Tomorrow, the confrontation between the past and Real Madrid's future against his idol Ronaldo

France and Portugal will face quarterfinals in Euro-2024. While numerous world-class players will be in action for both teams, it is difficult to save from this gladiatorial duel between Ronaldos and Mbarps.

This is not the first time two icons share a field. They met in the 1/8 phase of Champions League 2017-18, when Real Madrid easily defeated the PfP with a score of 5-2 in total on Ronaldo's way to the fourth and final title of Champions League in Spain.

But they have never met before on a major international tour, with Mbhapen not yet entering France's first team when they were defeated by Portugal and Ronaldo in the Euro 2016 final.

And this game in Hamburg has a completely different context than the League Champions game six years ago. So, Mbppe was a 19-year-old on loan from Monaco full of potential, but not mature enough.

Now he is 25, widely considered the best player in the world, and the man on whose shoulders France's hopes for a first European title since 2000.

This summer will pass to Real Madrid, where the main man is expected to be. The focal point and the big pull. That was the role Ronaldo played at his height.

Six years later, Ronaldo Far from his game of club football in Saudi Arabia is still a focal point that draws attention.

The 39-year-old role in Portugal's team is subject to major discussions after a performance in the 1/8 phase against Slovenia, summed up with the wrong kick of cheap shocks, a missing penalty and multiple tears.

However, Ronaldo can still perform when it matters, marking his penalty, even though he was goalkeeper Diogo Costa, the one who received attention with three consecutive expectations.

That's the situation for confronting Friday night's lights. An earlier Real Madrid legend against someone hoping to achieve that status.

If this were a Hollywood scenario, the potential Narrativa would have this as the moment the staff passes, France defeats Portugal and Mbappe takes full hold of Ronaldo's former cloak.

But football doesn't work according to plan, as Ronaldo knows. When he was 25 years old, Portugal was eliminated in the 1/8th phase at the 2010 World Cup by winners, Spain and he would have to wait six more years to win an international trophy.

By 2010, Ronaldo had won three Premier League trophies, a League Champions and his first Golden Ball out of five. In front of Pep Guardiola's team, his gold hail with Real Madrid had yet to begin.

By comparison, Mbppe has seven titles of League 1, though six of them on a SPG team with resources far greater than their rivals in France, and still no Champions League trophy.

However, he has something that seems more and more that Ronaldo will never have a medal for the winner of the World Cup, taken in 2018 when he was only 19.

So, can Ronaldon in Madrid overcome a similar route? Looks possible. Barcelona is a reduced force compared to what Ronaldo faced in his early days. No more Lionel Messy and Guardilla.

Real Madrid is a champion in power at both the national and the continental level, and will be strengthened even more by Mbappas's arrival.

Ronaldo scored 33 goals in 35 matches during his first season in Madrid a total that Mbarppe exceeded to five of his seven seasons at the SPG, and which seems fully accessible at the 2024-25 season.

Mbppe has scored 287 goals in his career in clubs so far, while Ronaldo scored only 118 before joining Madrid. While Muckpe has sometimes played in the centre for the SPG, the two footballers mostly occupied the side areas in their pre-Brnabeu days.

Outside the field, there's still a lot to do. Ronaldo remains an icon in Madrid, has a hotel with the brand CR7 in the city, draws more than half a billion followers into its social media accounts, and even has a galaxy named after him.

But Mbppe, being the main star and the large selling point of the PSG during its time there, will be placed on a similar pedestal once it arrives in Madrid.