I'm finally reading Dune. This quote, which is in the first few pages, hits hard:
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
▪️First Ghana player to score at a World Cup
▪️Most World Cup goals by any African player (6)
▪️Scored in every World Cup he's played in
▪️Scored Ghana's fastest World Cup goal (68 seconds)
▪️Most World Cup appearances for Ghana (11 games)
Asamoah Gyan 👑🇬🇭
As a guy, if your lady is a staunch Christian, don’t use relationship or dating to pull her away from God and if your lady is a staunch Muslim, don’t use relationship or dating to pull her away from Allah.
If you have the option of “spoiling your girl” or working on yourself to rather fit her religious criteria, I’ll plead with you to work on yourself.
If that woman will be the future mother of your children, do not pull her away from what held her every single year, from the time she was born till the time she met you. That will be the same factor, that will hold her after she marries you and, they are the same principles she will apply to raise your children.
One reason Madrid can’t dominate the league is that the Champions League is always the priority. They enter every season with that obsession, it’s why it’s very easy for Mbappe to choose them because they have the same obsession.
For most clubs, winning the league is the ultimate goal. For Madrid, the league is almost a requirement, while the Champions League is the obsession. Everything is judged through that lens.
A club chasing 38 league games with maximum consistency is different from a club building its entire season around nights in Europe. Squad rotations, player management, transfer decisions, even the atmosphere around the club are influenced by the Champions League.
That’s why you’ll sometimes see Madrid drop points against teams they should beat, then a few days later produce a masterclass against big European team. Their focus has always been on peaking for the biggest moments.
It’s not that they can’t dominate the league, it’s that their standards are different. At Madrid, a league title is celebrated. A Champions League title becomes history. That’s why they have built a culture where Europe comes first, and everything else follows.
👑 The “Season of Records” (2011–12) under José Mourinho 🇵🇹
- La Liga Winners (32nd title)
- 100 points (record at the time)
- 121 goals (La Liga record)
- 32 wins in 38 games
- +89 goal difference
- 16 away wins (record)
- Destroyed Barcelona dominance
- Cristiano Ronaldo — 60G, 15A
- Karim Benzema — 32G, 19A
- Gonzalo Higuaín — 26G, 13A
- Mesut Özil — 7G, 28A
One of the greatest seasons in football history. 🐐
🚨 Florentino Pérez: "To the socios who did NOT vote for me… I will listen to all of you as we are all MADRIDISTAS.
I will hear your doubts and get to work!”
People don’t understand politics. Perez called this election for one reason, timing.
If he had waited until 2027, he would have been walking into a fight he might not win. For Riquelme to pull about 35% now, without having years to build a stronger campaign, tells you everything. Give him another year, give him more visibility, more allies, more dissatisfied voters, and that number could have become a winning number. That’s how politics work.
Perez saw the trend before everyone else did. The smartest politicians don’t wait for the storm to arrive, they move before the clouds fully gather.
By calling the election early, he forced Riquelme to fight before he was truly ready. He didn’t just win an election, he interrupted a movement. Momentum in politics is everything, and once it’s broken, rebuilding it is never guaranteed.
That’s why the result is bigger than the percentage itself. Perez didn’t just secure another term, he just prevent the emergence of the only challenger capable of seriously threatening his hold on power.
Smart political play, no wonder he’s the Greatest modern Club President.