This is not arrogance. This is a fact so let check.
What does COMPLETE mean?
Complete does not mean most talented. Complete does not mean best dribbler. Complete means you can do EVERYTHING in football at an elite level. And only one player in history can.
Let's break it down:
Left foot? 150+ goals with his left. Messi can't say that about his right.
Right foot? 550+ goals. His main weapon.
Head? 150+ headed goals. The greatest header of the ball ever. Jumps 2.93m, hang time, power. Messi has 30 headed goals in his entire career. That's not complete.
Free kicks? 64 free kick goals. Long range curl, knuckleball.
Penalties? Clutch. Champions League finals, Euros.
Weak foot, strong foot, head, free kicks, long shots, tap-ins, overhead kicks. Cristiano has scored every type of goal. Bicycle kick vs Juventus, header vs Sampdoria, knuckleball vs Portsmouth, solo run vs Getafe.
Name me one type of goal Messi cannot score with his head? He can't. Name me one way Cristiano can't score? You can't.
Complete means complete everywhere.
Top scorer in England - where pace and power matter.
Top scorer in Spain - where technique matters.
Top scorer in Italy - where tactics and defence matter.
Top scorer in Champions League - 7 times.
Top scorer for his country - all-time international top scorer with 130+ goals.
He won league titles in 3 countries, Champions League with 2 clubs, Euros with Portugal, a team that never won anything before him.
What is incomplete about that?
Messi is complete in one system Barcelona, tiki-taka, short passes, 4-3-3, on the ground. Take him out of that system and put him in Stoke on a rainy night or against prime Serie A defenders, he disappears. We saw it at PSG - 32 goals in 75 games.
Cristiano is complete in ANY system. Counter-attack at United, possession at Real, defensive at Juventus, crossing at Portugal. He adapts, he scores.
He earned the right.
950+ career goals. 5 Ballon d'Ors. 5 Champions Leagues. Played 20+ years at the highest level. Never protected by a club. Built himself from Madeira streets to Manchester to Madrid to Turin to Saudi. No academy built for him, no Xavi and Iniesta feeding him for 15 years.
So when he looks in the camera and says "I am the most complete player ever" - he is not asking for your opinion. He is telling you what real ball knowers already knew since 2014.
You don't have to believe him.
You just have to know football.
Chicharito: “Portugal tenía los mejores medios del mundo en el Mundial y NO LE GENERARON OCASIONES A CRISTIANO RONALDO.
Si le hubieran generado 10 ocasiones y las falla, diría Cris, te amo pero fallaste 10. Pero GENERARON 2 Y LAS MARCÓ”
Sabe de fútbol.
Carlos Alcaraz on watching Jannik Sinner do the champion’s pool jump in Monte Carlo, ‘I was walking to my room & I saw him jump, & I stayed to watch the moment. I have great admiration for him’
"Jannik and I have a very good relationship. It's not like we go out to dinner together, but both he and his team are wonderful people. Beyond what we fight for on the court, our personalities off the court aren't going to change. And that's shown in the respect we have for each other. After the final, I was walking to my room and I saw him jump, and I stayed to watch the moment. I have great admiration for him, and it's a good way to show the world that, even though we have a rivalry on the court, we can be good people and have a good relationship.” ❤️
(h/t @carlosalcarazbr)
Source:
https://t.co/3WvJXsLmhZ
@5klabastoss Sans oublier aussi le parcours de @imavov1 , après sa défaite contre strickland tout le monde l’enterrais et aujourd’hui c’est le top 2 de sa caté, tout vas très vite
🚨 Endrick 🇧🇷 : « 𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝟮 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘̀𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗔̀ 𝗟𝗬𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗘̀𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗘𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘́𝗘𝗦 ! 𝗝𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣 𝗛𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗨𝗫 ! 🤩🦁
Je marque pour mon premier match et on gagne, je suis très content. 😁
Je m'intègre, 𝗷𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗮̀ 𝗹𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻. Merci au staff et à mes coéquipiers.
𝗟𝗲 𝗷𝗲𝘂 𝗱𝗲 𝗹'𝗢𝗟 𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, ça me rappelle le jeu de Palmeiras.
J'ai dit au coach que 𝗷'𝗲́𝘁𝗮𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲̂𝘁 𝗮̀ 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗲𝗿 𝗮̀ 𝗻'𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗹'𝗲́𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗲.
𝗝𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝘂𝘅 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗰 𝗹'𝗢𝗟 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗹'𝗲́𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗲. Que ce soit en faisant des passes décisives, en marquant ou en faisant les replis défensifs. »
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Les réseaux sociaux ont faussé les attentes envers les hommes dans un couple. « S'il le voulait, il le ferait. »
Un homme de 23 ans n'a pas à vous offrir des vêtements, des sacs et des voyages coûteux alors qu'il essaie de construire sa vie. Ce n'est pas normal.