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Zlatan Ibrahimović on Cristiano Ronaldo saying “I’m back” after scoring a brace:

🗣️ “I was a little confused when I heard that. ‘I’m back’? Back from where exactly? Last time I checked, Cristiano never left the spotlight for a single day.”

“If you score two goals and shout ‘I’m back’, it sounds like you disappeared for ten years and suddenly returned from another planet. Cristiano has been playing, scoring, breaking records, and making headlines the entire time.”

“That is why it made me laugh. The football world talks about him every week, defenders still worry about him, and stadiums still fill up to watch him. That doesn't sound like someone who was gone.”

“Maybe he meant he is back to silencing critics. If that's the case, fair enough. But Cristiano Ronaldo announcing he is back is like the sun announcing it will rise tomorrow.”

“The truth is, players spend their careers trying to reach his level of relevance. Even on his quiet days, people are still talking about him more than most footballers.”

“So when I heard ‘I’m back’, I thought: Cristiano, my friend... you never left. Everyone else is still trying to catch up.”

[CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ @CBSSportsGolazo]

"If you think Messi and Ronaldo are in the same conversation, football is maybe not for you."

@MikeGrella10 explains why he believes Lionel Messi is in a different league to Cristiano Ronaldo 👀

[ArgentineCuler @FCB_Argentine]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Ronaldo : “His mindset is, he’s number one in the World..The question here is if the body follows the brain..” 💀

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Jude Bellingham: “I didn’t deserve the Man of the Match award”.

“In my view, it should have gone to a Ghana player.”

[CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ @CBSSportsGolazo]

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are 38 and 41 years old, yet they're still breaking records 🐐

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🇦🇷🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé: “I don't look at what Leo does. He's always scored, he scores, and he will always score. I've already said it!”.

“If I want to look at what he does, I'll have to do even more”.

[The Fútbol Zone | FZ @TheFutbolZoneX]

🚨 Jamie Carragher Blasts Ronaldo After Uzbekistan Brace: "This Changes Nothing"

🗣️ "I've seen people acting like Ronaldo just scored a World Cup final winner against prime Germany. Let's calm down for a second.

Yes, he scored two goals. Fair enough. Strikers are supposed to score goals. But the reaction from some of his fans has been absolutely unbelievable. Social media is flooded with posts talking about 'greatness', 'legacy' and 'the GOAT debate being over' because he scored against Uzbekistan in a group-stage game.

This is exactly the problem. Context disappears whenever Ronaldo scores.

Meanwhile Messi came into the tournament and immediately scored a hat-trick in his first match and followed it up with a brace in the second. Five goals in two games. Yet somehow the conversation today is about Ronaldo finally opening his account against opposition that nobody expected Portugal to struggle against in the first place.

The standards are completely different.

When Messi scores five goals in two games, people say, 'That's Messi being Messi.' When Ronaldo scores a couple against a team ranked far below the elite nations, some fans start talking as if football history has been rewritten.

The GOAT debate was settled by performances on the biggest stages, against the biggest opponents, under the biggest pressure. That's where Messi separates himself. World Cup finals, Champions League finals, Copa América finals — those are the moments that define legends.

Messi has spent years making extraordinary performances look normal. Ronaldo fans have spent years turning ordinary moments into extraordinary celebrations.

Messi remains the benchmark. Messi remains the standard. And for me, Messi remains the greatest footballer the game has ever seen."

[Kalshi Sports @KalshiSports]

🚨 STAT: Lionel Messi now holds the record for the most non-penalty goals in football history.

[CentreGoalHQ @centreGoalHQ]

🚨🎙️ Reporter: “What did you think of Ronaldo’s latest performance?”

🗣️Wayne Rooney: “It was a good performance, but football fans nowadays celebrate every goal as if it’s the greatest thing they’ve ever seen. Scoring against teams of that level is what top players are expected to do.”

🎙️Reporter: “So you’re not calling it a masterclass?”

Wayne Rooney: “A masterclass is when you dominate the biggest games against the strongest opponents. That’s the standard I judge by.”

[AM☬ @AbsoluteMxssi]

🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Ronaldo saying “I’m back” after scoring vs Uzbekistan:

“I thought he said he never left. I don’t know why he was yelling I’m back.” 😭

[MC @CrewsMat10]

🚨🎙️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on Cristiano Ronaldo saying “I’m back” after scoring a brace:

“I thought he said he never left. I don’t know why he was yelling I’m back.” 😭😭

[W @0nlySaliba]

⁉️:When Aurélien Tchouaméni says that you are the biggest cheater at cards or Uno, is he right or is he wrong ?

Saliba :

Me? A cheater at Uno? Absolute fake news 😭
If you want the real culprit, look at Kylian Mbappé he’s been scamming us for years! 🃏👀

[Marv @blak_yute]

Norgaard at 32 Rooney at 32

[Cags🥤 @Juicycags]

Casuals had no idea who Thierry Henry was

[Then/Now Sport @xThen_Now]

Messi leading in goals and assists. The GOAT truly 🐐 🇦🇷

[Pitch Aura @pitch_aura]

Diego Maradona on Cristiano Ronaldo in 2017:

“Messi scores a goal and celebrates it. Cristiano scores a goal and stands there as if he’s selling shampoo. He needs to be calm and everything, so he can be like Leo” 🥶🤯

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

A BRACE FOR MESSI.
A BRACE FOR MBAPPE.
A BRACE FOR HAALAND.

NO WAY 🔥

[ESPN UK @ESPNUK]

Remember that Julian Alvarez completed football in less than two years 🤯

🏆 Copa Libertadores Champion
🏆 World Cup winner
🏆 Copa America Champion
🏆 Premier League Champion
🏆 Champions League winner
🏆 Club World Cup Champion

The only footballer in history to wear these six Champions patches by the age of 23 👏

[Gols do Brasileirão ⚽️🇧🇷 @golsdobrasil1]

🗣️🇧🇷 Gabriel Martinelli:

"Acho que a gente correria 20%, 30% a mais para poder potencializar o Neymar, o Vini, quem que seja. Eu sempre tento me doar ao máximo o que precisar fazer, se precisar defender linha de cinco, defendendo com lateral ali."

Via: @365ScoresBR
📸 Rafael Ribeiro/CBF | AFP

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

ØDEGAARD TO HAALAND ON THE COUNTER ATTACK!

Had to hit the Thierry Henry celebration 😷