“Ronaldo shouldn’t be starting for Portugal. We are not saying that about Lionel Messi”

Liverpool legend Steve Nicole claimed that Captain Eint Miami Lionel Messi is still at the top of his game, but not Cristiano Ronaldo. He believes that Argentina still has to start the national team, but this is not the case for the Portuguese star.

Speaking to Espn FC, Nicole claimed that Ronaldo relies heavily on his material side of the game, which witnessed his impact on the field. He believes that Messi is still affected by his second decisions in the second when he passes under pressure and passes, which makes him a major part of the team. He said:

“he [Messi] It must be [playing] In the World Cup. When you reach the last stages of the profession, when you are 38-39, things begin to go [against you] Then you start interrogating yourself. But when you have the ability you have, why don’t you make him start from the bench [at least]?

“I haven’t heard one person saying,” Messi cannot do this “or” Messi does not do it now. “Certainly, [I don’t think Cristiano can do many things he did in the past]. They are two football players completely different. And Ronaldo as is great, a lot depends on the material side of the game. Messi does not depend on the material side of the game. It causes damage in small, small, broken, and selecting seconds, choosing a pass and placing the ball in the network. “

Nicole believes that there is no argument against the Argentine sitting outside the FIFA World Cup next year and added:

“Cristiano should not start in Portugal. We do not say that about Lionel Messi. We do not say that Messi should not start in Argentina, so the fact that he, and did not show any signs [of decline] In the Argentina shirt, it means that there should be there [at the World Cup]. I don’t think there is any argument. “

Argentina has already qualified for the FIFA World Cup next year, and Lionel Messi announced that he would sit in the final qualifiers against Ecuador. Portugal begins at Cristiano Ronaldo the World Cup qualifiers today, September 6, when they face Armenia at the Vasjjin Sargsian Republican Stadium.

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Messi has repeatedly suspicion of his chances of reaching the World Cup next year. The Argentine wants to take matters simultaneously at one time and not think in the long term due to the recent cases of injury.

Ronaldo has already admitted that he was watching the World Cup next year as he was throwing a new deal in victory. He claimed that he was looking forward to preserving fitness, because he wanted to be available to the club and also represents Portugal next year.