Cristiano Ronaldo, tu as accouché de ta propre fin.
Avec l’aide de Roberto Martinez - que tu n’as pas manqué de remercier chaleureusement -, tu as pris la sélection et ses supporters en otage. Comme en 2024, tu nous as entraînés dans ta longue chute.
Tu dis que les journalistes ont toujours voulu te tuer, mais tu t’es tué tout seul. Comme un grand. Comme un quarantenaire qui se pense immortel et qui se croit au-dessus de tout et tout le monde.
Tu dis avoir la conscience tranquille, mais qui aurait besoin de le répéter à tous les micros si c’était vraiment le cas ? Ton pays se fait éliminer, et tu ne parles que de toi, de ta conscience, de ton travail. T’es tout le contraire de ce que tu dis être.
Ton égo est proportionnel à ton insécurité, ton amour pour le Portugal n’égalera jamais celui que tu te portes à toi-même.
Quel capitaine viendrait dire “J’ai gagné trois titres pour le Portugal, avant Cristiano (oui, il parle de lui à la troisième personne), le Portugal n’avait rien gagné.”, dans la foulée d’une élimination ?
S’il te plaît, prends la meilleure décision de ta fin de carrière : quitte la sélection, et n’oublie pas d’amener tous tes foutus fanatiques avec toi.
The way Messi was treated during the darkest moments of his international career should never be forgotten. He became the target of endless mockery, despite carrying a burden few players in history ever had to bear.
They turned him into a meme. They made him the symbol of failure, despite everything he did for Argentina—contributions that no one else could have made. They ignored how limited the team around him was and blamed him for everything.
The moment your player won Euro 2016 with Éder’s goal, you thought the debate was over. You convinced yourselves Messi would never win a major international trophy.
Then Messi shattered every standard you had built.
He won international titles of every kind—against both European and South American opposition—and he wasn’t just another name on the winning team. He was the best player, the driving force behind those triumphs.
He truly carried his national team. Scoring, creating, defending from the front, working tirelessly, winning duels—he did everything. Despite every setback, he never gave up. He kept coming back until he proved everyone wrong.
Not a player who depends on chances being created for him. Because if those chances don’t come, he disappears. Messi could influence an entire tournament even on days when he didn’t score.
Cry all you want and keep saying the Euros are equal to the World Cup.
The problem is, you’ll never know what it feels like to celebrate a World Cup.
You’ll never live a moment like that. You’ll only imagine it and wonder what it would have been like.
Messi and his fans were patient… and in the end, they got their reward. ❤️
Satisfação enorme que Messi vai terminar a carreira com uma copa e Cristiano Ronaldo não.
O futebol foi muito justo nessa. Um sujeito amargurado e invejoso, que se diz maior da história porque é o maior artilheiro da história com gols televisionados (indireta pra Pelé), e que disse que a copa não mede tamanho de jogador, por ser um torneio de apenas sete jogos (isso logo após o Messi ganhar sua copa, ou seja, passou um recibo enorme) não merecia jamais vencer uma copa.
Lionel Messi has scored more World Cup goals after turning 35 (10) than the following players in their entire careers:
-Cristiano Ronaldo
-Thierry Henry
-Maradona
-Rivaldo
-Neymar
-Harry Kane
Absolutely insane 🤯🐐
France are there for the taking but Portugal can’t take them out because a 39 year old manchild is threatening to take his ball home if he can’t play every minute
The way Cristiano Ronaldo made this Euros about himself, at 39 years old without scoring a single goal, is a stunning failure of the Portugal national setup. How they let him control his playing time at this level of productivity to cater to his massive ego is why they’re out.
Messi gave captain’s armband back to Yedlin (previous captain) before the trophy presentation. Leadership isn’t always - being at the front, it’s also knowing when to step back.
Dibu once said he would die for Messi. Now I know why.
Messi joining PSG to rest up for the World Cup, to beat France in the final, and then leave their small club is probably the biggest baller move in football history.