Qatar 2022: XI set for final World Cup includes Messi, Ronaldo, Silva

The 2022 World Cup of Qatar will be the last major international tournament for many legends of the game.

Yep, that’s the sad reality that faces stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as both players approach their mid-to-late thirties.

Mother nature waits for nobody and Messi more than anybody is aware of that. He was recently quoted by Argentine outlet TN, per The Mirror, stating that the upcoming World Cup will “surely” be his last.

“If it is my last World Cup? Yes, surely yes, surely yes.

“I feel good physically, I can have a very good pre-season this year that I hadn’t done the year before because of how everything went.

“I started training late, playing without rhythm, with the tournament already started, then I went to the national team, when I came back, I had an injury and I never finished starting.”

And so, with even the great man himself acknowledging that this will be his last hurrah in world football’s most illustrious competition, it means he will have one more shot at earning glory.

The same likely goes for Ronaldo, too, given the Portuguese icon is two years older than Messi and now a 37-year-old veteran.

But which other high-profile stars are set to enjoy their last dance in Qatar?

GK – Manuel Neuer (36)

RB – Dani Alves (39)CB – Diego Godin (36)CB – Thiago Silva (38)LB – Jordi Alba (33)

CM – Sergio Busquets (34CM – Luka Modric (37)CAM – Roberto Firmino (31)

RW – Lionel Messi (35)ST – Lewandowski (34)LW – Cristiano Ronaldo (37)

Alves is fighting for a call up to the Brazilian national team for Qatar despite incredibly now being 39-yeards old.

Although Silva, who is just one year his junior, has every chance of starting for the Selecao.

Alba and Busquets will also likely play important