The problem you people have with Ronaldo is you want faux humility from him. You’re diminishing everything he has achieved, yet you still don’t want him to blow his own trumpet.
This is a man who has spent over two decades proving himself at the highest level, breaking records people thought would stand forever, winning everywhere he went, and carrying the weight of a nation’s expectations on his shoulders. If anyone has earned the right to speak proudly about his career, it’s Cristiano Ronaldo.
You celebrate confidence when it comes from others, but when Ronaldo acknowledges his own greatness, suddenly it’s called arrogance. That’s not humility you’re asking for, that’s pretending his achievements aren’t extraordinary just to make other people comfortable.
He doesn’t need to apologize for knowing how great he is. History already agrees with him. Five Ballon d’Ors, countless trophies, the greatest goalscorer football has ever seen, and three major international trophies for Portugal after they had won none before him. Those aren’t opinions; they’re facts.
Greatness doesn’t always whisper. It speaks with the confidence that comes from years of sacrifice, discipline, and delivering on the biggest stages. Ronaldo is simply reminding you of it.
One thing I learnt about Ronaldo is that if he wasn’t a self Appraisal person they would undermine every single thing he did. He’s the only one in football world that brags about himself and his achievements because every other person, journalists pundits and all are trying to make sure he’s achievement are worthless.
كان يجب أن يُهزم كريستيانو في كأس العالم لكي تنتصر فكرة أعظم: فكرة التناهي البشري، وكان لا بد أن يبقى هناك حدٌّ لا تتجاوزه الإرادة، وثغرةٌ لا تردمها العبقرية، حتى لا يتوهّم الإنسان أنه قادر على الانتصار على كل شيء، فلو اكتملت الحكاية بالكأس، لأوحت بأن الإرادة وحدها تكفي لإخضاع العالم، بينما جاءت الهزيمة لتعيد الإنسان إلى حقيقته الأزلية ومفادها أن بين الجهد والنتيجة مساحةً لا يملكها إلا القدر، لذلك لم تُنقص تلك الخسارة من أسطورته، ولكنها أنقذتها من وهم الكمال، وأبقت فيها ما يثبت أن حتى أعظم البشر يظل إنسانا.
There is no conclusive proof. But the circumstantial evidence that there is pro-Argentina bias in FIFA affecting the World Cup:
1) In the group stage opener against Algeria, Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with a studs-up challenge on the Achilles and escaped any card. FIFA later admitted the VAR officials got it wrong and sanctioned them.
2) The inconsistency became undeniable when the United States' Folarin Balogun was sent off in the Round of 32 for a near-identical foot-on-ankle challenge on Bosnia's Tarik Muharemović. Pundits directly compared the red card to Messi's uncarded foul on Mandi.
3) In the 2026 Round of 32 against Cape Verde, referee Drew Fischer did not enforce the tournament's new rule requiring an injured player to remain off the pitch after treatment. He waited for Argentina's Nicolás Tagliafico to return before allowing a Cape Verde corner. Several uncalled fouls in that game also went Argentina's way.
4) Today against Egypt, with Egypt leading 1-0, Mostafa Ziko finished off a long breakaway to make it 2-0. VAR sent Letexier to the monitor and the goal was disallowed for a Marwan Attia shirt-pull on Lisandro Martínez that occurred roughly 20 seconds earlier and nearly the full length of the pitch from goal.
5) Neutral officiating experts, not just Egyptian fans, called the decision wrong. Former FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg said he did not believe it was a foul and did not believe VAR should have intervened at all, adding that the call was inconsistent with the physical contact referees had allowed all tournament.
6) The winning sequence produced a second grievance. In the buildup to Enzo Fernández's stoppage-time winner, Egypt appealed for a penalty on a Salah challenge and for an Alexis Mac Allister shirt-pull, and VAR checked neither. Hassan cited the unreviewed Mac Allister pull directly in his post-match remarks.
7) The 2026 grievances land on top of a 2022 record In Qatar, Argentina were awarded five penalties, the most ever by a team in a single World Cup edition, with Messi taking all five. That same tournament, Messi handled the ball against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and escaped a yellow card.
8) FIFA has appointed an all-Argentine crew, led by Facundo Tello, for Thursday's France–Morocco quarterfinal, the tournament's first all-same-country panel.
9) Comments attributed to Infantino after an Argentina match were widely discussed as suggesting bias toward Argentina before he later clarified them, and a deep Messi run drives far more global viewership and revenue than one without him. This establishes incentive.
FIFA cannot be trusted. Egypt was robbed. Argentina are coasting to another title under FIFA protection.
الآن جبتلكم دليل قاطع إن ميسي مدلل الحكام
دقق جيدا عزيزي المحايد في هذا الفيديو: لحظة تسجيل ميسي الهدف الثاني انظر إلى الحكم الرابع (الذي يرفع لوحة التبديل) كيف نسي نفسه ورمى اللوحة واحتفل بهدف ميسي مع سكالوني
هل بقي أحد لديه شك في المؤامرة ؟
https://t.co/lkRUwzdjVb
🚨🚨🚨 After Argentina’s goal, Mohamed Salah respectfully went to the referee to inform him that there was a penalty that should be given and thus the goal should be canceled
The referee REFUSED to check VAR and started booking Egyptian players instead.
DISGRACE!
🚨📊 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧: Lionel Messi record of penalties.
• Most penalties taken by a player in World Cup history
• Most penalties taken by a player in UCL history
• Most penalties taken by a player in La Liga history
• Most penalties taken by a player in a single World Cup campaign
• Most penalties taken by a player in a single UCL season
• Most penalties taken by a player in International Football
• Most penalties missed by a player in single WC campaign
Insane Penaltessi. 🤯