"Messi also didn't score in Copa, why don't you criticize him?"

Sports media 'Sports Kida' reported on the 9th (Korea time) that "Rio Ferdinand defended Cristiano Ronaldo and raised the question of why critics did not criticize Messi."

After narrowly defeating Slovenia in the round of 16, Ronaldo said this will be his last European Championship and that his match against France will be his last. However, in the quarterfinals against France, Ronaldo also showed a disastrous performance and led his team to the elimination.

For Ronaldo, this tournament is considered one of the worst major tournaments ever, after disastrous statistics showed how sluggish Ronaldo was in this Euro. "Cristiano Ronaldo scored an expected goal of 3.72 (xG) at Euro 2024 but scored zero," a media outlet studying xG value tweeted.

Ronaldo has failed to score a single goal in this tournament despite several big chances in Portugal's five Euro 2024 matches. Ronaldo's greatest chance came against Slovakia when he had to put his team ahead with a penalty late in the first half of extra time.

However, Ronaldo missed the PK and shed tears shortly afterwards. In the end, Ronaldo played 486 minutes in five matches and 23 shots and 10 shots on goal, but ended the Euro with just one assist.

Experts did not spare any criticism against Ronaldo, and even advised him that retiring from the national team would be good for the team and himself. Ferdinand, who was a former Manchester United teammate, said that while Ronaldo did not perform well in this season's Euro, Messi did the same in Copa America.

Ferdinand said, "Ronaldo did not show good performance in the tournament. He did not show the level of performance he showed in the past. However, it is disrespectful to say that Ronaldo should leave the national team. You should not say that about what he did. You should let him leave when you want to."

He continued, "What did Portugal do before Cristiano Ronaldo? Messi did not score a goal in this Copa America, and I have never heard any mention or criticism of him."

Compared to Ferdinand, Messi has played in three matches and has one assist. Messi, however, was different from Ronaldo in influence itself. While playing 270 minutes, half of Ronaldo's, Messi accounted for a significant portion of his offense, displaying a 100 percent success rate for long passes and 11 chances created.

Meanwhile, Portugal was eliminated from the Euro, but Argentina is on a cruise. Argentina will have a showdown with Canada on Wednesday (Korea time) over its advance to the final.토토사이트 꽁머니