{"id":150451,"date":"2025-12-10T09:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=150451"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:32:31","slug":"lionel-messi-vs-cristiano-ronaldo-can-they-achieve-2026-world-cup-glory-numbers-dont-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=150451","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo | Can they achieve 2026 World Cup GLORY? | Numbers Don&#8217;t Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1AqxbcgGN_I?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Join Chris Wittyngham &#038; Nico Cantor for a brand new way of consuming the beautiful game with Numbers Don\u2019t Lie from Sofascore. On this episode, the crew are taking a look at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, comparing two of the games living legends, Lionel Messi &#038; Cristiano Ronaldo. The team take a look at Argentina &#038; Portugal&#8217;s form heading into the tournament, discussing their group stage matches and predicting which of the two will have the biggest impact.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Lionel Messi is MLS CHAMP<br \/>\n1:39 Carlos Vela vs. Lionel Messi<br \/>\n2:42 Ronaldo vs. Messi since Inter Miami debut<br \/>\n3:57 Who will have the bigger IMPACT?<br \/>\n5:35 38 year olds in the World Cup<br \/>\n6:32 Messi for Argentina since 2022<br \/>\n8:01 Ronaldo for Portugal since 2022<br \/>\n10:09 Final Thoughts<br \/>\n10:49 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#lionelmessi #cristianoronaldo #sofascore #cr7 #worldcup #worldcup2026 #worldcupdraw #soccer #football #cbssportsgolazo #cbssports #cbs<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1AqxbcgGN_I\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Chris Wittyngham &#038; Nico Cantor for a brand new way of consuming the beautiful game with Numbers Don\u2019t Lie from Sofascore. On this episode, the crew are taking a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":150452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}