Clown or not, he showed up in the knockout stages unlike Messi & Ronaldo.
Yeah, cause he was their main player against Mexico. A tap in (which came from MOTM Willian's run) and one shot which got deflected into an assist in the dying moments of the game. To add to that, some pretty poor decision making and largely ineffectual end product. And of course, shenanigans like only he can produce.
He scored a goal so you can't say he had a bad game, but you're delusional to say he "showed up", implying he carried this team through. I don't even have to begin talking about the fact that he plays for the best team in the tournament, with Messi playing for arguably the second worst team in the tournament after Saudi Arabia.
I don't think you're delusional though. I think you are just a troll. I've seen too many of your posts for this to be a one off. If you want to tell yourself this clown is anywhere near the kind of player you make him out to be, then more power to you. Whatever helps you sleep better.
Nobody will seriously deny he is an amazing player, but besides he is as disgusting as it gets in this game.
That's the thing though. Being amazingly skilled and being a great player are two very different things. At the moment he isn't anywhere near as good as Messi, Modric, etc. in terms of actual impact on games. He's wasteful, he slows down the game, ball hogs, and has poor decision making. Basically a low IQ player. He's 26 now, and seeing his attitude, there's only way way for him, which is down.