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.
Lionel Messi liderando la batalla por la Bota de Oro de una Copa del Mundo a sus 39 años de edad. Y pensar que algunos decían que solo iba a ir esta justa mundialista para "hacer grupo" y "por lo que representa", JAJAJA. En el tramo final de su carrera es MEJOR que los jugadores de la nueva generación que están en su prime. Así de escandalosa es la diferencia entre el GOAT y otras estrellas mundiales. Lionel pertenece a otra categoría. Y solo él está en ella. EL ÚNICO Y VERDADERO REY DEL JUEGO.
🚨 | Corresponsal del medio conservador @JustTheNews denuncia que el régimen de Delcy Rodríguez amenazó con arrestarlo:
“La inteligencia militar nos dice que necesitamos apagar nuestra transmisión... que nos vayamos o vamos a ser arrestados”.
Wilmer Antonio Cruz, conocido como “El Topo de La Guaira” ha sido secuestrado por el régimen de Delcy Rodriguez.
Logró rescatar a más de 60 personas sin recibir ayuda oficial. Tras animarse a denunciar ante la prensa fue desparecido a las pocas horas.
Esto es INHUMANO.
El régimen de Delcy Rodríguez está desapareciendo a voluntarios y rescatistas por sencillamente denunciar la corrupción y falta de apoyo a las víctimas.
Es importante que el gobierno estadounidense haga frente a estas denuncias.
@Roberto34313651@Jonfz Eso aplicaría si de hecho tuviésemos gobierno, así sea malo. Pero en Venezuela no sólo no tenemos gobierno, si no que tenemos un anti gobierno. Juegan en contra de todo en éste momento. Así que pues, no se me ocurre un momento más perfecto para sacar a los “ineptos del gobierno”.
Yo, millionaire @MarkRuffalo, you seem have lost internet access since the earthquakes hit my country.
That's why none of us Venezuelans give TWO FUCKS about anything you say about us.
Bitch.
Chávez , Maduro y Delcy Rodríguez regalaron a la dictadura asesina de Cuba 40.000 millones de dólares en petróleo, pero hoy tuvimos un terremoto en el país y no tenemos ni ambulancias, ni hospitales, ni servicios de emergencia para atender a los venezolanos. CRIMINALES.
Para colmo, nos tocará reconstruir esta tragedia sin recursos, tras enterarnos hoy que dejaron una deuda de 240.000 millones de dólares adicionales.
Los mayores traidores de nuestra historia.
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Hay kukas agradeciendo la gestión de Chiqui Tapia por repatriar a Nahuel Gallo luego de hacerse los boludos más de un año sin reclamar por el.
Además kukita decime...
De que lo rescataron si según ustedes Venezuela no era una dictadura?