Darren Bent believes that there’s ‘no manner’ that Cristiano Ronaldo may have been watching the World Cup closing on Sunday, given his infamous rivalry with triumphant Argentina captain Lionel Messi.
The Portuguese ahead – who might have finally discovered himself a brand new membership within the form of Saudi Arabian aspect Al Nassr – has shared considered one of sport’s best rivalries as one a part of a duopoly of dominance alongside Messi.
Messi and the Albiceleste squad returned to Buenos Aires the place they had been beset upon by hundreds of jubilant followers throughout an open-top bus parade that took them by the capital metropolis and previous the enduring Obelisk monument.
Darren Bent advised talkSPORT there may be ‘no manner’ Cristiano Ronaldo was watching Sunday’s World Cup closing
Bent was discussing Ronaldo’s response to the ultimate on TalkSPORT with presenter Andy Goldstein, with the ex-Tottenham star insisting that the Portuguese icon may have switched off his ‘notifications’ through the closing.
‘It doesn’t matter what Ronaldo does now for the remainder of his profession, Messi will get that World Cup winners’ medal which he gained’t get,’ stated Goldstein.
‘That’s it, he’s fuming,’ replied Bent.
Ronaldo and Portugal had been knocked out within the quarter-finals – with the 37-year-old dropped to the bench within the knockout rounds
‘Somebody who’s a serial winner like Ronaldo, I might perceive why that might hassle him, Messi profitable that World Cup.’
Messi and Ronaldo have offered European soccer with its seemingly irrepressible narrative for the final 15 years, with each clearly set for footballing immortality after they retire.
Within the final 14 years, the pair have gained the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s finest males’s participant on 12 events, with Messi taking seven of these.
Lionel Messi lastly gained the World Cup after having come shut eight years in the past dropping within the closing to Germany
However with Messi lastly attaining World Cup glory – and arguably asserting himself as the best of all time – Ronaldo’s profession appears to be falling by the day, after leaving Manchester United by mutual consent and being dropped from the Portugal workforce.
And when Bent was requested whether or not the 37-year-old would even have watched the motion on the Lusail Stadium, he stated: ‘No manner.
‘Turned all his updates off, notifications off, every thing.’
With Ronaldo 37 now, it’s unlikely that he’ll ever win the World Cup, matching Messi’s newest honour, with each profitable a number of Ballon d’Or awards, Champions League and league titles in addition to their very own continental worldwide trophies.
The 35-year-old scored seven objectives and offered three assists all through the event
