These 48 first World Cup matches have ended yesterday, and
these matches brought us straight to the second round, which will start
tomorrow. Matches that have led us to a series of historical statistical records; the oldest
player ever to be on the pitch in the World Cup, the almost
endless series of games without 0-0, and the first
time a team qualified thanks to the number of yellow cards. We now
move on to the second round, therefore, but in my opinion there are so many other
beautiful things left to discuss about the groups. Surely, one of them is the
Ronaldo-Messi rivalry.
They could challenge each other in the quarters and it would
be, sort of, the peak of their sporting rivalry. In two weeks we have seen
quite a lot. Ronaldo’s sensational hat-trick against Spain, the total
failure of Messi during
the first two matches, the goal-scoring header of CR7 against Morocco, the
Argentine psychotic drama, the mistakes of the Portuguese against Iran, the
resurrection of Messi and Argentina against Nigeria. It was nice, and it
was beautiful. There is no doubt that Ronaldo was better than Messi until
now, but more has yet to come.
Not just Ronaldo (four goals in three games). The 2018
World Cup has rediscovered the area strikers and top scorers. If in the
last World Cup the attackers had remained with normal statistics, in Russia
they have not. Lukaku four goals in two games, Kane even five (both rested
in the third game). There will be fun! With Diego Costa, Suarez, Cavani and
Neymar ready to go wild.
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