Messi penalty miss for Argentina failures

Much will be made of the Barcelona man's failure to change over from 12 yards yet Argentina ought not require a punishment to beat Iceland

Attempt to oppose the allurement – as tempting as it may be – to look at what Cristiano Ronaldo improved the situation Portugal against Spain on Friday night to what happened to Lionel Messi against Iceland in Moscow on Saturday evening.

Of course, Ronaldo scored a punishment and Messi missed one. Certainly, Ronaldo slammed in a spectacular free-kick and Messi put a comparable sort of one over. What's more, certain, Ronaldo hit a cap trap and Messi experienced a mental blackout. In any case, there is a lot more going on.

Portugal – under Fernando Santos - have a high-class, settled squad with coherence in the line-up and a plainly characterized technique for getting comes about. They are the European champions in light of current circumstances

Furthermore, truly, they depended on Ronaldo for a cap trap against their Iberian neighbors. Those minutes are his own however there is a strong base for him to work with. In such manner it's not very not at all like Real Madrid; 10 men to win the ball and keep it and one to score the objectives.

It may look like Portugal are a one-man group – on the off chance that you focus just on the rundown of scorers – however they are definitely not. For quite a long time it was said that Portugal did not have the veritable No. 9 they required. Presently they have one, don't condemn them for that as well.

Argentina – then again – have issues. They are the specific meaning of a one-man group. Portugal oversaw through Euro 2016 when Ronaldo had awful days – undoubtedly he played valuable little of the last – however Argentina just can't make due without their No. 10 playing 10 out of 10.