Cody

DIE-HARD Pats fan!! #Patriots #PatsNation

[Cody @cdas58]

Bill Belichicks 300th career win reg+postseason.. only 3 coaches in NFL History have 300 or more wins. Congrats coach!!

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The Milwaukee Bucks are trading Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat for Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, 3 first-round picks (including No. 13), 1 pick swap and 1 second-rounder, sources tell @ShamsCharania.

[Liban @LibanLDN]

.@Cristiano

[Remkay🇵🇹 @Kingremkay]

You can keep hating, I know what I witnessed growing up….

[Kimi Regal @RegalKimi]

After Ronaldo won EURO 2016 while Messi was still without a senior international trophy, a common argument across football media, punditry and mainstream football discourse was that international trophies were not essential to determining individual greatness. Football was said to be a team sport, and a player’s legacy should not be reduced to what he won with his national team.

At the time, Messi had lost four major international finals with Argentina and had even retired from international football after the 2016 Copa América final defeat to Chile.

A few months later, Messi returned. What followed was an unusually busy Copa América schedule. The tournament was played in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021, four editions in just six years. Many observers could not help but notice that a player who had repeatedly fallen short was being given more opportunities to win in a short period and rightly so. Eventually, Messi won the 2021 Copa América.

For years, the football world had been told that international trophies were not necessary to be considered the greatest of all time. When Messi lacked an international trophy, the importance of international success was routinely downplayed.

Similarly, when Messi lacked a World Cup, it was not considered essential to being the GOAT. Once he won it in Qatar, however, the World Cup was elevated from being one achievement among many to the achievement that supposedly settled the GOAT debate forever.

To many Ronaldo supporters, this is the clearest example of shifting goalposts in football history. The standards appeared to change at every stage until they aligned perfectly with Messi’s résumé. What was once irrelevant became important. What was important became essential. And once Messi achieved it, the debate was declared over.

In Qatar, Argentina received five penalties during the tournament, a World Cup record for a single team in one edition. Several refereeing decisions involving Argentina remain debated to this day, including Messi’s handball incident against the Netherlands that some believe warranted a second yellow card.

For many critics, these were not isolated incidents but part of a wider pattern they believe has followed Messi throughout his career, where controversial decisions repeatedly seem to fall in his favour. They point to numerous moments over the years where they believe punishments that would have been applied to other players were overlooked when Messi was involved. Some supporters have even argued that similar concerns resurfaced only recently, after another incident in which they believe Messi was fortunate to avoid a red card.

Whether one agrees with that view or not, it has become a significant reason why many Ronaldo supporters remain sceptical of the narrative surrounding Messi’s achievements and the way they are discussed by the football establishment and mainstream media.

For many Ronaldo supporters, the issue has never simply been about preferring one player over another. It is about what they perceive as inconsistent standards. They see achievements weighed differently depending on who accomplished them. They see one player protected from scrutiny while the other is subjected to it at every turn.

That is why many continue to side with Ronaldo. Not because to many he is the greatest to ever kick a ball or he has won every trophy or because he is beyond criticism, but because they believe the standards applied to him have often been harsher than those applied to his greatest rival.

They would rather support a player who loses with his honour intact than celebrate victories they believe are surrounded by unanswered questions.

As José Mourinho once said: “If I have to win in that way, I would be ashamed.”

For them, the issue is not simply who won. It is whether the criteria for greatness remained consistent throughout the debate. In their view, they did not.

[່ @23SevenHQ]

They will never show you this.

[Shaughn.SGT(ret) @PrairieVeteran]

To many who have actually seen combat, know how this female officer feels.

To have a man, come from behind in the SAME direction as the shooter was, would startle any seasoned officer. This was a tragic case of misidentification in an extremely tense situation.

Her partner has just been shot. Shooter mere feet away. Then this guy casually strolls up behind her in what appears to be complete silence.

What would YOU have done?

[Slay Jimmy 🦍 @slay_jimmy]

Messi just became the World Cup top scorer; now this is how insane Ronaldo is

- Top scorer in football history
- Top scorer in international football
- Top scorer in champions league history
- Top scorer in Euros
- Top scorer in World Cup qualifiers history
- Top scorer in Nations league history
- Top scorer in euro finals

The real 🐐

[Cody @cdas58]

@TonySonofGina @Breaking911 Umm he’s running to where shots are being fired- from the video you know someone is shooting at that direction and people are returning fire- you run the other way

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

So much pathetically gleeful ‘He’s finished!’ hate and mockery for @cristiano after one mediocre Portugal performance (by the whole team)… all of which he will use as fuel in Portugal’s second game tomorrow night. He’s the 🐐 for a reason, as he will show everyone.

[Killa 🌺 @KillaKreww]

Actress Sarah Shahi couldn’t stop talking about filming s*x scenes with James Gandolfini on The Sopranos, saying they were so intense that they kept redoing kissing scenes and were still kissing even after “cut” was called 😳🎥👀🔥

“One of the best kisses I’ve ever had.. he was so hot.”

“I remember thinking how am I gonna get turned on by this 47-year-old large balding man… oh boy did it work for me.”

[𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭™ @AbsoluteBart_]

Nobody can ever make me hate this man

[Oyiga Micheal @Nsukka_okpa]

Do not allow recency Bias fool you. There’s not a single player touching Prime Ronaldo.

[Rio Ferdinand @rioferdy5]

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Team Player!!!!! Facts 💯

All the noise after Portugal opening result 😴 the blame game on Cristiano, he’s too old, he’s not a team player! Absolute nonsense!

#fifaworldcup #fifaworldcup2026

[AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_]

Trump-endorsed Abelardo de la Espriella wins the Colombian presidency. - EFE

[MarryFaguire @ReadItSaidIt]

Ronaldo was 21-23 years when he led united to 3 consecutive premier league titles

Since he left in2009, we haven't won 3 premier leagues in total

In his autobiography, fergie called Ronaldo the greatest player he has ever coached

So kindly shut the fuck up

[SENYO @Senyyo]

Messi in World Cup Knockouts stages:
2006: 0 goals
2010: 0 goals
2014: 0 goals
2018: 0 goals
2022: 5 Fifa penalties

Messi in Copa América Finals:
2007: 0 Goals
2015: 0 Goals
2016: 0 Goals
2021: 0 Goals
2024: 0 goals

“But but but Ronaldo has 0 WC knockout goals”

[Goals Zone @TheGoalsZoneHQ]

Inter Miami before Messi joined them 😭

[Muneeb @Muneeb_08]

Bro included Ronaldo when he wasn't even part of question

He ain't letting any journalist diss his idol 😭😭