Messi commands more loyalty at home

Argentines put Messi 1.3 points above Ronaldo — a home-country pull roughly four times stronger than Portugal's tilt toward Ronaldo (0.4)

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Chart: Keero Adhnan Ahmed Source: Nanyang Technological University (Ahmed et al., 2026)Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper