People say, “Ronaldo has never been close to Messi.”
Yet from 2013 to 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo dominated Europe, leading the UEFA Champions League year after year, while Messi and Barcelona endured several high-profile eliminations. Football didn’t suddenly begin in 2020.
Internationally, Ronaldo never walked away from Portugal despite repeated setbacks. He kept showing up until he helped deliver the country’s first major trophies. Messi, on the other hand, retired from Argentina before eventually returning.
Even if you believe Messi is the more naturally gifted footballer, talent alone doesn’t define greatness. Greatness is also about leadership, resilience, longevity, adapting to different leagues, delivering on the biggest stages, and changing your nation’s history.
That’s why, for me, Cristiano Ronaldo will always be the GOAT. 🐐🇵🇹
🚨 Thierry Henry: “Cristiano Ronaldo’s legacy is UNTOUCHABLE. A lot of great players didn't win the World Cup, it does NOT define their legacy.
I wish him all the best, I hope he scores more than 1000 goals. He inspired a generation, kids, especially the way he breathes, lives and thinks about football.
Look at his body, he’s an example to EVERYONE. Big man, all the very best on what you wish to do.”
Ukraine had Andriy Shevchenko, Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov who were all Balon d’or winners in their time
And I’ve not seen anyone call Ukraine a “footballing nation” before in my life 😂😂😂
ADEUS MUNDIAL : 🔟 Stats "depressivas" que demonstram que Quaresma tem razão
🤦♂️ Apenas 2 jogadores portugueses enquadraram mais do que 1 remate no Mundial: Ronaldo (9) e Bruno Fernandes (3)
🤦♂️ Cristiano Ronaldo teve 21 das 105 acções na área adversária que Portugal. Segundo "mais presente"? Nuno Mendes (14). Vitinha terminou o Mundial sem qualquer acção na área.
🤦♂️O jogador que fez mais passes para finalização foi um defesa: Nuno Mendes, com 11, quase o dobro do segundo mais "produtivo", Bruno Fernandes com 6
🤦♂️ Apenas 5 jogadores portugueses fizeram passes para ocasiões flagrantes. Nuno Mendes somou 4, Fernandes e Cancelo ambos com 2, Vitinha e Conceição 1 cada.
🤦♂️ Portugal tentou somente 11 passes de ruptura, a quebrar linhas e 6 foram de Bruno Fernandes. João Neves (3), Vitinha (1) e Cristiano Ronaldo (1) assinaram o resto
🤦♂️ Cristiano Ronaldo não completou um remate de cabeça, um drible ou um passe para finalização para um colega, somando apenas 2 conduções progressivas com bola, o seu trademark noutros tempos
🤦♂️ Vitinha foi o português que mais passes tentou, 388. Desses apenas 18 foram progressivos e somente 82 foram sequer verticais
🤦♂️Pedro Neto tentou 11 dribles, mas só completou 3. Tentou também 11 conduções progressivas mas só não perdeu a posse em 4
🤦♂️ Bruno Fernandes foi o português com mais acções defensivas em pressão (no meio-campo contrário), com 10, seguido de João Neves (9), João Félix e Nuno Mendes (ambos com 6). O colega de meio-campo, Vitinha foi o único titular regular que terminou com 0, a par de Diogo Costa, naturalmente.
🤦♂️ Portugal terminou o Mundial com 5 erros directos para remate do adversário (2 Vitinha, 1 João Neves, 1 Pedro Neto, 1 Rafael Leão) e 4 foram cometidos no jogo frente a Espanha
#GoalPointFacts #FIFAWorldCup #Portugal
Seeing how everyone is twisting this around like they suddenly lack basic comprehension, at this point it’s obvious it’s just hatred for Cristiano Ronaldo. Nothing he said here is disrespectful to the World Cup or to anyone who has won it.
He’s simply saying that, for him personally, winning Euro 2016 means as much as winning a World Cup because of what it represented. Portugal had never won a major international trophy before. He carried the weight of a nation for years, and that triumph changed the history of Portuguese football forever.
He’s talking about the emotional value of that achievement, not claiming the Euros are a bigger or more prestigious tournament than the World Cup.
But because it’s Ronaldo, people deliberately strip away the context just to create outrage. If any other footballer had said the exact same thing, everyone would call it passion and sentiment. Ronaldo says it, and suddenly people pretend they can’t understand plain English.
At some point, just admit you don’t like the man instead of forcing fake narratives every time he opens his mouth.
This is the summary of the hate he gets; nobody accounts to the fact that English is not his first language & that these media pages do a lot of subtle twisting of his words to push this narrative they’ve pushed for years. He said; I will hold my head high because I know I gave it my best till the very end & tbh the best trophy he won was his first international trophy in 2016 because in context of coming from nothing and no footballing history as a nation, that was such a big deal and to him it carries the same feeling as a World Cup.
Is he confident and cocky? Yes! And he has the accolades to talk his talk cos He was walked the walk.
Portugal won the European Championship with a total of 9 goals.
Cristiano scored 3 and assisted 3. He showed up & carried the team on his back because if he doesn’t score or assist, no one does.
There were times when he outscored clubs in goal scoring, when it came to the UCL Knockouts. From 2007-2020, the tally was:
Cristiano Ronaldo- 67
Liverpool- 66
Chelsea- 57
Arsenal -51
Juventus -44
Manchester City-44
The only player to score in 3 UCL finals.
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