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‘He’s getting better with age’ – Ronaldo urged to play on for Portugal

It’s the end of the road for Lionel Messi and company as they lost 4-3 to France in a round of 16 tie.

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Hence, we made a decision to take a look at the top footballers of all time, who have never won a World Cup title.

Before the tournament, France were widely tipped for a run to the final but they have failed to click so far, scoring just three times in three matches.

France had no trouble advancing out of its group.

“It’s make or break”. Other teams in Argentina’s group included Iceland and Nigeria.

Argentina legend Diego Maradona. The woman teased its second half, when Messi was not playing.

“Neymar will have to be told: ‘you make us cry or you make us laugh, ‘” Maradona said. “Still, it’s great to join the list of players that have achieved such feats”. “He’s a shining light for us all, and we have to do our very best to all try to be at his level”. It was two weeks ago that Ronaldo scored a hat trick in the same stadium against Spain, stroking his chin after the first goal to imply he was the “greatest of all time”.

It was the latest frustrating chapter on the worldwide stage for Messi, who retired from the national team in 2016, only to later reverse his decision.

16 – No player has had more shots at goal than Neymar’s tally of 16, with the world’s most expensive player additionally pipping Ronaldo with eight shots on target compared to the Portugal captain’s total of seven.

“Hopefully God will give me the strength to return to the bench”, said Maradona, whose own World Cup coaching campaign in 2010 ended in an ignominious 4-0 thumping by Germany in the quarter-finals in South Africa.

Portugal’s goal drought finally came to an end when defender Pepe delivered a flawless header into the net to equalise.

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Dunphy went on to claim that football is “dying”, and pointed to what he sees as a lack of talent at the 2018 World Cup as proof.

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