Or is that the question, is the World Cup runner-up a result or an honor?
First, it depends on whether you are a fan of this player or a black of this player?
If you're a baggio fan, you'd say that a World Cup runner-up is an honor.
If you were Messi's black, you would say that a World Cup runner-up is not a result at all.
Second, it depends on the strength of this team.
For example, if argentina, which is full of big names, wins the World Cup runner-up, it's hard to say that it's an honor, after all, they have the strength to win the championship.
If it is a mid-range team like Croatia, which wins the World Cup runner-up, it is an honor, and many years later, the football media will still use words like "miracle".
What if it's a national football team? Not to mention the runner-up of the World Cup, even if you enter the Round of 32 of the World Cup, it is an honor.
Third, it depends on what you expect from the player.
You hope that Messi will ascend to the throne as the king of the ball by winning the World Cup championship, you must think that the world cup runner-up is not an honor, and it also destroyed Messi's "ball king road" and affected Messi's historical status in football.
If it is a star like Modric, Sneijder or Barack, they are still a hundred and eighteen thousand miles away from the level of the king of the ball, and they are honored to be the world cup runner-up.
Therefore, my summary is that whether the World Cup runner-up is an honor or not depends on who gets it, which is not a "double standard".
Don't say that I am in Black Messi, it can make people feel that winning the World Cup runner-up is a very failed thing, which in itself shows Messi's strength.
On the other hand, history has also given Messi the opportunity to ascend to the throne, but Messi himself has grasped it, and can only be relegated to the second place in the World Cup, and no one can blame him.
What do you think about that?