Copa America

EstebanSexface · July 13, 2021, 10:15am

Di Maria and 9 Italians probably

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · July 13, 2021, 10:16am

Focusing solely on attacking type players and off the top of my head

Brazilian Ron
Baggio
Sanchez
Klose
Mbappe
Robben
James Rodriguez
Di Maria
Totti
Zidane
Stoichkov
Hagi

Arthur · July 13, 2021, 10:17am

No CR7?

Biff_Egan · July 13, 2021, 10:17am

Robben and Baggio bottled it in the World Cup Final FFS

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · July 13, 2021, 10:18am

He’s been better than Messi at the big tournaments for sure but like Messi and for a player of his stature and standing, he’s not done enough.

Arthur · July 13, 2021, 10:18am

Every single player there bottled it far more than not in fairness - including Cristiano and Messi

EstebanSexface · July 13, 2021, 10:20am

Trezeguet would have to be up there

Arthur · July 13, 2021, 10:21am

Do you place no store in the champions league as a tournament ?

Biff_Egan · July 13, 2021, 10:22am

Not since Italian teams stopped winning it 11 years ago.

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · July 13, 2021, 10:22am

Bullshit.

Most of those players dominated tournaments with lesser teams than Messi or CR7 - who are meant to be the best in the world but have yet to dominate a major international tournament.

The Argentina teams Messi has played on have only done well when they have gritted it out with 0-0s and 1-0s with teams packed with quality.

Ronaldo tbf was on a declining Portugal team for most of his career with pluggers. It’s only in the last 3/4 years where Portugal have found another golden generation come about rather than the likes of Nani, Quaresma, Hugo Portillo and Simao.

Cheasty · July 13, 2021, 10:23am

Sir Geoff Hurst must be the greatest player of all time if you’re to go by the logic used by one poster here. Nobody else has scored a hat trick in a World Cup final. Doesn’t get greater than that.

EstebanSexface · July 13, 2021, 10:23am

Hagi dominated a tournament did he?

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · July 13, 2021, 10:24am

Had a superb 94 WC.

Arthur · July 13, 2021, 10:24am

At least 7 of that list above never dominated a tournament. At least not much more than Messi did when winning player of the tournament and having a fairly under par final or Ronaldo did in 2016

Biff_Egan · July 13, 2021, 10:25am

Gary Breen has to be up there. Was fighting off interest from Barcelona and Inter after 2002.

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · July 13, 2021, 10:26am

All of them have performed better in major international tournaments than Messi has.

A guy who breaks all sorts of goalscoring records at club level but can’t score a goal at a major tournament against a big team.

Cheasty · July 13, 2021, 10:27am

A team of Gary Breens would been the greatest the world had ever seen.

EstebanSexface · July 13, 2021, 10:29am

totti scored a penalty against Australia in the knockout stages of 2006

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · July 13, 2021, 10:31am

What’s your point?

He was MOTM in the Euro 2000 final and should have got POTT award.

Arthur · July 13, 2021, 10:32am

It’d be interesting if someone could dissect the top tens big game performance at tournaments or champions leagues… Won’t be me though