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2. Messi And Ronaldo bow out on the same day
Mbappé’s master class meant that Messi will most likely end his illustrious career without a World Cup. The one thing that many said he needed to win to be considered the greatest ever will mostly forever evade him.
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And this loss could also be his last ever World Cup game, if not his last game for Argentina period. Another icon suffered the same faith just a few hours later. The man who for the last decade Messi has shared the title of best in the world with, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Portugal fell to Edinson Cavani’s brace as Uruguay went through. Both Ronaldo and Messi have been joined at the hip for ten years now and it's only destiny that both their World Cup careers end on the same day.
12 years ago in Germany, Messi scored his first ever World Cup goal on June 16th. The very next day Ronaldo scored his ever first World Cup goal. Both their World Cup careers started hours apart together and both will end hours apart together.
They have dominated football for a decade. Two legends of the game who won everything there is to win at club level, but both will end their careers without holding football's greatest prize and both their dreams ended just hours apart.
