Lionel Messi got his hands on the World Cup trophy with Argentina in Qatar in 2022, four years after Kylian Mbappé did the same with France national football team in Russia.

Cristiano Ronaldo is desperate to crown his superb career by finally lifting the World Cup in New Jersey this July, while Vinícius Júnior also hopes to be among the first Brazilians to win the trophy in almost a quarter of a century.

The star quartet will hope they have more success with the real thing than with its LEGO equivalent, after unsuccessfully battling to keep hold of the trophy in a must-watch new ad.

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