Argentina cannot manage without Messi.
But Portugal beat Sweden 3-0 with Ronaldo watching the game on a TV somewhere.
There’s no way the current Argentina national team can manage to do that.
Win a game without Messi.
Ronaldo has been laid low by Covid 19 and so Portugal had to manage without him.
And manage they did.Diogo Jota scored two and created the third and Ronaldo’s absence was not felt at all.
( It might interest some to know that for some baffling reason Ronaldo’s sister believes that the Covid 19 pandemic is a fraud)