Every great player suffers big defeits in his career. Pele broke in tears in Brasil's shameful WC 1966 elimination. He never won a Copa America.
Maradona left WC 82 with red card, ...
Beckenbauer lost 2 international finals.
Puskas' legendary dream team lost the WC final.
Cruyff lost his WC final.
R9 lost WC final 98 0:3 to Zidane, while Zidane left WC final 2006 in shame with red card.
Xavi was eliminated shamefully in WC 2014 (1:5 vs NL).
We saw Cristiano lose so many big games, he lost his only CL final h2h with Messi (remember Messi's header?)
Lost many CL k.o. games (incl. SF vs Messi), was eliminated in WC...
H2h Messi gives him a L.
Lost so many classicos to Messi...
Lost almost every year in CdR.
Lost 0:3 in Coppa QF vs Atalanta. The list of Cristiano's big game Ls is still much longer.
Why that?
Maybe because he is the greatest?