Messi led Argentina to the World Cup finals, which will be his 5th World Cup trip. But Messi is difficult to lead the team to get the Hercules Cup, The European team is a hurdle that Messi is difficult to cross, and the historical data also shows that in Messi's time, Argentina won only 2 games and lost 14 games against European teams in 19 times, and the 2-14 gap means that Messi is difficult to win the World Cup. In contrast, the Portuguese team led by C Ronaldo is better at dealing with those European strong teams, and C Ronaldo has more helpers in the national team, so CR7 has greater hopes of winning the championship in the 2022 World Cup finals!
In his long career, Messi participated in 4 World Cups, but each time was fruitless, the closest to winning the Hercules Cup was in 2014, but at that time Argentina was very disappointed after the final and lost to Germany, he was so close to the highest honor, but Götze's kill made him a loser. Now, Messi is about to compete in his 5th World Cup, he is still eager to win the cup, the World Cup champion, and the only trophy that Messi lacks, he is eager to realize his dream in the twilight of his career.
However, although Argentina is the first team and has performed very well in the World Preliminary Tournament in South America, it is often difficult for Argentina to be competitive against the strong teams in Europe. This was the case in the last World Cup, when Argentina met The French team led by Mbappe and Griezmann in the knockout rounds, and lost 3-4 and missed the Quarterfinals of the World Cup.
The data also confirms that Messi's Argentina is very bad at dealing with European teams, since representing the Tango Army, Messi has represented Argentina in a total of 19 times to play for European teams, the record is unbearable, it is actually 2 wins, 3 draws and 14 losses, the win rate is pitifully low, only 10.5%.
In the 2022 World Cup, Argentina will definitely encounter European teams, whether in the group stage, or in the knockout stage, the Tango Army can not avoid European teams, considering Argentina's winning rate, really for Messi's South American powerhouse.
At Messi's side, Di Maria, Lautaro Martinez, and DePaul are some of the few strong helpers, but looking at the other players, there is a lack of world-class superstars. Looking at Portugal, C Ronaldo's side is full of stars, the back line of Díaz, Pepe, Cancello are all top, midfield bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva are the top superstars of the Premier League, forward line, there are also Jota, Felix and other people to help C Ronaldo.
Ronaldo's happiness is that in two World Cup play-offs, even if he does not score, Portugal can successfully eliminate European powerhouses such as Turkey and North Macedonia. In any case, I still hope that Messi and C Ronaldo are lucky, if the two can meet in the 2022 World Cup final, this will be the most beautiful plot!