes his selfish attitude and play for the team instead of looking for goals to tap in. Cristiano bring nothing to the team aside tap in, he is not capable at holding the ball again or dribble or creating chances or assist but he still want to take all the glory away from the team. You need to see cristiano whenever he doesn't score and his mate scored, he feels not comfortable and sometimes throw away captain armband which discourages his team mates and make them feel bad. Anyway, portugal ๐ต๐น team, will go far if cr5 is given less prominent roles to play allowed him to come from the bench always at utd or at national team. Even if portugal ๐ต๐น win the world ๐ cup cristiano will still come behind Messi but with or without the world ๐ cup messi is already the goat ๐. Messi has won 5 international trophies while cr5 has only won 2 and he was never the best player in those 2 competition. At club level messi has won more individuals awards and more team trophies than cristiano. Despite cristano having highest goals ,Messi has won 40 career trophies while cr5 has 33 trophies despite cristiano has played over 150 matches than Messi . they have 35 goals separating both of them.
MessiIfolo
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You can bully a kid, but not full grown GOAT.
fuhbcdeklu
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this only happens for a player who is not selfish.
YAYAOREOA05
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Ronaldo Has Now Been In England For 10 Months while Messi Is In France but Messi Won a Trophy in England Before Ronaldo ๐๐๐
DavidDaevchinyama
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I'm not supporting either Argentina or Portugal but I think Argentina have a better chance of lifting it because Messi looks more hungry and when he's hungry he plays for the team and the team plays for him while when Ronaldo is hungry he plays for himself, always demanding for the ball and gets frustrated if he doesn't get it
Ebubechukwu1996
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how he started his career unreal the ๐
Mosanya
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Lionel Messi was criticised for not doing anything for Argentina. He has now helped them win two trophies. ๐ Copa America ๐ Finalissima A true example of hard work and determination. ๐
Sanyo10
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CR7 most certainly will definitely lift the 2022 world cup trophy for Portugal in Qatar by November...He remains the official GOAT ๐๐ฅโค๏ธ๐ช
Bro if you want to see Portugal win World Cup just to another UNIVERSE where Messi DOSENT exist
zimbasudip
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Messi working for other team mates to score is a very good move for his club and nation yesterday he provided 2 key assist , created several goal chances, key passes to help the team win. Messi is a team player he has provided 18 assist to mates at psg so far while cr5 has only 3 assist and 9 assist in last 3 seasons because he always wait for the team to play for him to tap in to take the glory and that was the issue at juve and now at utd which made utd to dropped from 2nd position to Europa conference league because of selfishness.No chance created for himself or for mates, no dribble , no key passes he just wait in the box for passes from mates to tap in and take all the credit and glory and that attitudes makes portugal ๐ต๐น and utd team mates to be discouraged and aggrieved. Portugal ๐ต๐น and utd team may not make any head way if cr5 don't change and learn from Messi who put the team first instead of always wanting to be the scorer. Yesterday against italy ๐ฎ๐น messi didn't score but he got 9.5 rating and the MOTM award but cristiano has never and can never get 8.5 without scoring hatrick. PORTUGAL ๐ต๐น has never won the world ๐ cup before, Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท has won it 3 times, Cristiano as captain has never led portugal ๐ต๐น beyond r16 in world ๐ cup, Figo and deco got portugal ๐ต๐น to semi because they are team players. Messi led Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท to world ๐ cup final in 2014 and narrowly lost to Germany ๐ฉ๐ช but Messi was still best player of the tournament where he won gold ball. In fact cristiano has never won best player award in any international competition. One would have through with cr5 at utd they will win epl but they dropped to Europa with utd dressing room totally destroyed, if you say ๐ญ utd players are not good enough how come same players that are refferred to as not good enough came 3rd and 2nd respectively without cr5 in last 2 seasons? How come it was when cr5 came that the team became not good enough? Portugal ๐ต๐น team won Euro2016 final with cristiano on the bench, Portugal ๐ต๐น won nations league with Benaldo Silva as the best player of the tournament, which tells you that portugal ๐ต๐น has a very good team but has selfish leader who think about himself first and not the team. With what we are seeing, Portugal ๐ต๐น with cr5 will not go anywhere except cr5 changes his selfish attitude and play for the team instead of looking for goals to tap in. Cristiano bring nothing to the team aside tap in, he is not capable at holding the ball again or dribble or creating chances or assist but he still want to take all the glory away from the team. You need to see cristiano whenever he doesn't score and his mate scored, he feels not comfortable and sometimes throw away captain armband which discourages his team mates and make them feel bad. Anyway, portugal ๐ต๐น team, will go far if cr5 is given less prominent roles to play allowed him to come from the bench always at utd or at national team. Even if portugal ๐ต๐น win the world ๐ cup cristiano will still come behind Messi but with or without the world ๐ cup messi is already the goat ๐. Messi has won 5 international trophies while cr5 has only won 2 and he was never the best player in those 2 competition. At club level messi has won more individuals awards and more team trophies than cristiano. Despite cristano having highest goals ,Messi has won 40 career trophies while cr5 has 33 trophies despite cristiano has played over 150 matches than Messi . they have 35 goals separating both of them.
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