+30 años de socio del Barça y compromisario del club, culé y bético ⚽ enamorado del anime y manga 🎌
apasionado del Lol profesional y jugador de Diamante 🖥️🖱️
I’m here to debunk one of the biggest myths used to glaze Cristiano Ronaldo:
“Portugal were nothing before Ronaldo.”
That’s simply false.
Portugal has always been a major football nation. The average Portuguese child has a far higher chance of becoming a professional footballer than most countries. This isn’t some tiny footballing underdog like Iceland.
Before Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal had already produced:
• 3 Ballon d’Or winners
• A record 4 European Golden Boots (most by any nation)
At club level, Portuguese football was elite long before Ronaldo.
Benfica were one of Europe’s first superpowers, dominating alongside Real Madrid in the early European Cup era. They reached 9 European Cup/Champions League finals — more than clubs from most footballing nations — and represented Europe on the world stage in the Intercontinental Cup.
Internationally, people love saying Portugal couldn’t qualify for tournaments before Ronaldo.
What they won’t tell you is that World Cups and Euros had only 12-16 teams back then. By today’s qualification formats, Portugal would’ve qualified for several more tournaments, using the old format Ronaldo would have missed 3-4 championships
And Portugal’s greatest World Cup achievement remains their 3rd-place finish in 1966, when Eusébio delivered one of the greatest World Cup performances ever against an era featuring Pelé’s Brazil.
Now people want to use the Nations League — essentially a glorified friendly tournament created for World Cup preparation — to erase over half a century of Portuguese football history and credit everything to one man.
Portugal didn’t become a football nation because of Ronaldo.
Ronaldo was fortunate enough to be born into a football nation that was already great.
Lo de @AxelTorres y José Sanchis es sencillamente espectacular
¡Momento HISTÓRICO en DAZN por culpa de un fenómeno paranormal en pleno directo! 😂😂😂😂
#DAZNMundial
Messi tiene una INMENSA diferencia con Cristiano Ronaldo. La humildad.
Cuando vos te crees el mejor de todos empezas a ir detrás. "EL MEJOR DE LA HISTORIA SOY YO" JAJAJAJAJA
You can always tell when someone starts talking to someone new. The energy shifts, the replies get slower, and the vibe goes completely ghost before they even admit it.
Voy a contar mi experiencia con GAME, a ver si por aquí me hacen algo de casito.
Hace una semana mi PS5, comprada hace unos 2 años y medio, dejó de leer discos de juegos. Por ello acudí a una tienda GAME para informarme sobre cómo tramitar la garantía.
@VideojuegosGAME@GAME_SAC