SEE THE RUGGED STRIKERS MY GOAT GOALKEEPER HAD TO FACE IN A WICKED PREMIER LEAGUE ๐ญ
AND NOW RAYA IS OUT HERE FACING DELAP, ล Eล KO & CO. ๐คฃ๐คฃ
OMO, THERE ARE LEVELS TO THIS THING JOOR! PETR ฤECH THE GOAT ๐๐งค๐ฅ
HIS HEAD INJURY DEFINITELY LIMITED HIS RUGGED PERFORMANCES. IF NOT
Petr Cech was an absolute menace.
91.3% save rate in 06/07.
Like if you play 100 shots on target. Na only 8 go enter post.
This is the person you want to compare Raya.
Don't ever try that nonsense in your life again.
I will come to your house and remove your door.
Now i understand Jamie and why he defends Messi because defending Messi is defending his own philosophy - that it is okay to win ugly, win rigged, win with questions, as long as you win
Long before he was on Sky Sports, Jamie Carragher was a defender who knew he could never be Nesta, could never be Maldini. He once said on live TV with a straight face, "I would rather cheat and win than not win."
Remember that line. Tattoo it in your mind.
A man who says he would rather cheat and win has already told you his morals. For him, winning is not about how, it is just about winning. So when you understand that, you understand why it is so easy for him to align with Messi.
Think about it poetically.
Messi is the boy who never had to leave home. Barcelona built the whole system around him, then the Negreira case - 7.3 million paid to the VP of referees during his 6 Ballon d'Ors. Then in 2023, a World Cup with 5 penalties, the most in history, and then a Ballon d'Or that the whole world questioned.
For a man like Carragher who said he would rather cheat and win, that is not controversy. That is beautiful. That is exactly how he played football. Pull the shirt, elbow the striker, dive in the box - just win. So when Messi walks out to collect a POTT filled with controversy, a FIFA The Best where even the voters said they didn't vote, a Ballon d'Or where Haaland scored 56 goals and still lost - Carragher claps. Because in his heart, he loves a rigged win. It reminds him of himself.
And then there is Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is Carragher's nightmare. Because Ronaldo had to EARN everything.
Madeira, no team built for 20 years, no 7.3m to refs. He went to Manchester - had to fight for his place. He went to Madrid - had to fight prime Barcelona. He went to Juventus - had to fight a defensive league at 34. Nothing was given.
And when Ronaldo scored, they denied him. Clear goals disallowed. Euro 2004 denied. Ballon d'Or 2018 denied after scoring 15 UCL goals and winning it. Nations League goals not counted as proper trophies. His 138 international goals called stat-padding.
A man who believes in cheating to win can never love a man who had to bleed to win. Because Ronaldo's success is an accusation. It says - you don't need to cheat. You can work.
That is why Carragher sits on TV every week and says Messi is the GOAT with a smile. It is not analysis.
It is confession.
And he attacks Ronaldo because Ronaldo proves his whole career was a lie.
๐ Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored against 162 different clubs in his professional club career. Including his 49 different opponents with Portugal, the total stands at 211 different teams! ๐คฏ๐
This is a historic statistic that deserves recognition in world football. Zlatan Ibrahimoviฤ ranks second on this list, with 155 different club opponents and 30 different national-team opponents, giving him a combined total of 185.
Statistics that favour Ronaldo rarely receive the media attention they deserve. In the end, Ronaldoโs fans are his biggest media outlet.
FACTOS. ๐ต๐น๐
So chats
In the summer of 2003, Arsรจne Wenger had a boy from Madeira in his office at London Colney. Skinny knees, braces on his teeth, a little cheap suit. Wenger offered him the same house he offered Fabregas. He told him, you will be the king of Highbury. Ronaldo said yes. Then he got on a plane to Manchester and everything changed.
That is why Wenger can never smile properly when he says Cristiano's name. In his mind, he still sees that empty chair in his office. He sees the invincible Arsenal that could have been.
Imagine it, 2004, Henry on the left, Ronaldo on the right, Bergkamp behind them. That team would have never lost. That team would have conquered Europe. But the boy chose Sir Alex. So Wenger had to build a beautiful lie - that Arsenal doesn't need superstars, that the team is the star, that beauty is enough. He said it for 15 years because if he admitted he needed Ronaldo, he would have to admit his whole philosophy broke the day Ronaldo said no.
Since then hated him. he feared what he reminded him of.
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