Is Ronaldo Keeping The Messi Debate Alive?
7/3/202637 min
Adrian Durham is poolside in Miami with Stuart Pearce and Jim Proudfoot for another packed World Cup Daily. Portugal march on, Ronaldo lives to fight another day, and European Football Expert Andy Brassell takes an insightful look at the era-defining Ronaldo v Messi debate - why it still matters and how both icons pushed each other to greatness. We look ahead to Argentina v Cape Verde - can Cape Verde pull off the unthinkable, or is Messi ready to steal the show again? There’s also a fiery VAR debate about whether football really needs a Snickometer.
Plus: more England reflections after the DR Congo drama and how smart is their plan to tackle the altitude of Mexico?
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[upbeat music] The World Cup bandwagon rolls on. Oh, what a goal! Unbelievable. Champions of the world. Let the history unfold.
Adrian Durham· Host0:56
Hello and welcome to the Talk Sport World Cup Daily. I'm Adrian Durham, coming to you from Miami, Florida, where later on today Lionel Messi and Argentina face Cape Verde in the round of 32. More on that later. In today's episode, European football expert Andy Brassell dives into the era-defining rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, why the debate still refuses to die, and how two geniuses pushed each other to impossible heights. So more on that in a second. But