Cristiano Ronaldo “seems to want to go on forever” and is likely to make Qatar 2022 with Portugal, says Gary Neville, but eternal rival Lionel Messi has a big decision to take with Argentina.
The two dominant forces of the global game over the last 10 years both tasted World Cup heartache on Saturday.
Messi was on the wrong end of a 4-3 defeat to France, while Ronaldo was unable to inspire the Euro 2016 champions as they were downed 2-1 by Uruguay.
Neither of the multiple Ballon d’Or winners were able to get among the goals in their respective contests, stretching their scoreless runs in the knockout stages of football’s showpiece event, and it remains to be seen whether they will be back for more in four years’ time.