𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️

[𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️ @Muhwal__essdee]

@Lonnewulff You know ball!

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔴⚪️ More on Malick Fofana: Arsenal are not willing to match €40m valuation, only proceeding if price is right.

#AFC and Olympique Lyon are now discussing about formula of the deal.

Malick, keen on the move.

[Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai @B_ELRUFAI]

‘Lionel Messi is the most decorated player in football history, with 46 official team trophies and over 60 major individual accolades. His collection includes a record eight Ballon d'Or awards, eight FIFA Best Men's Player awards, six European Golden Shoes, and two FIFA World Cup Golden Balls. Ballon d'Or (8): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023. FIFA The Best/World Player of the Year. Won consecutively and across different editions (World Player of the Year, FIFA Best). European Golden Shoe (2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19. FIFA World Cup Golden Ball, 2014, 2022. La Liga Best Player. Won the record number of times during his tenure with FC Barcelona. Copa América Awards: Golden Ball (2015), Golden Boot (2021), and multiple Best Player honours. FIFA World Cup: 2022. Copa América: 2021, 2024. UEFA Champions League (4): 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
La Liga (10): Won with FC Barcelona
Ligue 1 (2): 2021–22, 2022–23 with Paris Saint-Germain. Leagues Cup: 2023 with Inter Miami. Olympic Gold Medal: 2008 (Argentina U-23). FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005 (Argentina U-20).’ 🇦🇷

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

P2/ You simply focus on your own path and let your success speak for itself.

That’s exactly what Messi did.

And in the end, he proved why so many consider him the greatest of all time.

This isn’t an attempt to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements. His career has been extraordinary, and football fans were lucky enough to witness one of the greatest rivalries in sporting history.

But one of them chose to embrace the role of the villain, while the other rebuilt his story, completed the ultimate comeback, and ended it as the hero.

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

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.

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

Now Cristiano Ronaldo has bad teammates, a bad coach, and suddenly it’s all the system’s fault?

Isn’t that exactly what happened to Messi? Yet back then you called him a bottler and spent years tearing him apart to the point that he retired from international football in 2016.

So now there’s context? Now there are excuses?

Cristiano Ronaldo is a legend who never needed a World Cup or a European Championship to prove his greatness in the first place.

Yet in 2016, none of you could stop talking because your idol had just won Euro 2016. Wasn’t it him who said that you have to win a trophy with your national team, otherwise you can’t be considered the greatest? A pretty obvious shot at Messi.

Fine then. Let’s use your own standards.

Messi won the Copa América. He won the World Cup. He has more Ballon d’Ors, more FIFA Best awards, and better overall career numbers.

Weren’t those the superficial standards you’ve been using against everyone else for years?

Messi is the greatest of all time—and not because of those achievements alone—but now it’s time to admit it. He didn’t leave a single argument standing against him. Even by your own superficial criteria, he won every single one.

This is the greatest checkmate in football history. It’s like playing chess against someone who unknowingly makes all the right moves for you instead of themselves. That’s exactly what Ronaldo fans ended up doing.

[𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️ @Muhwal__essdee]

@arj2010241518 @CR7_HQ @Boluwatiiffee @grok Gbammmm!

[A.Y.O @YusufAsunmogejo]

@Waspapping_ Baba dey cry 😅🤣

[Sarki. @Waspapping_]

Don’t say anything, just RETWEET 😂

[𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️ @Muhwal__essdee]

@DonNnabuo @Waspapping_ Looks good on him😭😂😂

[𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️ @Muhwal__essdee]

@_onlyscott Ángel Di María

[𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️ @Muhwal__essdee]

@FCB_ACEE The Goat!

[Dakta BMZ 🐺 @Lonnewulff]

How did that Messi-Ronaldo debate start sef. Messi is by far not Ronaldo’s mate at both National and club levels. It’s even disrespectful comparing Messi with that fraud tbh.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🌎🇦🇷 Lionel Messi becomes top scorer EVER and counts 17 G/A in his last 10 World Cup games.

2026
Austria: ⚽️
Algeria: ⚽️⚽️⚽️

🏆 2022
France: ⚽️⚽️
Croatia: ⚽️🅰️
Netherlands: 🅰️⚽️
Australia: ⚽️
Poland: ❌
Mexico: ⚽️🅰️
Saudi Arabia: ⚽️

2018
France: 🅰️🅰️
Nigeria: ⚽️

[𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️ @Muhwal__essdee]

@Lonnewulff He’s just crazy man🔥🔥

[Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai @B_ELRUFAI]

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[𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️ @Muhwal__essdee]

You never see anything ! 🐐

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨📲 Erling Haaland on Snapchat: “Messi is a madman”. 👑

[𝑀𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑢🕸️🕷️ @Muhwal__essdee]

@Lonnewulff And FIFA no fit dash am three penalties 🤣

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

👑🇦🇷 The oldest and youngest goalscorer in Argentina history at the World Cup. Leo Messi.