I seriously don’t understand why Messi fans disrespect Ronaldo so much, just the other day, some player who didn’t achieve anything in his career compared him to Haaland.
I seriously don’t understand why Messi fans disrespect Ronaldo so much, just the other day, some player who didn’t achieve anything in his career compared him to Haaland.
@thataniwitguy No true Ronaldo fan will disrespect Messi bro, Ronaldo fans will say after Ronaldo it’s Messi but Messi fans will call 5 players after Messi before they pick Ronaldo, what kind of shallow minded and hateful thought is that?
I seriously don’t understand why Messi fans disrespect Ronaldo so much, just the other day, some player who didn’t achieve anything in his career compared him to Haaland.
🚨Zlatan on Luis Enrique’s message to Dembele after PSG’s draw at Rennes:
🗣️ “People are still debating whether Luis Enrique was right to take Ousmane Dembélé off at half-time. There is nothing to debate. The decision was correct the moment the first half ended.
Winning the Ballon d’Or is a beautiful thing. It is also a quiet trap. Suddenly the world starts speaking for you. “He is the best.” “He earned this.” “You cannot drop him.” Dembélé walked into Rennes carrying that noise and forgot the only thing that actually matters: the next ninety minutes. Forty-five minutes of ordinary football from a player with an extraordinary trophy was enough. Enrique saw soft intensity and removed him. That is not disrespect. That is the standard.
I played with Messi. I watched the purest example of work ethic and mentality the game has ever produced. Messi collected Ballon d’Ors the way other players collect excuses, yet he never once allowed a previous achievement to speak for him. Never. Every training session he arrived with the same cold intention. Every match he treated like the first one that counted. No coasting. No protection. No “I already proved myself.” The trophies stayed in the cabinet. The hunger stayed on the pitch. That is why he remained untouchable long after most players start negotiating with their own comfort.
Dembélé has serious talent. No one with eyes denies this. But talent without that daily ruthlessness becomes decoration. The moment a player begins to believe his name and his past awards guarantee the shirt, he becomes replaceable. Enrique refused to protect anyone. He substituted the Ballon d’Or winner and the former Champions League standout in the same breath, then watched Ferran Torres come on and score twice. Football delivered its verdict without emotion or nostalgia.
I never needed a coach to remind me to leave my comfort zone. I destroyed the comfort zone every morning so it could never find me. Some players require the reminder. Dembélé just received his. Now we will see what kind of man answers it.
The strong ones use humiliation as fuel. The others start explaining. I already know which category I belong to. The question is whether Dembélé still knows.