We know that the World Cup is the most popular event in football, held every four years, and in this global event brings together the best 32 teams from all over the world. They came here for only one purpose, and that was to win the Hercules Cup, because it symbolized the supreme honor of football. And there's an unwritten rule in today's football that only a player who wins the World Cup can become an undisputed champion. As the two leading figures in today's football world, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they have won countless honors after their own efforts, but none of them have won the World Cup! For the two of them, whoever it is? As long as you can get the World Cup, you can almost lock in the first goal king in history! Is it really hard to play in a World Cup? Today let's take stock of the goals scored by Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Levan in the World Cup!
First of all, messi, who has competed in four World Cups since 2006. He scored in his debut, scoring a goal for Argentina in the 2006 World Cup and thus starting his World Cup journey. Unfortunately, in that World Cup, Messi, who was surrounded by youngsters, did not get too many opportunities to perform, and the team also lost to Germany in the penalty shootout in the quarter-finals. Fast forward to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when Messi had become the best player in the world and was at his peak. But football is a team sport after all, but Argentina at that time was in the stage of replacement, and the overall strength of the team was actually declining. And the fate is so similar, in 2010 Argentina was again eliminated by Germany in the 1/8 knockout round! Messi didn't score a goal throughout the tournament.
At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Messi played a leadership role, scoring a total of four goals to help the team reach the final. And the opponent is the old enemy Germany team, maybe this is the fate of the arrangement! Götze, who came off the bench, killed the Argentine in extra time, and Messi's dream of winning the ball was shattered, and Argentina lost to Germany in three consecutive World Cups. In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Messi led the uneven Argentina to the knockout rounds, but unexpectedly, in the first knockout match, he met the final champion France, and finally lost 3-4! Messi has only scored one goal in this World Cup, and overall, Messi scored a total of six goals in the World Cup, and did not score in the 2010 World Cup!
As portugal's absolute leader, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored seven goals in the World Cup, and he has scored at least one in the past four World Cups. Although Portugal's performance was not outstanding, it was once eliminated in the group stage at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but Ronaldo's performance in the team is still a star level. Now Cristiano Ronaldo is trying to help Portugal advance to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and the team has already defeated Turkey in the semi-finals of the play-offs, as long as it can beat North Macedonia in the next game. Then, Portugal, led by C Ronaldo, will compete in the World Cup again, and C Ronaldo will also participate in this tournament for five consecutive times! As long as he can help the team reach the World Cup in Qatar, then he has a chance to become the first player to score in five consecutive World Cups!
Finally, looking at Levan, in fact, everyone knows that Levan's national team polish strength is not as good as the above two teams. In Levan's national team career, he has only participated in the World Cup once, that is, the 2018 World Cup in Russia. However, in that World Cup, Levan did not seem to find the form, his play was quite abnormal, the team performed badly in the group stage, and finally missed the knockout round, Levan did not score! So Levan, who has only participated in the World Cup once, did not score his own World Cup goals, as the new world footballer of the year, this may be a regret in his career! It is worth mentioning that Poland has not yet officially entered the final round of the World Cup in Qatar, and Levan still needs to lead the team to the play-offs, so let's look forward to it together!