star forward, lionel messi punched his ticket to the world cup final this sunday renewing a debate in the soccer world, this has been happening for a decade now, who s better, messi or ronaldo and who s the greatest player of all time. joining us to answer that question is sam, a staff writer at the athletic covering soccer. what s the answer? i think it s messi, and i think it s pretty clear. a lot of people disagree with you. the world cup has put it in stark relief. you ve seen ronaldo go out in a little bit of disgrace is strong but it wasn t a great tournament for him. he ended the tournament on the bench for portugal. not a starter. was publically almost feuding with his coach about that. wasn t a great look. messi, on the other hand, has been at his peak, five goals, four assists in four games. yesterday against croatia in the