Kick Messi out of the country and replace with Cristiano....

[9erempiree]

Would Argentina win?

[Mr.Kite]

Yes...messi was a no show this whole tournament.

Replace Messi with even beckham they would probably win.

[zoom17]

Yes...messi was a no show this whole tournament.

Replace Messi with even beckham they would probably win.

:biggums:

[KingBeasley08]

Cristiano didn't even show up in the group stage...

[Trollsmasher]

healthy Cristiano = win for Argentina

[ArbitraryWater]

Considering Ronaldo would bury that chance at the start of the 2nd half, yes, Argentina would be WC Champion had Messi been replaced by Ronaldo.

[B-hoop]

Lol, Argentina wouldn't even get out of the Group Stage. You do know he played this WC and didn't do anything right?

[KingBeasley08]

Lol, Argentina wouldn't even get out of the Group Stage.
This. People have short memories. They already forgot how much CR7 choked early in the WC

[ArbitraryWater]

Lol, Argentina wouldn't even get out of the Group Stage. You do know he played this WC and didn't do anything right?


You guys dont understand Football :facepalm

11 - 11 game, hard to shine without a good offense or some solid providers around you.. Messi has that with his national team, big 4 offensively, AND a top notch defense.. Ronaldo has neither.

Ronaldo is a one-man-show for Portugal.

[Le Shaqtus]

Ronaldo didn't show up the whole tournament :lol

[BasedTom]

Germany = the 2014 Spurs of the World Cup

Replace Messi with anybody and Germany would still win.
Germany simply produces some of the best talent in the world. It would have been a tragedy for this amazing squad to not have the glory of victory.

However, I have a problem with that analogy of yours. The Spurs have a great system that has been consistent for ages. Nobody gives the German players and league the credit that they rightfully deserve.

Perhaps as a result of this World Cup, that attitude will change.

[kc16]

Lol hell no. Ronaldo is great but I don't see Argentina winning this game at all against the Germans with him, let alone getting passed some of the games from earlier in the tournament.

[B-hoop]

You guys dont understand Football :facepalm

11 - 11 game, hard to shine without a good offense or some solid providers around you.. Messi has that with his national team, big 4 offensively, AND a top notch defense.. Ronaldo has neither.

Ronaldo is a one-man-show for Portugal.

Portugal's team was bad, but Ronaldo played at their level, when he should have raised his own to compensate. He choked, and badly.

[B-hoop]

This German team is good but its not otherworldly. They had difficulties to win against freaking Algeria

[deja vu]

CR7 wouldn't have probably done better. He also has a history of choking.

At least Messi has led his team farther than CR7 has ever had.

[ArbitraryWater]

Portugal's team was bad, but Ronaldo played at their level, when he should have raised his own to compensate. He choked, and badly.


That's the thing, when everyone else is bad, its hard to compensate..

This isnt basketball where the best player can get his shot off every time he wants to.

[ArbitraryWater]

CR7 wouldn't have probably done better. He also has a history of choking.

At least Messi has led his team farther than CR7 has ever had.


Ronaldo has a history of choking? The guy with the most champions league semifinal goals ever and the single cl season goal record? :lol

[B-hoop]

That's the thing, when everyone else is bad, its hard to compensate..

This isnt basketball where the best player can get his shot off every time he wants to.

There are many examples of this happening in football, you have a lot of teams that are worse winning against teams that are better, or do you think Costa Rica is better than Uruguay, England and Italy?

Maradona took a mediocre Argentina team in 1986 to win the World Cup, he scored a goal where he literally dribbled from the midfield until he scored the goal, dribbling around 5-6 players.

Garrinha and Pel

[Nowitness]

Maybe. You could easily say replace Ronaldo with Messi and do Portugal still lose.... in the group stage.

[ThePhantomCreep]

Germany = the 2014 Spurs of the World Cup

Replace Messi with anybody and Germany would still win.

You're overeating germany's dominance in this final.

[b1imtf]

Maybe. You could easily say replace Ronaldo with Messi and do Portugal still lose.... in the group stage.
Yes, we were too shit to pass. The same problems would exist.

[That_Admiral]

I don't know why you're talking shit about Messi, it seems you didn't watch the game. Messi played well, unfortunately he didn't make the shots he needed to and the better team one.
And in the case of cristiano ronaldo; he could not have performed at this level (slightly due to his injury & also from the results seen in this wc) and many soccer fans know this

[CelticBaller]

Ronaldo lmao

[alenleomessi]

replace messi with any player in the history and arg wouldnt win the tourney convincingly.. maybe with some luck.. extra times.. penalties.. pretty much similar to what argentina were doing..
but there is so much you can do with mediocre players around you..

[RagaZ]

replace messi with any player in the history and arg wouldnt win the tourney convincingly.. maybe with some luck.. extra times.. penalties.. pretty much similar to what argentina were doing..
but there is so much you can do with mediocre players around you..
Ronaldo is a bigger threat. Even when he was sh*t against Germany in the first match he still had 3-4 great chances.

How many chances did Messi have in the whole Knock out stage? 1 or 2?

[brownmamba00]

I don't know why peeps keep saying Cris choked...dude was playing on 1 knee and his team is just awful.

Give him aguero di maria mascherano and he atleast makes the semis on that 1 knee and I ain't even a Cristiano fan tbh