In an extremely rare event in football history, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo failed at one thing for the first time at the same time.
Ronaldo leads Portugal in Euro 2024, while Messi participated in two matches with Argentina in the Copa America and suffers from a connective muscle injury.
For the first time, the historic duo failed to score even a single goal during the group stage of an international tournament.
Throughout the duo’s participation, whether in the Euro, Copa America, World Cup, or Confederations Cup, they at least scored a goal in the groups, if not more.
Perhaps this statistic confirms that the aging of Messi and Ronaldo has clearly begun to have its effect, even if they still have the opportunity to score in the knockout rounds.
It is noteworthy that Ronaldo is the all-time leading scorer in the Euro, with 14 goals, while Messi scored 13 goals in the Copa America.
