Whether it is admitted or denied, the World Cup is always the only measure of the king. Although Ronaldo and Messi have countless honors, they can never become recognized as "ball kings" because of the "hard injury" of the Hercules Cup, and naturally they will never reach the height of Maradona and Pele.
Although Messi finally won the Copa America, Cristiano Ronaldo also had a european cup that weighed more than the Copa America.
As the peerless double pride enters the last years of his career, such injuries become more and more intense. Despite the best efforts of both superstars, they could never go any further. Today, Messi has led Argentina to get the ticket to the Qatar World Cup, but Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal have to participate in the dangerous European zone play-offs...
Since euro 2004, Cristiano Ronaldo has been a regular mainstay of the Portuguese team, and the defeat on the doorstep has made the legend of "Otto the Great" and the Greek myth, and the young Cristiano Ronaldo is tearful at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, but a legend is staged in the Army of the Five Shields.
Since the 2006 World Cup, C Ronaldo has always been the absolute main force of the Portuguese national team, and in the Portuguese golden generation gradually faded out of the football world, it was C Ronaldo who single-handedly carried the Portuguese team forward on the international field. He and Pepe, Moutinho, Nani and others are the core players of this Portuguese national team, and they are also the guarantee of the Portuguese team in those years. Without Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal may no longer be a strong team in Europe, and there will be no magical summit of the 2016 European Championship.
After waiting for nearly 10 years, C Ronaldo finally ushered in the era of The blowout of portugal's young players, but such as B-Fernandez, Bernardo Silva, Felix, Jota and other people are all frontcourt players, the defensive line is only one more Ruben Diaz, and once Diaz can not play, Portugal's center-back line Pepe + Fonte combination is 77 years old, how to compete with France, Spain and other strong teams, even if it is a team in the middle of Europe, the back line is not so simple.
Seeing that the play-offs were about to start officially this week, Diaz was unable to qualify for the national team due to injury, Pepe also contracted the new crown before the game, even goalkeeper Anthony López was injured, and coach Santos had to temporarily recruit Wolves goalkeeper José Sa. Imagine who should be paired with The Portuguese centre-back pairing of Fonte – the physically strong Willem Carvalho? Or Cedric, who made a cameo appearance as center-back for the Gunners? Maybe even Santos himself didn't know.
After breaking the window paper of the championship, the Five Shields Army is no longer afraid of any opponent, but this time it has no chance to directly qualify for the World Cup, and it has suffered serious personnel injuries in the play-off stage, making the road to qualify dangerous. The lack of defenders, the forward talent of Portugal and Turkey have a certain degree of difficulty, which is another huge challenge for Cristiano Ronaldo - he must ensure that he wins the game, otherwise the match against Turkey will be a farewell performance of Ronaldo's World Cup.
It is not the first time that the Portuguese team has had an accident at a critical moment: in the 2016 European Championship final, just when the team needed C Luo the most, C Luo was injured by Paye's slightly intentional foul, and he had no choice but to be replaced, but in the end, the unknown player Eder saved the Portuguese team and also brought C Ronaldo the coveted national team championship trophy.
But whenever the Portuguese team encounters a desperate situation, there will always be someone to step forward to save the team, fans have become accustomed to Ronaldo's personal performance: in the 2013 World Cup qualifiers, Ronaldo scored 4 goals in 2 play-off games against Sweden, making Ibrahimovic lose; in the 2018 World Cup group stage, C Ronaldo single-handedly drew with Spain, and he completed a hat-trick like a god.
Whether this person is C Luo or not, the final result is good after all. The crying boy of that year has grown into a man, a 37-year-old veteran, a living legend, but he still has to go forward with the Portuguese team!
The 2022 World Cup is likely to be the last World Series of Ronaldo's career, and if he fails to win the play-offs, it will be the biggest regret of Ronaldo's career and the regret of the fans...