Lionel Messi is the exact reason you should live solely on your own terms.
The man speaks ill of no one. He disrespects neither teammates nor rivals. He is the best to ever do his craft. Yet he has dedicated haters. If ever a man (let alone a player) should have had no haters, it is Messi. Still, on account of nothing but his matchless success, he commands a horde of them.
Do what thou wilt. People will talk regardless.
A life lived minding what people will say is a wasted life.
يوم قال ميسي خطابه بعد الفوز بكاس العالم اول شيء ذكره هو زملاءه السابقين اللي خسروا نهائي 2014 لم يفكر بنفسه بل تذكر زملائه اللي عانوا وعاشوا معه النهائيات القاسية
شكرهم وجعل جميع الجماهير تصفق لهم هكذا تكون الشخصية القياديه التي تجعل الجميع يحترمه ويضحون من اجله
At the 2022 World Cup, Argentina were set to face Brazil in the semi-final. They just needed to beat the Netherlands. FIFA informed the Netherlands that they'd be permitted some drama, but they had to lose by whatever means to Argentina. Argentina led 2-0, pretended to lose concentration and it went to 2-2. But Argentina had been arranged to win anyway.
FIFA quietly informed Brazil that they had to lose to Croatia. That is how Argentina ended up playing Croatia instead. In that game, FIFA instructed Croatia to fold completely. They duly collapsed 3-0.
For the final, FIFA informed France they had to lose by at least two goals. It was becoming too obvious though, so FIFA told the referee to manufacture two penalties for France to make it look competitive.
Kylian Mbappé's hat-trick was authorised. Kolo Muani's one-on-one miss in the final minute of extra time was not an accident. Why do you think France didn't ban him from playing football after that miss? He was wearing a secret earpiece. FIFA called him directly and told him not to score, because a 4-3 France win would have blown the whole operation.
During the penalty shootout, France were permitted to score exactly one of their first three. FIFA did not want Argentina needing a fifth penalty; too much drama, too much risk of someone going off-script.
Africa also had its share of the arrangement. FIFA contacted Portugal and informed them they had to lose to Morocco to guarantee African representation in the semi-finals. Why do you think Cristiano Ronaldo was weeping? He could not believe his own teammates had agreed to the terms.
The evidence is everywhere. You just have to be willing to see it.
I experienced what @Sisi_Yemmie has been saying here on the TL today!
I was coming back from an outing and decided to get a few items from Bokku Mart.
I bought only 3 items. The attendant asked if I wanted a nylon bag and I said yes.
He said the bag was #100. But why did he deduct #1700 for the nylon?
I didn’t check the receipt until I got into the car, then I remembered and decided to check.
I went back inside and asked what the #1700 was for. He said it was an error and that I had to wait for the supervisor to fix it!
This pissed me off! He could simply have given me my change instead of making me wait for their error.
Apparently the supervisor was in on it too. He came out and quickly asked the guy to give me my change.
I can’t imagine how long this has been going on! @bokkumart, call your staff to order.
Business owners, please be very involved in your business and don’t trust any staff.
#1700 is not a lot of money but imagine doing this to 5-10 customers a day!
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Since his arrival at Barcelona…
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My wife was about to be wheeled into the theatre at 4PM. It was obvious the baby wasn't coming naturally and they needed to operate. The technical staff asked them to take her back because there was no diesel to run the generator.
Thank God for Prof Sanya. He ordered them to go and put on the generator, that he would buy diesel. He took two 25 litre jerrycans and went to buy diesel. She was wheeled in and the baby brought out, already in distress.
That generator never went off that night. It stayed on the whole night. The diesel they had Prof buy was not used. Not for my wife and son, at least. It was for their own purpose.
That was 2010 January. When Nigeria was good.