Can the world witness a Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi final in the 2022 Qatar World Cup?

Can the world witness a Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi final in the 2022 Qatar World Cup?

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With Portugal’s victory in the World Cup qualifier earlier this year, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will be playing in the World Cup for one final time in Qatar this year. What’s more interesting is that we could be watching the two GOATs of the game fighting for the most coveted trophy for one final time and maybe against each other in the finals.

Since both Portugal and Argentina have been placed in different halves of the group in the World Cup pool. The duo can only face each other in the final of the competition. This means that if both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were to qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament and win all the knockout games, then we could witness Portugal vs Argentina in the finals at the World Cup 2022.

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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have never faced each other at the World Cup

In the last 4 world Cups, both the players have featured, but they have never faced off against each other. The duo have played two international friendlies against each other with both winning one. Lionel Messi scored the winning penalty when Argentina played Portugal in 2011. Cristiano Ronaldo also found himself on the scoresheet but couldn’t take home the victory.

The two giants met on the international stage again in 2014 with Portugal coming on top this time with an injury-time winner. Since then, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have gone on to win 2 international trophies for their countries. Although, Cristiano Ronaldo does enjoy more international prowess with his 115 goals.

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Making him the all-time highest scorer in international football. Messi’s 5 goals against Estonia also put his tally to 86 meaning he remains the 4th highest scorer in the same list. Ronaldo slightly edges Messi in terms of World Cup goals having scored 7 while Messi has 6.

The World Cup 2022 is one final chance for the two legends to leave their mark on the international stage. Moreover, it will be an absolute treat for the football fans of we do get to see Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi at the finals of the World Cup.

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