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🚨🎙️ Pep Guardiola was asked:

“Who is the GOAT between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo?”

🗣️ Pep Guardiola smiled:

“Honestly, I don't like this debate anymore because people always want a five-second answer for a question that deserves five hours.”

🗣️ “The moment you say Messi, Ronaldo fans get angry. The moment you say Ronaldo, Messi fans get angry.”

🗣️ “Football is not social media. Football is not about choosing a side in ten seconds.”

🗣️ “To understand greatness, you have to understand football first.”

🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest competitors I have ever seen in any sport.”

🗣️ “His mentality is unbelievable. His discipline is unbelievable. The way he transformed himself from a winger into the greatest goalscorer football has ever seen is something that should be studied.”

🗣️ “You don't score that many goals by accident.”

🗣️ “You don't dominate England, Spain, Italy and international football by accident.”

🗣️ “Cristiano earned every single achievement he has.”

🗣️ “But then there is Messi.”

🗣️ “And this is where the conversation changes.”

🗣️ “When I coached Messi, I realized very quickly that I wasn't looking at a normal football player.”

🗣️ “I was looking at football itself.”

🗣️ “There are players who score goals.”

🗣️ “There are players who create goals.”

🗣️ “There are players who control matches.”

🗣️ “Messi does all three at the same time.”

🗣️ “People see the goals.”

🗣️ “I see the passes nobody else sees.”

🗣️ “I see the spaces nobody else understands.”

🗣️ “I see the decisions that change games before anyone realizes what happened.”

🗣️ “That's why I always laugh when people compare football only through statistics.”

🗣️ “Football is much deeper than statistics.”

🗣️ “If football was only about goals, then maybe the debate would be different.”

🗣️ “But football is also creativity.”

🗣️ “Football is intelligence.”

🗣️ “Football is influence.”

🗣️ “Football is making everyone around you better.”

🗣️ “And for me, nobody has ever done that better than Messi.”

🗣️ “Can Ronaldo be called one of the greatest ever?”

🗣️ “Of course.”

🗣️ “Without any doubt.”

🗣️ “But if you ask me personally, if you ask me honestly, if you ask me as somebody who watched Messi every day…”

🗣️ “Then my answer is Lionel Messi.”

🗣️ “Not because Ronaldo isn't incredible.”

🗣️ “He is.”

🗣️ “Not because Ronaldo didn't change football.”

🗣️ “He did.”

🗣️ “But because Messi changed the way football is understood.”

🗣️ “That is a different level.”

🗣️ “And maybe some Ronaldo fans will criticize me for saying this.”

🗣️ “That's okay.”

🗣️ “I respect Cristiano enormously.”

🗣️ “But I cannot ignore what my eyes have seen.”

🗣️ “For many years I watched Messi do things that should not be possible on a football pitch.”

🗣️ “Things that coaches cannot teach.”

🗣️ “Things that defenders cannot stop.”

🗣️ “Things that only belong to geniuses.”

🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in football history.”

🗣️ “Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer I have ever seen.”

🐐🇦🇷✨

🗣️ “Sometimes the hardest answer to give is also the simplest one.”

[Anabella💙❤️ @AnabellaMarvy]

Koulibaly 🗣️: “ I will never forget that day. In the tunnel before the match, I shyly asked Leo if we could swap shirts later. He smiled gently and said ‘OK’.”

“But after the final whistle, the pitch was so crowded, and Leo quickly went inside. I went back to our dressing room feeling a bit sad, thinking: ‘He is a massive superstar, he probably just forgot about me’.”

“Suddenly, the door to our dressing room opened, and everyone went completely quiet. It was Messi. He walked straight up to me, handed me his shirt, gave me a warm hug, Then he smiled and walked away.”

“The greatest player in the world came all the way to our dressing room just to keep a simple promise to me. That is pure class.”

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Vinicius Junior refusing the mandatory halftime interview with FIFA at the World Cup:

“People are shocked that Vinícius walked away from a halftime interview. I am shocked that anyone thinks he should have stopped in the first place.

Halftime is not a television studio. Halftime is not a podcast. Halftime is not a red carpet. Halftime is the heartbeat of a football match.

For 45 minutes, players are warriors in a storm. They run, they fight, they suffer, they bleed. Then they get 15 precious minutes to recover, to breathe, to listen, to think. And FIFA wants to spend part of that time chasing soundbites? That is like pulling a Formula 1 driver out of his car during a pit stop and asking him how the race is going.

And FIFA’s idea is to shove a microphone in the player’s face and ask, ‘How do you feel?’

How do you think he feels? He’s exhausted.

This is modern football’s biggest disease. Everything is content. Everything is sponsorship. Everything is television. The match hasn’t even finished and they’re already trying to manufacture headlines.

They tell us they care about player welfare. Really? Then why are players playing more games than ever? Why are tournaments expanding? Why are injuries increasing? And now they want halftime interviews too? The hypocrisy is unbelievable.

Halftime is sacred. It belongs to the players and the coaches. That’s where games are won. That’s where tactics change. That’s where injuries get treated. That’s where leaders speak. It is not a media circus.

And don’t tell me this is for the fans. Fans want better football, not a tired player giving a robotic 20-second answer because somebody sold another broadcast package.

Vinícius understood that. He chose football over public relations.

The funniest part? They threaten him with a fine. A fine. As if that changes the principle. If I were there, I’d pay it too. Because some things are worth more than money.

If FIFA really had their way, they’d put microphones in the dressing room and call it innovation.

Football should come first. Not content. Not commercials. Not corporate greed.

For once, a player pushed back. And that’s exactly why so many people are angry.”

[ESPN Africa @ESPNAfrica]

Cristiano Ronaldo gave his shirt to Bruno Onyemaechi after Portugal vs. Nigeria.

He even put a photo of them together as the first slide on his Instagram post.

A night Bruno won't forget anytime soon 😆

[Stunner @invertCucurella]

🚨JUST IN: Mikel Obi on Mexico vs South Africa fifa World Cup opener

"All Africans are supporting Mexico today! You know why? Because we want them[South Africa] to go home early to go and protect their jobs. If we support them they will say we are taking their jobs [laughs]

[On Obi Podcast]

[Legion @_01Legion]

🚨🎙Florentino Pérez want to invest in CHELSEA if he loses Real Madrid presidency election! 😳

🗣 "I am very confident that I can win the election to continue as Real Madrid president, but the decision is not in my hands. The Real Madrid fans, who have been watching for over 15 years, know who they want. But if, surprisingly, I lose the election, I’m a football fan and I always like to be around the game, so I would love to invest in Chelsea — that is, if I can’t take full ownership of the club. I love the English club; it’s my favourite club after Real Madrid."

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🚨Didier Drogba on Enzo Fernández's comments and suspension:

"Listen, I’ve always said it — when you put on that Chelsea shirt, you represent something bigger than yourself. You fight for the badge, for the fans, for the club that pays your wages and gives you the platform.What Enzo did is unacceptable. Going on a podcast while on international duty and openly talking about how he’d love to live in Madrid one day? That’s not just careless talk. That’s showing a lack of respect and commitment to Chelsea. Real Madrid? Come on. We’re fighting for top four, for silverware, and our vice-captain is daydreaming about another club in public.Liam Rosenior is 100% right to drop him for the Port Vale and Manchester City games. This is not the time for soft leadership. When a player crosses that line — and yes, it is a line — you have to act decisively. Discipline is not optional. Loyalty is not optional. If you want to be a leader in this dressing room, you act like one. At Chelsea, we built success on mentality. Players who bled blue, who never gave the opposition or the media any reason to doubt their hunger. Enzo is a talented boy, no question, but talent without the right attitude and full focus on the present means nothing. This kind of distraction hurts the team, hurts the squad harmony, and disrespects every fan who sings his name.Rosenior is trying to build something solid here. He deserves full backing for protecting the culture. If Enzo wants to play for Chelsea, he needs to shut up about other cities and other clubs, train hard, and show on the pitch that his head and heart are fully here. No more of this nonsense. Chelsea is not a stepping stone. It’s a club that demands everything. Simple as that."

[LADE HERSELF @Thebiglade]

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[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

Whilst still playing football in 2008, Mathieu Flamini co-founded a biochemical company which he still works on to this day.

He is an entrepreneur in the biochemical field!

Happy birthday, Flamini! 🇫🇷👨‍🔬

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Ma kpa mi naw

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@obinna_chikodi “No dey laugh the cum go go back” 🤣 Kinni gbogbo katikati yi naw? Eyin omoyi, e ma kpa mi naw. 😭

[Have faith🗯 @JuanHeart2016]

Chelsea fans, RETWEET to show them this💙💪🥰

[DON “Tobechukwu” Ade 👑 @Row_Haastrup]

Never you underestimate the power of prayer 🔥�

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🇦🇷💰 Carlos Tevez: "I got my first big salary when I went Corinthians. I bought 10 houses and got all my uncles out of the hood. We made a barbecue at home.I gave each one their own key, without them knowing a thing. They couldn't stop crying." ❤️

Happy birthday, Tevez.✨

[OTF @otfskinnyy]

It’s uncomfortable, I admit I’m still in love with Wizkid. Every time Wizkid gets close, I can’t control my smile. 😊

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