Ryan Smyth

[TCR. @TeamCRonaldo]

Inter Miami have won just 1 of their last 9 games. 😳

If this was Cristiano Ronaldo, imagine the headlines, the “finished” posts and the nonstop criticism.

But when it’s Messi, the conversation suddenly feels very different. 👀

[Ryan Smyth @RySmyth16]

@SMusunda0435 @StevenFoster89

[Walter Ude @Udewalter_]

People can debate GOAT criteria all day, but you cannot rewrite Cristiano Ronaldo’s résumé.

18 Ballon d’Or nominations the most ever.
5 Ballon d’Ors.
5 Champions Leagues.
140 Champions League goals record.
146 international goals record.
233 international appearances record.
European Championship winner.
All-time Real Madrid top scorer.

And he did it by reinventing himself multiple times across two decades. Lineker can prefer Messi’s style. That’s football opinion. But saying Cristiano “can’t do the other stuff” doesn’t erase what he actually achieved. Cristiano Ronaldo is the GOAT. End of debate.

[Ryan Smyth @RySmyth16]

@TheRonaldoHQ @StevenFoster89 😢

[Dr Gaurav Garg @DrGauravGarg4]

Dear @GaryLineker, your obsession with Cristiano Ronaldo is becoming embarrassing.

Every few weeks, you drag his name into the conversation and almost always in a negative light. Why? Because criticising #Ronaldo guarantees headlines, clicks and attention.

This is not football analysis anymore. It looks like a desperate relevance strategy: mention the most famous footballer on the planet, provoke his supporters, and suddenly people are talking about Gary Lineker again.

Nobody is debating your place in football history, because frankly, that debate isn’t happening. But the moment you mention Ronaldo, your name begins circulating worldwide.

That is the irony: you keep trying to diminish Ronaldo, while depending on Ronaldo’s name to magnify yourself.

Putting @Cristiano in the same bracket as Neymar and Mbappé isn’t analysis—it’s football illiteracy. You’re grouping a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, five-time Champions League winner and the greatest goalscorer in history with two players who, combined, have zero Ballon d’Ors. That bracket doesn’t exist—Ronaldo built a floor they are still trying to reach.

[Samuel @samuel_AFC7]

R9 has 1 league title, 0 Champions Leagues, and 14 UCL goals in his ENTIRE life. His GOAT case is literally built on a ugly World Cup haircut and old heads masturbating over 240p YouTube compilations from 1997. Comparing this hospital patient to Cristiano is pure brain damage

[Yusef @Fede8Y]

نهاية حقبة، ثنائية مستحيل ننساها 💔

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

BREAKING:
* Lionel Messi quits international football having scored 125 goals for Argentina, the second-highest number in football history.
* @Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 146 goals for Portugal, the highest in football history.
This settles the 🐐debate.

[Ryan Smyth @RySmyth16]

@Cr7stianismo_ @StevenFoster89

[(fan) Carlos Baleba @carlos_balebaa]

A dream becomes reality. ❤️

I am extremely proud to announce that I am a Manchester United player.

To join a club with this history, this tradition and supporters all around the world is an incredible honour.

I know what this badge represents.

I know the expectations.

And I am ready to give everything for this shirt.

The work starts now.

See you at Old Trafford. 🔴⚪⚫

#iamabaleba #MUFC

[Ryan Smyth @RySmyth16]

@MadridPreeti @StevenFoster89

[Preeti @MadridPreeti]

🚨Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus at age 33 and left at 36 with 101 goals

Lionel Messi joined PSG at age 33 and left at 36 with 32 goals

Media Doesn't Talk About How Big Of A Flop Messi Is Outside Of his Comfort Zone At Barcelona🤯

[Brims @UTDbrims]

💀 NO ESCAPING THIS ONE: Take away Messi’s Barcelona superteam, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Neymar, Suarez, and the penalty shootouts would Messi still have a stronger GOAT case than Ronaldo?

Because if Ronaldo can win and dominate in England, Spain, Italy, and Europe while Messi’s greatest era came in one system, maybe we need to rethink who was actually more complete. 👀🐐

[Luís Figo @LuisFigo]

Today I join others from across our game and call for Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA President.

Infantino has debased the office that he promised to elevate. He has lied, deceived and tried to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve. 

He has lost the support of his senior staff, his closest advisers, the vast majority of people who devote their lives to this sport and even, it would seem, the FIFA Peace Prize winner. 

It is too late to save his dignity but it is not too late to save football. He should go. Now.

#Infantinout

https://t.co/j93k5MnlK2

[Ryan Smyth @RySmyth16]

@Grandsoncr7 @StevenFoster89 agrees 💯🤣

[SENYO @Senyyo]

- They hand played 4 Copa Américas in 6 years until he won it.

- They gift him a World Cup with 5 penalties in 7 matches.

- They bring back the “Finalissima” just for him to get another trophy

- They invite Inter Miami to the Club World Cup just so Messi can play in it.

- Everything he won in at Barcelona was during the Negreira scandal era

- His entire career if filled with controversies and scandals at every team he played.

Lionel Messi : The only footballer in history to have everything handed to him 👏🏽

[Nuel @LfcNuel]

Remember when Pele & Maradona roasted Messi on Live TV 😂

Pele: "Diego, do you know Messi personally?"

Maradona: "He's a good guy... but zero personality. No leadership. Argentines are passionate, he doesn't make the fans FEEL anything." 😂

[Ryan Smyth @RySmyth16]

@lospectra_ @StevenFoster89

[Ryan Smyth @RySmyth16]

@TouchmineX 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

One of the most pathetic things I’ve ever seen from a supposed sportsman. Messi’s fake halo shattered in this World Cup; he was the sneaky cheating leader of a vile bunch of violent thugs.