The duo of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, players of the Argentina and Portugal national team, await a special fight during the World Cup matches that will be played in Qatar 2022, which will start on November 20 and end on December 18.
The pair Ronaldo and Messi remained in permanent conflict within the green rectangle, especially in the Spanish league when Don played for Real Madrid, while Messi was captain of the Barcelona team.
Ronaldo and Messi exchanged many individual and collective prizes to write to the duo one of the most important challenges in the history of football, awaiting them a new record in the 2022 World Cup that will meet you in Qatar.
Despite Messi and Ronaldo having won almost everything, the dream of winning the World Cup was long overdue and the sun was not yet shining on them.
Messi, before winning the 2021 Copa America, did not have continental titles with his country, and therefore the dream of winning the Gold Cup is what the legendary duo wishes.
In this report, we will highlight the number of goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the World Cup and the fight that awaits them in particular, away from the rest of the stars.
Cristiano Ronaldo played with Portugal in 4 editions of the World Cup, starting from the 2006 World Cup, arriving at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, up to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The Portuguese star participated in 17 games, 6 games at the 2006 World Cup, 4 in 2010, then 3 games at the 2014 World Cup and then 4 games at the last World Cup in Russia.
Ronaldo scored 7 goals in the tournament, starting with a goal against Iran in 2006, and then a goal in 2010 against North Korea, the same number of goals he scored in the 2014 World Cup when he scored a goal against Ghana. .
The 2018 World Cup is the highest scoring average for Ronaldo in World Cup tournaments, as he scored 4 goals, a hat-trick against Spain in one of the tournament surprises of the time and a goal against Morocco.
As for Lionel Messi, Argentina’s captain, he is looking for the continental crown as we said to end his football career in the best possible way, which he confirmed during his last interview with one of the Argentine channels.
Messi was present for the first time at the 2006 World Cup and played 19 games up to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, with 3 games in 2006, 5 games in 2010, then 7 games in 2014 and finally in the 2018 World Cup he played 4. matches.
Messi scored 6 goals in the World Cup, opening it with a single goal against Serbia and Montenegro, the match that saw the goal festival with a score of 6-0, but missed the goal in the 2010 World Cup when Argentina called the tournament from the quarter-finals.
Messi returned from scoring in the 2014 World Cup and exploded with 4 goals, one against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran, and scored two goals against Nigeria, before Argentina lost the title in the final match against Germany 1-0. , Messi scored only one goal against Nigeria in the group role.
