Messi & Ronaldo: The World Cup Last Dance in Qatar
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by Carl Anka, Andy Mitten and Spanish football writer Dermot Corrigan to debate whether either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo can finally claim FIFA World Cup glory, in Qatar.
The panel look back through the international careers of both Messi and Ronaldo debating and analysing their impact on their national sides' fortunes and the struggle for both to perform to their highest on the international scene.
Who is better set for glory in Qatar is also discussed as well as whether or not World Cup victory for one over the other will finally settle the great debate over who is the greatest.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:04.6 | Having shared 12 ball and doors, |
| 0:07.0 | two players having defined an era, |
| 0:09.4 | the Qatar World Cup, |
| 0:10.6 | offers a final chance at glory |
| 0:12.6 | for both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 0:15.5 | on the international stage. |
| 0:17.2 | I'm Mark Chapman. |
| 0:18.3 | This is the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | Thank you. stage. I'm Mark Chapman. This is the Athletic Football podcast. We're one to one and win it. |
| 0:32.0 | It would maybe in their own heads and maybe for other people as well |
| 0:34.8 | lift them above their personal rival at the end of their careers. |
| 0:37.8 | Leonel Messi finding Iguyen and Messi takes it up again and he dances away and he scores |
| 0:44.6 | Lionel Messi. |
| 0:46.2 | Messi is an alien. He's different. He's not normal. |
| 0:49.6 | Here's Ronaldo. He has only gone and done it. He has only gone and done it. |
| 0:57.4 | Cristiano Ronaldo. |
| 1:00.5 | He wants to write his own final chapter, this glorious final chapter |
| 1:04.7 | where he has a successful World Cup, |
| 1:07.0 | but he's not the only person who can write that. |
| 1:12.1 | So joining us to discuss whether or not Messi or Ronaldo can finally get their hands on |
| 1:17.3 | the World Cup. |
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