Three goals in two matches, just to be clear. Nothing in that piece of data to suggest Estonia are tougher to beat in qualifying than in a friendly. Especially considering they also conceded 5 goals in one of those games against Belgium.
For WCQ, Estonia conceded 21 goals in 8 games in a group with Belgium, Wales, Czech, Belarus conceding 8 to Belgium in 2 games. In Euro 2020Q they conceded 28 goals in 8 games and with 11 goals to Germany and 9 to Netherlands. Now, friendlies are not always representative of competitiveness, but losing 5 x 0 to Argentina looks pretty representative of Estonia's quality given their performance in competitive games. So gain, what case are you making here for Estonia ? It's clear that Brazil and Argentina would put goals galore against these types of opponents and their forwards would benefit greatly with inflated number of goals.
A Belgium team ranked 1st 2nd or 3rd in the world should not be conceding 3 goals to Estonia, should they?
Why is @carlito86 repeating the CL stats? We are talking about International play meaning with the national team. And if you want to cherrypick Ronaldo's stats from Jan 2013 and say he has 80 goals in 88 appearances then I can take prime Lukaku's stats from Jan 2016 and he has 57 goals in 60 appearances. As for Messi again... in 7 matches against sides not in the top 100, he as 12 goals in 3 assists. Needless to say that if he played dozens upon dozens of matches against the likes of Estonia he would have a lot more international goals. And again, Messi dominated Ronaldo in knockout stages of international tournaments. Messi's assist rate is literally insane... 16 assists in 24 matches is ludicrous! International tournaments especially the World Cup and then Euro/Copa are the only matches that really actually matter when discussing international careers.
The argument was you keep bashing Ronaldo for playing Estonia, Latvia etc but you seem to forget that Portugal’s groups does not consist of only Estonia Latvia etc, all groups has 2 or 3 minor teams and top strikers has to play these teams and other strikers does not have the numbers of penessi and Ronaldo at international level. there are 2 qualifying campaigns in Europe, and there will always be (depend on size of group) 2 to 3 minors teams And South America there is one qualifying campaign and 2 to 3 minors teams. Copa America there is no qualifying so you still be playing 2 or 3 minors teams.
FFS bro youre so weird This has NOTHING to do with peak It has to do with position Ronaldo was not a striker before 2013 for Portugal Get that in your skull!!!! Post 2013 Ronaldo isn't peak or non peak its when he became a STRIKER Stürmer centroavante 足球前锋 You have to suffer from some kind of mental deficiency not to understand this point Striker Its not cherry picking Its called CONTEXT retard
That argument makes no sense. Crap teams sometimes score goals. Somebody should even need this comparison to know that Argentina and Brazil would score tons of goals on teams like Estonia and etc ...
This 'argument' about Estonia being a very different proposition in a competitive match than a friendly is bizarre to say the least. What exactly does a competitive match really mean for Estonia in the first place? They go into a match against Belgium in last place or near last in a group where only finishing in the top 2 matters. How will their mind set be so fundamentally different than when playing Argentina in a friendly? False equivalency. The minor UEFA teams you are referring to are ranked around #90 to 150 in the world. While the CONMEBOL teams you are describing by the same term are ranked #40 to 50 in the world.
if anything, its a bigger game for them as it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to face up against one of the most storied nations in world football, led my the goat himself.
You're missing the point bud. No one is saying Lukaku is as good or better than Ronaldo just that Ronaldo's higher goalscoring rates for his national team make sense when we consider the level of competition. European stars generally have much higher scoring rates than those in South America. There is a reason for that... a lot of minnows to statpad against.
Crap teams sometimes score 6 goals in one match? https://www.goal.com/en/news/1648/w...ivia-absolutely-slaughter-argentina-in-la-paz https://www.goal.com/en/news/1648/w.../1186870/player-ratings-bolivia-6-1-argentina https://www.eloratings.net/2009
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Messi has a whopping 1100 goal contributions (goal + assists) in his career which is probably the most in history. He's turning 35 in a couple of weeks.