'Too easy to blame Cristiano Ronaldo!' - Michael Owen backs Portugal star to 'shut up' critics & match Lionel Messi's hat-trick exploits in next World Cup game
Goal | 22.06.2026 03:39
However, writing for the Daily Mail, Owen firmly rejected the negative narrative surrounding the 41-year-old veteran. Owen wrote: "It did not help Cristiano Ronaldo that Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick the night before Portugal played, but I’m not having the criticism of him."
