Brazil legend Ronaldo predicts Spain will ‘easily’ beat Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday.
Spain reached the World Cup final with an impressive 2-0 win over France in the semi-final earlier this week.
Meanwhile, Argentina came from behind to stage a late comeback against England to remain in with a chance of defending their World Cup trophy.
After a surprise draw against Cape Verde in their World Cup group opener, Spain won their next six matches on their way to the final and have conceded just one goal throughout the tournament.
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Argentina, meanwhile, have needed the brilliance of Lionel Messi, who turned 39 last month, on several occasions during their path to the World Cup final.
Speaking on his official TikTok account with fellow Brazil 2002 World Cup winner Denilson, Ronaldo was asked for his verdict on how Sunday’s final will play out.
‘I think Spain wins and the game will be easy,’ Ronaldo said.
‘For me, France and Spain have always been the favourites and I always remember the programme before the France – Spain game I said the champion would win that game.
‘I think Spain wins easy with football played in an extraordinary way. Their DNA is not just the football played in this World Cup, they have been doing this for a long time, they grew up doing it like this, playing this way.
‘I think there’s a lot of [Pep] Guardiola in there to have started this philosophy, it’s at Barcelona in 2006, 2007.
‘So I think Spain wins easy. I don’t believe Argentina has the strength to become a game of a 1-0, 2-0 because Spain will have possession of the ball all of the time.
‘What is still an absolute success for Argentina for this World Cup is the way they turned games on several occasions, Messi, one more time makes one more beautiful story at a World Cup, it’s a team that demonstrates a character, a spirit of overcoming, it’s very beautiful and admirable, we have to learn from it.
‘But I think the way Spain play… it’s very automated, the way they play is very automated, it’s what you have to do every time in every phase, no hurry, they play the ball with speed, they run the game, they cool the game with possession.’
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