If you don’t even like Ronaldo, you have to acknowledge his spirit and mentality. There’s nobody in football history the media has been against like this from the very beginning. I mean, even the FIFA Ex president (Sepp Blatter) was publicly saying he wasn’t humble, that he behaves like a commando. Do you know how crazy it is to have survived all that?
Yet he still went on to have one of the greatest careers the sport has ever seen while constantly facing that level of scrutiny. Take this World Cup for example. They ran the same agenda in the 2022 World Cup that he was too old, he’s killing the team. Four years later, they’re still pushing the exact same narrative. He’s coming the back of a 30g season where he outscored all the attackers, yet they push the same agenda. It’s almost like every tournament has to start with people writing him off before a ball is even kicked. You don’t see that happening to any other player in the same way or Do you see them doing that for anyone else?? No!!!!.
That’s been his reality for over 20 years. Every dip in form becomes a worldwide headline. Every missed chance is treated like the end of his career. Every tournament people predict his downfall, hoping this will finally be the one where he can’t answer back.
Whether you think he’s the greatest or not is a different conversation. But the mentality it takes to keep showing up year after year, knowing millions are waiting for you to fail, is something very few athletes in any sport have ever had. Most players would’ve broken mentally long ago. Ronaldo somehow turned that pressure into fuel, and that’s a huge reason why his longevity is unlike anything football has ever seen.
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo: “I will not be ‘more Cristiano’ if we win the World Cup, or ‘less Cristiano’ if we don’t win it”. 🏆🇵🇹
“I’m grateful to life. I’m enjoying every single day, I’ve been lucky. I learned to enjoy day by day”.
@Dinnydavinci If I have to explain to you that the fifa president and referees should always maintain neutrality, and not have favourite teams while a competition is ongoing, or while there is no competition ongoing even, then I will be wasting my time and brain cells.
FIFA could literally host a press conference and state their favorites and outline how they influence games to favor them, and some people will still come and defend their goat.😂
I no dey even bother myself again💁🏽♂️
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