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After a stunning performance by France led to the departure of Lionel Messi and Argentina from FIFA World Cup 2018, football fans pinned their hope on Cristiano Ronaldo to show some magic. However, thanks to Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani’s brilliant brace, the 2016 Euro Champions were sent home packing.
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The first day of knockout matches saw fan favourites Messi and Ronaldo crash out. While fans couldn’t believe that both were out of the tournament, others couldn’t help but poke fun as they said their goodbyes or rather ‘Goat’byes.
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With punny memes and hilarious GIFs, people on the social media tried to cope up with the shock of top teams leaving the tournament so early. And as Messi and Ronaldo memes are breaking the Internet, some are even wondering when will Brazil’s Neymar join them.
Sample these:
https://twitter.com/ShashvatTweets/status/1013275056246411264
https://twitter.com/Moses_Buju_M/status/1013297070936076288
https://twitter.com/SirIshantSharma/status/1013165076910493696
https://twitter.com/Atheist_Krishna/status/1013148459594125313
https://twitter.com/SOMEXlCAN/status/1013299404395012096
https://twitter.com/kizbrizzy/status/1013150128667062272
https://twitter.com/ClintonViceB/status/1013152204700647424
https://twitter.com/Yink1234/status/1013173638412079104
https://twitter.com/femifactor/status/1013149951097032704
https://twitter.com/SemperFiUtd/status/1013153530230628353
This could be the last time the world’s top two footballers have played at a World Cup.
While Brazil will take on Mexico in the Round of 16 on Monday in an epic battle, Uruguay will face France in the quarter-finals on July 6, 2018.
Do you think Brazil will join Argentina and Portugal?
