The end of a golden generation

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This Sunday the Qatar 2022 World Cup begins, the first for a new generation of players and the last for another. Although it is not 100 percent sure, for four great stars this is the last chance to win the World Cup. Four stars who have won 14 Ballon d’Ors together: Leo Messi (7), Cristiano Ronaldo (5), Luka Modric (1) and Karim Benzema (1).

Messi, a legend among legends, who holds the Ballon d’Or record, knows, like Modric, what it feels like to lose in the World Cup final. He will never forget July 13, 2014 when Mario Götze’s goal made Germany world champions and left the albiceleste without the coveted title in Rio (1-0).

Messi’s good chance

For this reason, at 35 years old and as the leader of an Argentina that, driven by the Copa América won in 2021, makes its fans dream, Messi knows that he will not miss this opportunity to win his first World Cup. It was the former Barcelona player’s fifth game. Argentina make their debut against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The 26th is measured against Mexico and the 30th against Poland in group C.

After Messi, the man who owns the most Ballon d’Ors is Cristiano Ronaldo, who made the run-up to his World Cup an absolute storm, as a result of his brutal attack against his still-club, Manchester United. At the age of 37, for CR7, Qatar 2022 is the last chance to win the World Cup (in his fifth attempt) and he even assured that he will retire from the national team if he succeeds. The former Real Madrid player won Euro 2016 and the 2018-19 Nations League. The Portuguese made his debut on Thursday against Ghana. Uruguay will wait for them on the 28th and South Korea on the 2nd.

Modric, runner-up in 2018

Modric, the 2018 Ballon d’Or, like Messi but four years later, knows what it means to lose in the World Cup final. His Croatia, which caused a sensation at Russia 2018, went down 4-2 against France. The Real Madrid player is the same age as Cristiano, 37, and he hopes, in his fourth World Cup, to also get to Qatar as soon as possible. Croatia make their debut on Wednesday against Morocco. On the 27th, Canada measures and on the 1st, Belgium in F.

Karim Benzema did not participate in the 2018 World Cup, as he was cut from the French team at the time for his alleged involvement in blackmail, although he was later exonerated. At 34 years old and before his second World Cup, the current Ballon d’Or he feels this is his moment and hopes to help France revalidate their title. The ‘bleus’ start on Tuesday against Austria. On the 26th they face Denmark and on the 30th, France.

Not only for the Ballon d’Ors it is the end of an era. Luis Suárez, Diego Godín and many other great emblems They will also experience the last World Cup of their careers.

Source: La Verdad

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