Hoje sentei neste computador para cobrir o jogo e secar muito a Argentina. Me recuso a ver eles erguendo a Copa mais uma vez.
Parecia tudo perfeito até então. Até os 79 minutos, para ser mais exato.
Messi perdendo pênalti. O Egito abrindo 2 a 0. Já estava de bom tamanho a Copa para ele. Vocês poderiam voltar para casa.
Mas, mais uma vez, vimos uma seleção que se recusa a entregar a derrota.
Eu poderia terminar essa partida furioso. Mas terminei agradecendo por ver Lionel Messi. Por ver o futebol puro. Por assistir a um gênio.
Messi desarma uma rivalidade histórica. Faz a gente admirar sua resiliência e a força de seus companheiros.
Pela segunda edição consecutiva, estamos vendo esse cara colocar a bola debaixo do braço e carregar a sua nação com genialidade.
Ele se recusa a ser pequeno.
Ele é o maior que meus olhos viram.
@DanannOficial Mas allá de la realidad paralela en la que se creen Selección de jerarquía;hoy lei que mucha de esta locura post derrota se podría deber a las apuestas y que hayan perdido todo. Igual son unos cabezas de tacho subnormales
@DerechaHippie Vidas. Y así fue en su caso.Siempre hizo deportes:futbol;handball; natación. Tiene el espíritu de la alta competencia en su esencia.Pero representar a nuestro país con la Selección le cambio la vida y su forma de parase en la vida.
@DerechaHippie Mi nene chiquito de 18! años nacio con una agenesia de tibia derecha y usa una protortesis para caminar.Jugador de la Selección argentina de voley sentado.Esta en Valledupar Colombia en estos x los Parasudamericanos.Ayer en la inauguración dijeron:Viva el deporte que transforma
I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, save this post and read it later. If you’re a night owl like me, this is a good late-night read.
Do you know the worst thing about Cristiano Ronaldo?
It’s that he set the standards for what defines a legend… and in the end, he couldn’t even live up to the standards he created himself.
After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo said:
“You can’t become a legend until you win a trophy with your national team.”
It was an obvious dig at Messi.
Argentina had just lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany, and Messi was going through the toughest period of his international career. Those words only added fuel to the fire.
Where was the respect for a rival, Ronaldo?
The surprising part was that social media completely embraced that narrative. Messi was labeled a bottler, while Ronaldo was declared the winner of the rivalry—at least in the media, not on the pitch.
Then Messi retired from international football, came back, won the Copa América, and suddenly they were level in major international trophies.
What happened next?
Ronaldo fans started saying that one Euro is worth more than a hundred Copa Américas, claiming there was no competition in South America. Not true—but that became the excuse.
Then Messi went on to win the World Cup.
This time, the excuses changed again.
They claimed FIFA had fixed the tournament for Messi. That the World Cup was scripted in his favor. They simply didn’t know what else to say.
Then Ronaldo himself came out with one of the strangest quotes imaginable:
“A legend’s career can’t be defined by just seven games.”
At first glance, it sounds reasonable.
But beneath it was another attempt to diminish what Messi had achieved.
Before the World Cup, they insisted it would be Ronaldo’s tournament. On paper, Portugal had a fantastic squad. If the manager couldn’t get the best out of them, that’s Portugal’s problem—not Ronaldo’s.
Yet that same Portugal squad wasn’t any weaker than the Argentina team Messi led to the 2014 World Cup final—the same team people mocked Messi for not carrying to the title.
Just a couple of days ago, Ronaldo said:
“The World Cup doesn’t define my career, whether I win it or not.”
A statement that directly contradicts what he had said years earlier, when he admitted that winning the World Cup would make him feel completely fulfilled.
Now you’re 41 years old, Cristiano.
By your own standards:
* You have 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8.
* You have one European Championship, not two Copa América titles.
* You never won the World Cup.
* You have four European Golden Shoes, while Messi has six—even though you’re an out-and-out striker.
So what now?
Will you keep playing until the next World Cup and become the first player to appear in one at 45, hoping to finally win it?
If we judged you by the standards you created, you wouldn’t qualify as a legend.
Of course, nobody actually judges you that way. Everyone still recognizes you as one of football’s greatest legends.
The real mistake was comparing Ronaldo to Messi in the first place.
That rivalry was exaggerated from the beginning by the media and figures like José Mourinho.
Messi conquered every major trophy available to him, shattered records that once seemed untouchable, and at 39 years old he’s still competing with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland—the stars of the next generation—for the Golden Boot. And honestly, he could still win it.
What made Messi beloved by so many fans is that he never tried to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements.
Ronaldo, on the other hand, repeatedly made comments that many interpreted as attempts to downplay his greatest rival’s accomplishments—and that’s never an admirable trait.
Cristiano helped create a generation that thinks belittling other people’s achievements while constantly glorifying your own is a way to establish dominance.
Good bye. Ronaldo.
@InvictosSomos Cada vez mas microscopico queda Mbappe y su desprecio a Gil. Y mira que al lloron de Vini no lo aguanto. Pero hasta Brasil fue mas digno en la derrota que el equipo africano que se autopercibe europeo
@giraltpablo Nunca jamás Mbappe va a estar a la misma altura de Messi. Con una actitud de mierda super soberbia le dio la espalda a Gil después del partido cuando lo quiso saludar. Un sorete
@Malamadre Claro! A veces le metemos alguna piña pero todo lo que sea muy resinoso acelera la tapada de la chimenea.Yo no compro pero creo que la media tonelada estaba a ese precio.
@Malamadre Soy de Cba;de un pueblito 60,km al sur de la ciudad.Tengo mucha leña pero porquería (paraiso;siempreverde;espinillo) y por guardo como leña dura mora o algarrobo.Para tener quebracho hay que comprar. Pero es lo mejor por lo que aguanta esa brasa.Sin gas es complicado calefacciona
@Battousaisamu La angustia de ayer. No es sano ni normal 😂 pero no puedo dejar de ver los partidos de Argentina. Los partidos de Talleres de Cba no me generan esta ansiedad insana.