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Chelsea 💙 || With great power comes great responsibility ⚡||

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

So true btw 😂

[ѵi૮ƭσ૨ @keoveey]

With the price of books now, your soulmate is definitely on OceanofPDF looking for free download.

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

@the_olushola_ See you in farm tomorrow joor 😂

[#TheSportsIlluminator 🤝 @RayToluAyo]

Now that Cristiano Ronaldo has quit international football unceremoniously, let's talk about CR7 vs the media

What exactly did Cristiano Ronaldo do to the media?

And please, spare me the usual "arrogance" narrative

That is one of the biggest narratives the media created around his character

So, what exactly was Ronaldo's offence?

I have been watching football for a very long time

Not just watching, I read and pay attention to details, I have never seen a player vilified by the media like Ronaldo

From 2006 to 2026, that's 20 years of football

For most of that period, the media narrative around Ronaldo was relentlessly negative

Ronaldo had two major rivalries throughout his career

The first was with the media, the second was Lionel Messi

The media battle started first

Was his offence because he said he is the greatest player of all time?

Was it because he oozed confidence?

Was it because he believed in himself?

Was it because he talked, did it and delivered?

In 2012, it got to Ronaldo so badly that he asked his agent, Jorge Mendes:

"What is my offence with the media?"

Mendes didn't have an answer

He reached out to Spanish journalist Guillem Balagué and asked him the same question:

"What exactly did Ronaldo do to the media?"

Do you know how crazy that is?

The level of scrutiny had become so intense that even Ronaldo himself was trying to understand what he had done to deserve it

The only way Ronaldo could consistently fight back was on the pitch

Every time the media questioned him, he answered with performances

And whenever there was a dip in his form, the same headline would appear:

"Ronaldo is finished"

That statement followed him repeatedly, especially after injury in 2014 but he proved them wrong

Ronaldo had to develop a thick skin because he couldn't control the narrative

Football fans are fickle, and the Ronaldo-Messi rivalry made everything even worse

Sensational headlines travelled faster than facts, hence fans swallow narrative without checking what was actually said

I have had to post the exact quote because many fans don't read beyond the headline

Left to the media, Ronaldo should have retired about 10 years ago

And what made it worse?

Former players joined the conversation

Thierry Henry, as brilliant as he is as a pundit, will lose all objectivity whenever the discussion turns to Cristiano Ronaldo

John Mikel Obi openly said he doesn't like Ronaldo because he considers him arrogant

Before Ronaldo scored his 800th career goal, former France and Chelsea defender, Frank Leboeuf was asked on ESPN whether Ronaldo could reach 800 goals

Instead of analysis, he made jest and mocked CR7

Ronaldo was still at Manchester United when he reached the milestone

At Juventus, the media created this strange narrative that Ronaldo's goals were hurting Juventus

A player scored 101 goals in three seasons and somehow became the problem?

How?

What would the criticism have been if he had scored only 50?

Probably even worse

Yet that narrative stuck that people now talked down on goals and made it overrated in football

There was never a time in football when scoring goals became something that could negatively affect your team until the 'Ronaldo-at-Juventus' narrative became popular

The media turned Gianluigi Buffon and Giorgio Chiellini interviews into Ronaldo being the problem

The same thing happened when he returned to Manchester United

Suddenly, Ronaldo was the problem again

In Portugal, he became the problem according to the media

That's why he should have quit after the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Ronaldo is not perfect, he has his character flaws like everyone

20 years of character assasination
20 years of wrong narratives and agenda
20 years of labeling him as the villain

Ronaldo went to war against the media

He came
He saw
He fought
He conquered

An inspiration to billions
A blessing to football
A phenomenon that may never be repeated

CR7, let's get the 1,000 goals

SIUUUUUUU 🐐

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

https://t.co/gcaU0IXSnK

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

The cycle continues

Dem go dey give unpaid slave work fancy names 😭

I will never forgive them for the suffering of the maize plot in front of colends 😂

[M.O.G✨ @MOGdey4U]

TUESDAY FPY WEEK IV

TASK: Introduction of Beneficial Microorganisms into our Potatoes plots by spraying then

[_Reanad__ @IamReanad]

I Dey bounce make pot holes no go spoil my alignment 🙂‍↔️

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

@the_olushola_ At least you got dey carry me reach school gate for free

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

What I'm feeling rn 😭

[🥷 @_iamhabeeb]

only in university can you attend a lecture, understand absolutely nothing and still feel accomplished because at least you showed up

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

@D_Curious_Sage I still jam them today 😂

It's always fun interacting with them

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

The labor of we fpy students dey that ground ooo

[Fumbi ✨ @im_funbi]

Soon to be opened relaxation centre here inside Funaab, Party location inside campus 🔥

Where do you think it is inside school ?

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

In class rn @the_olushola_ abeg make your writing legible

Masses are depending on it

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

@the_olushola_ Today's own no bad now 😂

[We$t @flygodT]

Accept your Spotify wrapped this year

Not the one that you’ll see Mavo, Shallipopi & Odumodu there December and be doing “how did he get here?🤓”

You made the sandwich 🥪

[BUGG 🐞 @BuggHive]

Misogyny is actually crazy.

There's probably a young girl out there whose dream is to lead the Taliban, but she'll never be able to because she's a woman.

[col!nstwt @twiceatwt]

Chelsea: They scored us 3 goals but we scored 4.

Man U: They scored us 3 too, but we only managed to score 2.

Arsenal:

[Aare⚡ @Darc_Noir]

CryOnYoungGooner

[MR JÈJÈ 🇳🇬🇿🇦 @Strg8mind]

Arteta need sub for either of this player in second half: Saka, Havertz, Bruno and Tzolis. Brighton played better than Arsenal in first half, lead 2:0 is big mountain to climb for Arsenal. Second half will be war.

COYG

[Brighton & Hove Albion @BHAFC]

Happy 125th birthday to us… 🥰

[Robert Wilkinson @robertwlk]

Just found out the name Niamh is pronounced 'Neve'

Found that hard to beliamh.

[inhuman resources @inhumandept_vp]

Our employees have been begging us to try a four-day workweek.

I'm open-minded, so we ran a pilot.

Monday through Thursday.

Same salary.

Same workload.

Productivity actually increased.

People were happier.

Turnover dropped.

It was one of the most successful HR experiments we've ever conducted.

So naturally we ended it.

If they can get five days of work done in four days, imagine how much they can get done in five.

[🅿️ @the_P_God]

By the time you turn 30 your friend group should include:
- a rich international friend with questionable business holdings
- a lawyer with questionable morals
- a finance bro with terrible morals
- an unemployed friend who always has money to drink
- a guy who always knows a guy