Will Neymar, Messi, and Ronaldo play in the 2026 World Cup?

[Obim34]

Ronaldo couldn't maintain a similar performance against Colombia... I wonder one thing also about him. Will Roberto Martinez use him in the starting eleven as of knockout stage too? 

I have seen many examples before that his being in the substitutes after the group stage is completed. Their next competitor is a challenging one also: Croatia. I think Ramos might start instead this time.

Ronaldo said he was back, I doubt if he changed his mind already. At this point, Ronaldo should keep his head down and neglect the ongoing social media pressure, for Portugal to win the World Cup, it has to be a team game, if he starts fetching for personal achievement, there is a chance that Portugal will get knocked out before the finals.

No matter what, Ronaldo will start for the World, even when the tournament gets tighter, Ronaldo is a starter.

[sompitonov]

Ronaldo said he was back, I doubt if he changed his mind already. At this point, Ronaldo should keep his head down and neglect the ongoing social media pressure, for Portugal to win the World Cup, it has to be a team game, if he starts fetching for personal achievement, there is a chance that Portugal will get knocked out before the finals.

No matter what, Ronaldo will start for the World, even when the tournament gets tighter, Ronaldo is a starter.

I think Ronaldo understands this is his last World Cup, so he'll want to be in the starting lineup every game, and he'll likely stay in the lineup. I enjoy watching him and how he plays, although he's certainly past his peak, but the fact that he's already played in six World Cups deserves respect, even if he's not always going smoothly. I still try not to miss matches and will be keeping a close eye on these players, but so far it looks like Messi is playing incredibly, showing such incredible results. I'll be curious to see how many goals he'll score by the end of the tournament.

[Slow death]

Ronaldo couldn't maintain a similar performance against Colombia... I wonder one thing also about him. Will Roberto Martinez use him in the starting eleven as of knockout stage too? 

I have seen many examples before that his being in the substitutes after the group stage is completed. Their next competitor is a challenging one also: Croatia. I think Ramos might start instead this time.

Ronaldo said he was back, I doubt if he changed his mind already. At this point, Ronaldo should keep his head down and neglect the ongoing social media pressure, for Portugal to win the World Cup, it has to be a team game, if he starts fetching for personal achievement, there is a chance that Portugal will get knocked out before the finals.

No matter what, Ronaldo will start for the World, even when the tournament gets tighter, Ronaldo is a starter.

I also have no doubt that Ronaldo will be a starter in all the serious games of this World Cup. Now, regarding the number of goals he has scored compared to Messi, Mbappé, and other top scorers, it makes sense. This is because he has rarely managed to score many goals in a single game for the Portuguese national team in recent years. So I don't expect to see him as the top scorer in this World Cup. He certainly won't have that title. He hasn't been passed the ball much during the Portuguese national team's games, but he also can't chase the ball, dribble it, or score. So Ronaldo's performance has declined significantly compared to 10 years ago.

[hedgeh0g]

I also have no doubt that Ronaldo will be a starter in all the serious games of this World Cup. Now, regarding the number of goals he has scored compared to Messi, Mbappé, and other top scorers, it makes sense. This is because he has rarely managed to score many goals in a single game for the Portuguese national team in recent years. So I don't expect to see him as the top scorer in this World Cup. He certainly won't have that title. He hasn't been passed the ball much during the Portuguese national team's games, but he also can't chase the ball, dribble it, or score. So Ronaldo's performance has declined significantly compared to 10 years ago.

The thing is, Ronaldo is having a hard time competing with young players right now, because you can't fool the clock, even though he looks to be in pretty good physical shape. But his reaction time isn't what it used to be, because a 22-year-old will think faster and make fake moves. Besides, I think Ronaldo may have some latent injuries that have accumulated over the years, and even with modern medicine, that won't help much. I'm not particularly interested in Neymar in this tournament, but Messi is a living legend in my opinion; I want to see more goals from him.

[CLS63]

Ronaldo said he was back, I doubt if he changed his mind already. At this point, Ronaldo should keep his head down and neglect the ongoing social media pressure, for Portugal to win the World Cup, it has to be a team game, if he starts fetching for personal achievement, there is a chance that Portugal will get knocked out before the finals.

No matter what, Ronaldo will start for the World, even when the tournament gets tighter, Ronaldo is a starter.

Ronaldo has quite much ego you know. He is a legend in this sport undoubtedly. But he really can't prevent that ego from going one step ahead. This causes him to make it personal in some matches.

I bet there are many players in the squad who respect him so much but don't want him to be main target in their game anymore. This is just creating an obstacle for them to be more successful. Joao Neves also pointed out the same thing.

[Obim34]

I also have no doubt that Ronaldo will be a starter in all the serious games of this World Cup. Now, regarding the number of goals he has scored compared to Messi, Mbappé, and other top scorers, it makes sense. This is because he has rarely managed to score many goals in a single game for the Portuguese national team in recent years. So I don't expect to see him as the top scorer in this World Cup. He certainly won't have that title. He hasn't been passed the ball much during the Portuguese national team's games, but he also can't chase the ball, dribble it, or score. So Ronaldo's performance has declined significantly compared to 10 years ago.

He certainly won't be the top scorer in the World Cup tournament, if Portugal do not get knocked out in their next match, in one or few of the matches he will add more goals, but for Messi, it seems like a usual habit for him, every game seems to be aligning for him opportunities to score always, if Argentina remains until any of the final, we should be expecting +10 goals in the tournament.

Ronaldo has quite much ego you know. He is a legend in this sport undoubtedly. But he really can't prevent that ego from going one step ahead. This causes him to make it personal in some matches.

I bet there are many players in the squad who respect him so much but don't want him to be main target in their game anymore. This is just creating an obstacle for them to be more successful. Joao Neves also pointed out the same thing.

Having ego is good, but it shouldn't come before team success, Ronaldo values personal achievement over team victories, while Messi sees the opposite. Once things becomes personal for the players, each match tends to resulting in poor outcome.