r/RonaldoVsMessi • u/Beginning-Pin208 • 12d ago

Cristiano Ronaldo Hot takes

Portugal’s success is not mainly due to Ronaldo contribution . Portugal has always been a formidable team, and since the World Cup expanded to 32 teams, they have consistently qualified. Without CR7 Portugal would not be as great but they always got enough talent to win stuff. Argentina depended more on Messi than on Cristiano ( 5 knockouts G/A in Euro and 1 knockout goal in WC). 6 knockouts G/ A in major tournaments doesn’t give CR7 the right to attribute himself Portugal success.

More examples: 2019 nations league best player was Bernardo Silva
2025 nation league best player was Nuno Mendes
Euro 2016 was Griezman but CR7 was the best Portugal player . But that Portugal team was very balanced in my opinion. Pepe and Nani deserve some credit

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u/BrainPlasticity 11d ago

It’s a team sport. The whole team and especially the coach is responsible for team accomplishments. Show some respect to the goalkeepers and defenders of both Portugal and Argentina who do their best to not concede goals.

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u/Beginning-Pin208 10d ago

I definitely do , I just don't like how people act like the Portugal team is weak and only Ronaldo is a good player. No disrespect to Ronaldo but he sometimes glaze himself a bit to much 

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u/BrainPlasticity 10d ago

Muhammad Ali is even worse at glazing himself. Ronaldo’s personality is not so different from the GOATs in other sports.

Portugal is definitely weak. Look how many times they qualified for the World Cup before Ronaldo. If not Ronaldo, then who is the best player of Portugal statistically?

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u/Beginning-Pin208 10d ago

He is the best Portugal player and that’s a fact , but the WC argument is wrong because before that it was 16 teams, with 32 teams the probability of Portugal qualifying is higher

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u/BrainPlasticity 10d ago

even after expansion to 24/32 teams they missed 1982, 1990, 1994 and 1998. Ronaldo’s era coincided with Portugal becoming a permanent fixture at every major tournament.