That’s hardly the standard when Ronaldo has 0 in 5 tournaments? He’s never even played a World Cup semi-final. Before Croatia, he scored a penalty against South Korea and a last 16 goal against Mexico.
Then compared to Brazil greats - Ronaldo has 8 goals, Pele has 7 or his team-mate Mbappé has 5 in knockout games.
No at PSG he’s also missed some big chances and not played his absolute best in crucial games also, can’t just blame injuries alone.
Didn't say it was the standard, but just pointed it out as a retort to him 'failing'. I mean, he would have played a WC semi-final in 2014 were it not for injury. He came into the 2018 WC not fit. He then got injured in the 2022 WC and came back not fit.
I never said he was better than Ronaldo or Pele. Mbappe has been excellent in the WC, but prior to last season, Neymar has always outperformed him at PSG and is their creative hub.
What key games did he fail to perform in?
He wasn't good last season vs Real(but that was the only time he truly underperformed for them in the CL).
He got injured before the 2nd leg vs Real Madrid in 2017-2018(played fairly well in the 1st leg).
Missed both ties vs us in the 2018-2019 CL campaign.
Fit for the entirety of the 2019-2020 CL knockout stages and played a key role in leading PSG to the final. And Mbappe was the one who missed the key chance in the final.
Was excellent vs Bayern in both legs in 2020-2021. Fairly decent vs City in the semi-finals(Mbappe this time wasn't fit for the 1st leg and missed the 2nd leg completely).
I'm not saying he would have hit Messi's heights were it not for injury, but he's had some horrific luck with injuries lately.