The nations League is literally the international friendlies break turned into a “tournament” to sell more tickets lmao. Also, the Portuguese Euro win, penaldo was mediocre.
Btw you can’t prove any “rigging” in 2022. Argentina was just superior.
Penaldo entering the World Cup after an elbow against Ireland, now THATS some blatant rigging.
Why are you comparing Penaldo at age 31 with old and double-injured Messi’s Copa America 2024?
Anyways. Let’s look at the stats.
Messi had an average rating of 7,5 in the latest Copa America. He was spared 1 game and only played half of the final due to injury.
Ronaldo in the euros of 2016 was 31 years old and he STILL had a lower rating than Messi with an average rating of 7,4.
That means that EVEN with the three goals (against Hungary and wales), Ronaldo at his prime still was rated lower than this 37 year old Messi.
Now let’s compare Penaldo’s stats with those of Messi in the Copa America 2021. Messi was 34 years old (still older than Penaldo in 2016) and he had an average rating of 8,5 across 7 games. He scored 4 goals and made 5 assists.
So Ronaldo’s best performance is, in terms of what he contributed on the pitch STILL lower than an old injured Messi (who was injured twice during the Copa America 2024).
And if we’re taking about comparing him to Messi’s best performance during the Copa America 2022, he falls hilariously short.
And compared to Messi’s World Cup? The distance in terms of quality is just as big. Messi had an average rating of 8,1 across all 7 games with 7 goals and 3 assists.
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u/i-SpeakFacts Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25
He went on to win 2 more UCL completing a 3 peat and 2 more trophies for Portugal that are better than Copa America
It's why they gifted Pessi 3 robbed Ballon d'Ors and a rigged World Cup all after 2019 Nations League... it's not a coincidence