World Cup 2022 threatens Pele and Maradona numbers in favor of Ronaldo and Messi

Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi may have waited for many years to take the podium with his country through the last Copa America, but he can write history in more than one way if he leads the tango dancers to win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

And if Messi succeeds in winning the world title, he will surpass his compatriot, the late Diego Maradona, who was crowned with the Argentine national team with the 1986 World Cup title, but he did not win the Copa America title throughout his career.

Messi, who celebrates his thirty-fifth birthday next June, was crowned with the Argentine national team with the Copa America title, which was held in mid-2021, to be his first title with the team in major tournaments.

But the player, who (Qatar 2022) may be his last participation with the tango in the big tournaments, can surpass the legend Maradona if he wins the world title on December 18.

Without even winning the title, Messi can break two records if he reaches the final.

Messi has played 19 matches in the World Cup finals over the course of his participation in the tournament, starting from the 2006 edition, and the player can break the record for any player in history in terms of the number of matches he plays in the World Cup if he reaches the final, provided he participates in all seven matches of the team until the final .

And if this happens, Messi will raise his tally to 26 matches in the World Cup finals, breaking this current record (25 matches) recorded in the name of German Lothar Matthaus.

But Messi can break another record by participating in the three matches of his team in the first round of the Qatar World Cup, where he will surpass the Argentine record recorded in the name of the late Maradona, who played 21 matches in the World Cup tournaments.

Although his expected participation in the Qatari World Cup will be his fifth in the history of the world championship, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo still needs to participate in the three matches of his team in the first round of the upcoming tournament if he wants to join the list of players who played 20 or more matches in the World Cup, which is the list that includes 11 jumpers just so far.

Ronaldo, 37, is looking forward to setting an important record in the history of the World Cup through the Qatar World Cup, where the player is currently partnering with the Brazilian legend Pele, Ove Seeler and Miroslav Klose in that each of them scored in four different versions of the World Cup.

And if Ronaldo scored any goal on the stadiums of Doha during the next edition, he would be the only player to score in five editions of the World Cup.

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