Reminder that Belgium had a whole golden generation that won nothing while Cristiano somehow carried Portugal to 3 trophies with alot of average players in multiple generations
Look at this trophyless generation for Belgium in comparison to Portugal's EURO winning 2016 squad
🚨 Florentino Pérez plans to launch €150m official bid on Tuesday for Michael Olise.
Despite denying his name live, the main star in president’s mind is Olise — as @JBurtTelegraph@jfelixdiaz report.
Bayern’s Uli Hoeneß said in May “no chance to sell, not even for €200m”.
Stuff like this makes me appreciate Messi so much, man.
To have literally achieved everything a footballer could dream of and more, yet to conduct yourself with such grace and humility - it’s such a testament to the character he is.
🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Kylian Mbappé: “Messi or Ronaldo? I've played with both! Well, I played with Messi and I played against Ronaldo. Cristiano is my idol, but I also played with Leo. And having played against both, the truth is they are really different. They aren't the same.
"The rivalry between them was good because everything completely opposes them. You know: [Ronaldo] right-footed/[Messi] left-footed, [Ronaldo] tall/[Messi]short, [Messi] more elegant/[Ronaldo] more raw, [Ronaldo] more explosive/[Messi] with more vision/playmaking.
"If I agree with the saying: 'One is hard work, the other is pure talent?' That is a take from someone who doesn't play football. In all my debates, I say this. No, that’s a take from a guy who doesn't play football! Because if you can sit there and tell me that Ronaldo has no talent, or that Messi doesn't work hard, it means you've never in your life put on boots to go train every single day. I just can't understand how someone who has put on boots to train every day could think that way.”
— via @AlbicelesteTalk
Kylian Mbappe:
“I dream of facing Cristiano Ronaldo at the World Cup, because I think this will be his last participation and because he won’t be able to play in a World Cup after that.”
🚨🚨🎙️| Kylian Mbappé on dream World Cup opponents:
"The player I dream of facing at the World Cup is Cristiano Ronaldo, because I think it will be his last." ❤️
🚨🗣️ Kylian Mbappé: "The player I dream of facing at the World Cup is Cristiano, because I think it will be his last. Or Neymar, because it could be his last too."
🚨🎙️ Carlos Ancelotti on Cristiano Ronaldo calling the World Cup a seven-game tournament:
“When Cristiano said the World Cup is a seven-game tournament, I knew right away — this is the mentality of a champion. He doesn’t see it as a long competition. He sees it as seven finals. That’s why he’s the best. That obsession, that hunger… only the great ones have it.”