Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro & Lionel Andres Messi yet to the world’s best at all.
Despite the awards these two footballers might have received in a number of consecutive years from their youths and even to the peak of their footballing career, there’s either one or two competitions they’re still struggling to get which is the World Cup, the mother of all football competitions.
The World Cup which is the most prestigious global football tournament is the type every footballer should aspire to win. The likes of Diego Amando Maradona, Apedi Pele who are still leaving legends of the round leather game have attained global recognition through getting a hold and wining the world cup either once or twice.
But, as for Messi and Ronaldo there’s a possibility of both players to have another opportunity to play for their national team in Qatar 2022.
Despite their exploits in their respective clubs and continental championships that’s if they’ve gotten it would be fair to put it that the duos are to attain world’s best footballers.
For you to be acclaimed as world’s best you must develop the muscle in clinching these three competitions;
1. World Cup
2. Continental Cup (depends on your continent)
3. UEFA Champions League
Continental Nation Cup: This is the European Nation Cup, Africa Nation Cup, Copa American Cup, Asia Cup.
Christiano Ronaldo is lucky to have won the Euro Cup while Messi is still working hard to win the Copa America.
UEFA Champions League: No matter how fantastic your domestic is the global football demands that you participate in the Champions League, that’s the height of professional football in terms of global football recognition.
It’s a good one that both Messi and Ronaldo have had excess of the EUFA Champions League in their respective clubs.
Football history should reckon with these players over the past decade who have tirelessly achieved more silver wares than Messi and Ronaldo.
1. Zinedine Zidane (France)
6. Andres Iniesta (Spain) 7. Sergio Ramos (Spain) 8. Gerard Pique (Spain) 9. Fernando Torres (Spain) 10. Xabi Alonso (Spain) 11. Sergio Busquets (Spain) 12. Carles Puyol (Spain) 13. Iker Casillas (Spain) 14. Pedro Rodriguez (Spain) 15. Sami Khedira (Germany) 16. Manuel Neuer (Germany) 17. Thomas Müller (Germany) 18. Philipp Lahm (Germany) 19. Toni Kroos (Germany) 20. Andrea Pirlo (Italy) 21. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy)