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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, after five failed attempts, coudl find themselves in a World cup match for the first time in their careers, if ther are no surprises during the group stage, in the quarterfinals of the edition that will be played between June 11 and July 19 in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The football planet will have one last chance to witness the duel of duels that manny expect and that for the last time, in a last dance of Cristiano Ronaldo (40 years) and Messi (38), could occur. It will depend on the performance of their two teams,Portugal and Argentina,who due to details did not manage to meet each other in the five World Cups that both have played.
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If both teams manage to finish the group stage in first position, they would meet in the quarterfinals to be played in Kansas City on July 11. Portugal is framed in group K with Uzbekistan, Colombia and one of the winners of the international play-off (New Caledonia, Jamaica or the Democratic Republic of the Congo), while Argentina will play in the J with Algeria, Austria and Jordan.
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If there were any surprises, the meeting between Cristiano and Messi could take place sooner. If Portugal finishes first in their group and Argentina as one of the best third, they could face each other in round of 32 on July 3 in Kansas City.
In the event that both finish second, and as long as they surpass the sixteenth, they would meet in the round of 16 on July 6 in Dallas. And if Argentina finishes first in the group and Portugal second, there would not be a possible Cristiano-Messi duel until the final.
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Another way is that Portugal would be Argentina’s rival in the quarterfinals as long as both nations win their groups, prior to settling their hypothetical round of 32 and round of 16 matches with triumphs, respectively.
throughout history, the World Cups have been capricious and have not left a meeting between Cristiano and Messi in memory. In the first one in which both participated, germany 2006, they could only have faced each o