{"id":31603,"date":"2026-04-25T21:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/bruno-fernandes-launches-argentinas-plan-to-win-portugal-world-cup-to-help-cristiano-ronaldo-face-messi\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:17:33","slug":"bruno-fernandes-launches-argentinas-plan-to-win-portugal-world-cup-to-help-cristiano-ronaldo-face-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/bruno-fernandes-launches-argentinas-plan-to-win-portugal-world-cup-to-help-cristiano-ronaldo-face-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Fernandes launches Argentina&#8217;s plan to win Portugal World Cup to help Cristiano Ronaldo face Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><span class=\"capital-letter\">P<\/span>Ortugar has never won a World Cup, but we all know that this title is missing from Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s record. Especially in the individual competition, where he aims to be the best of all time, to rival Lionel Messi. The Argentine was able to lift the coveted trophy at the last World Cup in 2022, taking a weight off his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Cristiano, 41, will play in his final World Cup in the United States this year, but he has not ruled out playing in the 2030 World Cup if his size allows. Whether it&#8217;s the last time or not, the Al Nasr star will do everything he can to take Portugal to the top, and his team-mates are already putting into motion the same plan that gave Messi the World Cup when he led Argentina four years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. wins Al Nasr U16 with hat-trick and stunning free kick<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On that occasion, the Inter Miami player&#8217;s teammates put up a common front, abandoning everything on the field to help their idol in the locker room win the title that has always eluded him and has left him forever compared to Diego Armando Maradona. Messi won the World Cup and left Cristiano behind<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal&#8217;s most desired World Cup<\/h2>\n<p>Now, Bruno Fernandes has revealed his thoughts on the Portuguese national team a few weeks before the start of the World Cup. &#8220;It&#8217;s incredible to end this last World Cup with a victory for Cristiano Ronaldo,&#8221; Fernandes told Wayne Rooney in a BBC report published on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really hope I can do it, not only for Portugal, but for everything that Cristiano has given to football and the world,&#8221; he added. These were similar to the words the Argentine players said before giving Messi the long-awaited World Cup. Will history repeat itself?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/world-cup\/2026\/04\/25\/69ecc9f3268e3ef07b8b4583.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POrtugar has never won a World Cup, but we all know that this title is missing from Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s record. Especially in the individual competition, where he aims to be the best of all time, to rival Lionel Messi. 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