Manuel Sobral

Abogado. I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

[Manuel Sobral @MSobralUE]

https://t.co/cLRYAEqBkW

6:27 - 9:06

Jimmy Page.

Caso cerrado.

[PurelyFootball ℗ @PurelyFootball]

The 2006 World Cup was football at its absolute peak. 🤩

[NP @nadalprop_]

🚨 “𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘾𝘼𝙉 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙉.” 🌧️

One of the most powerful stories from Episode 2 of 𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔.

When Rafael Nadal was a kid, Uncle Toni used to tell him:

“𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣.”

The lesson was simple.

If you’re the weaker player, you need something to disrupt the match. Something to make life harder for the better player.

For years, Rafa grew up believing that.

Then came Wimbledon.

In 2006, Federer beat him in the final.

In 2007, Nadal came agonizingly close. He pushed Federer to five sets and had chances to win, but later admitted he lost focus at crucial moments and watched the title slip away.

That defeat stayed with him.

A year later, he returned for another shot.

𝗪𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱.

After years of chasing Federer, Nadal stormed to a two-set lead and stood on the brink of his first Wimbledon title.

But champions don’t surrender their throne easily.

Federer saved championship points, won two epic tiebreaks, and dragged the match into a fifth set.

Then the rain came.

Play was suspended.

As they walked into the locker room, Toni was convinced Rafa would be devastated. He had seen the pain of 2006. He had seen the heartbreak of 2007. Watching Federer escape from two sets down and force a deciding set, he didn't even know what to say.

Before Toni could speak, Rafa looked at him and calmly said:

“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚.”

Think about that.

The little boy who once needed the rain because his opponents were better than him was gone.

The player who had lost two straight Wimbledon finals to Federer was gone.

The man sitting in that locker room wasn't hoping.

He wasn’t nervous.

He wasn’t looking for help from the conditions.

He wasn’t asking for the rain.

He was asking for it to stop.

Because for the first time in his life, standing across the net from Roger Federer on Centre Court, Rafael Nadal no longer believed Federer was the better player.

A few hours later, he proved it. 🐐

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A dog failed his service dog exam, and was later seen at a train station carrying the reason why.

People at the station couldn’t stop staring when the dog walked onto the train with a stuffed elephant held proudly in his mouth.

At first, everyone thought it was part of his training.
But his owner started laughing and explained the truth.

The dog had been training to become a service dog, but during one of his final tests, he kept getting distracted by an elephant plushie nearby. Instead of staying focused, he tried to steal it like it was the only thing in the room that mattered.

That was the moment he failed.

But his owner said he couldn’t be mad. The dog had tried his best, and even if he wasn’t meant to be a service dog, he was still loyal, gentle, and full of love.

So before they left, he bought him the elephant toy.

That night, the dog didn’t pass the exam, but he still went home with the person who chose him anyway.

[SoldadoEmbilletado | Control mental @SoldEmbilletado]

El final de Gladiator originalmente iba a ser completamente diferente.
En un principio, el personaje de Maximus debía sobrevivir. Pero durante el rodaje, Ridley Scott y Russell Crowe se dieron cuenta de que la historia perdería gran parte de su fuerza emocional si el héroe seguía con vida. Entonces decidieron terminar la película con la escena en la que Maximus se reúne simbólicamente con su esposa e hijo en el más allá.
Esta decisión transformó el final de la película en uno de los más memorables del cine moderno.

[Real Madrid C.F. @realmadrid]

👏 Gracias, @DaniCarvajal92 👏

[𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖 🇩🇿 @vista_213]

C’est la plus belle fin de carrière de l’histoire

[SK @Djoko_UTD]

For Context, Novak Djokovic was literally unbeaten (except USO DQ) till this, won Rome on a roll and with closed roof on his side, As a fan I thought this was suited Novak to win..

But the level of Nadal that night, It was Insane to say the least 🤯

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

Netflix announces the debut of a Nadal documentary during Roland Garros.

The trailer is amazing!

[Giga Based Dad @GigaBasedDad]

Wholesome

[Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT @jmthrivept]

Post of the day and it’s only 8am

[(fan) Mario @Mario___RM]

Hoy cumple 40 años Don Sergio Ramos García.

- Titular en la España del triplete Eurocopa-Mundial-Eurocopa.
- Capitán del Real Madrid de las 3 Champions consecutivas.
- Marcó el gol más importante de la historia del Real Madrid.
- 150 goles siendo defensa.
- El mejor capitán que ha tenido el Real Madrid.

El mejor defensa de la historia.

[culture @notgwendalupe]

21 years ago, My Chemical Romance released 'Helena'

[Manuel Sobral @MSobralUE]

@LegacySiu Asensio

[Dabi @dabi_otc]

POV: eres Ash Ketchum y acabas de salir de Pueblo Paleta.

[Today In History @historigins]

Only Phil Collins could look like the IT guy at your job while doing this in front of a sold out crowd of 120,000