Ronaldo answered whether he would like to play against Messi in the 2026 World Cup playoffs

On Tuesday, June 23, the Portuguese national team won a convincing victory over the Uzbekistan team in the second round of the 2026 World Cup group stage. and the main star of the meeting was the captain of the Portuguese, Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a spectacular double. After the game, reporters asked the five-time Ballon d'Or winner about a possible confrontation with Argentina and Lionel Messi in the playoffs. As reported by the Portuguese publication A Bola, the striker reacted to this question quite sharply, calling to focus on the team's current tasks. "I don't know what to answer, because it's a silly question. It would be cool, but the most important thing today was to win in order to get out of the group and be ready for what lies ahead. We have a difficult match with Colombia, but we accomplished the main task - we got out of the group. I helped the team that played great, and we're moving on," Ronaldo emphasized. The match against Uzbekistan became a landmark for Ronaldo, because he broke several prestigious records at once: Having scored his 10th goal at the World Cup, which included 9 accurate shots. Ronaldo officially became the first football player in history to succeed Currently, the national team of Colombia leads the standings, which after the victory over the DR Congo has 6 points. Portugal is in second place with 4 points.