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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were saving something special for the… ultimate finale

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were saving something special for the… ultimate finale

17.11.2025

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were saving something special for the… ultimate finale

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were saving something special for the… ultimate finale.

With Portugal’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup now officially confirmed, we can now say with certainty that Messi and Cristiano are heading for a global “Last Dance”…

No one in the history of the World Cup has ever appeared in six different tournaments, but this duo—who have transformed the entire sport over the past 20 years—will become the first to reach this monumental milestone.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were saving something good for the… perfect ending. In the stadiums of the USA, Mexico, and Canada, the two of them will appear in a World Cup for the sixth time and become the undisputed record holders in tournament appearances.

CR7 will, of course, go with the goal of winning it, even at the age of 41, having recently stated that logic and age tell him that this will be his last time on the sport’s biggest stage.

Leo climbed to the top of the world in 2022 in Qatar; he has, in a sense, already “completed” the sport, but he will still be there to help the

Albiceleste

defend its title—as far as that may be possible.

One in Miami. The other in Saudi Arabia. Both so far apart, yet so firmly in the spotlight, that they remain at the forefront of world football. And now, in the summer of 2026, their final moment wearing their national-team shirts is approaching. And this Last Dance—so often mentioned in recent years regarding the two of them—will take place on a truly global stage.

Football

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

Records

1

1.03

2

9.50

1

1.17

2

5.00

1

1.33

2

3.35

1

2.70

2

1.47

1

2.55

2

1.52

1

1.40

2

3.00

New England Revolution

1

5.50

X

3.75

2

1.62

New York Red Bulls

1

1.90

X

3.50

2

4.00

1

2.60

X

3.00

2

2.85

1

1.20

X

5.40

2

15.00

1

20.00

X

8.50

2

1.10

1

1.80

X

3.50

2

4.50

Deportivo Maldonado

Albion Montevideo

1

2.12

X

2.95

2

3.85

Seattle Sounders

1

1.90

X

3.95

2

3.50

Sporting Kansas City

1

1.16

X

7.70

2

14.00

Vancouver Whitecaps

1

2.30

X

3.75

2

2.75

Philadelphia Union

1

2.40

X

3.90

2

2.50

San Jose Earthquakes

1

1.92

X

3.95

2

3.45

Colorado Rapids

Minnesota United

1

1.78

X

3.85

2

4.05

Portland Timbers

1

2.10

X

3.90

2

3.00

1

2.00

X

3.70

2

3.40

1

1.40

X

4.80

2

6.60

Philadelphia Union

1

1.55

X

4.50

2

5.10

Minnesota United

1

2.45

X

3.80

2

2.55

1

3.30

X

4.30

2

1.87

1

2.75

X

3.60

2

2.35

New England Revolution

1

2.45

X

3.90

2

2.50

1

1.82

X

4.15

2

3.60

New York Red Bulls

1

2.05

X

3.90

2

3.10

Vancouver Whitecaps

1

4.70

X

4.30

2

1.60

1

2.10

X

3.60

2

3.20

Sporting Kansas City

1

2.75

X

3.90

2

2.25

1

1.92

X

3.95

2

3.45

Portland Timbers

Colorado Rapids

1

2.15

X

3.90

2

2.90

San Jose Earthquakes

1

3.35

X

3.80

2

1.98

Seattle Sounders

1

1.50

X

4.50

2

5.60

1

2.00

X

4.05

2

3.15

Atletico Nacional

Independiente Medellin

1

1.70

X

3.55

2

4.20

Total (4.5)

O

1.50

U

2.45

Sportivo San Lorenzo

1

1.73

X

-

2

2.00

1

2.40

2

1.57

1

1.95

2

1.75

Greenville Triumph SC

Spokane Velocity

Total (5.5)

O

2.10

U

1.65

Davidovich Fokina A

1

1.90

2

1.90

1

1.45

2

2.75

1

2.85

2

1.43

1

1.90

2

1.90

1

1.07

2

8.50

1

1.30

2

3.45

1

1.80

2

2.00

1

1.72

2

2.12

1

9.00

2

1.06

1

1.50

2

2.55

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