Mereka Datang, Cetak Gol, tapi Gagal Raih Kemenangan
They Came, They Scored, but They Failed to Conquer
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
LIONEL Messi dan Cristiano Ronaldo terpaksa pulang lebih awal dari Piala Dunia 2018 pada Selasa setelah timnas keduanya gagal lolos dari Putaran 16 Besar, mungkin pula mereka tidak akan pernah kembali ke panggung hijau terbesar sejagat tersebut.
Striker Argentina, Messi dipaksa gigit jari oleh Prancis di Kazan, sementara empat jam kemudian di stadion yang berjarak 1.700 km, Ronaldo striker Portugal juga terpuruk oleh Uruguay.
Inilah foto-foto menarik dari aksi keduanya yang gagal mencetak gol dan ekspresi kesedihan mereka harus melepas peluang Piala Dunia terakhir mereka seperti dilansir MailOnline.
LIONEL MESSI and Cristiano Ronaldo were dumped out of the World Cup on Tuesday as the first day of knockout football in Russia saw the game´s two greatest players crash out, perhaps never to return to football´s biggest stage.
Messi´s Argentina were blown away in the afternoon by France in Kazan while four hours later and 1400 miles further south, Ronaldo´s Portugal fell to Uruguay.
Here Sportsmail examine which player performed better amid the disappointment in what is likely to be their last World Cups, at least while at the peak of their powers.
