Hoy el partido lo empezaron jugadores enteramente profesionales y lo terminaron los pibes de La Bajada, Villa Rivadavia, San Martín, Gualeguay, Calchin y San Justo. Apareció el barrio, el potrero y el espíritu amateur de querer ganarlo. No hay mucho que se pueda explicar.
“Tenemos a Di Stéfano, a Pelé, a Maradona, a Messi, y hemos dejado entrar a Johan Cruyff porque alguno había que poner de Europa”. Firma: Jorge Valdano.
Messi diciendo que lloraba porque sentía que en un momento importante le había fallado a sus compañeros
39 años, viene de hacerles campeones en 2022 y sigue manteniendo la misma exigencia de siempre
No puedo contener las lágrimas. Solo un amante del fútbol y los que crecimos con Lionel en el Barça podrían entender esto. Disfrutemos de su último mundial
Messi llorando después sufrir un partido durísimo contra Egipto. Muchachos ya se que nos dieron todo, no les puedo pedir nada, pero por favor ayudenlo loco, no puede resolver siempre él. Llegó el momento de dar una mano grande y que otro también se anime a ser protagonista. Dale!
Vean nada más esta secuencia, señoras y señores. Vean nada más cómo lo gritó. Vean nada más cómo celebró. Vean nada más cómo lo vivió. Es el mejor de todos, ya fue campeón del mundo y no tiene nada que demostrar. Sin embargo, Lionel Messi lo sigue viviendo con la misma pasión que cuando todo comenzó. El mejor de toda la historia. El mejor por cómo juega, por cómo compite y por cómo lo vive. EL ÚNICO REY DEL FÚTBOL MUNDIAL.
¡¡ENZO FERNÁNDEZ!! ¡¡ENZO!! ¡¡ENZO!! ¡¡REMONTADA CONSUMADA DE LOS CAMPEONES DEL MUNDO!! ¡¡LOS HUEVOS DE LA SCALONETA!! ¡¡QUÉ PARTIDO ACABA DE SACAR!! ¡¡TODO LO EMPEZÓ JULIÁN ÁLVAREZ!! ¡¡ASISTENCIA DE LAUTARO!! ¡¡ARGENTINA 3-2 EGIPTO!!
Shannon Elizabeth on how important "American Pie" (1999) was for her career & on how the Webcam scene was filmed:
"If I hadn't done 'American Pie' (1999) and I hadn't done the role of Nadia and the n*d !ty that came along with it, I might not have a career today. I didn't really think about the fact that my character had n*d !ty. I was a struggling actress auditioning for everything I could, so when I got the role I was so excited to get it."
On filming the Webcam scene,
"It was a closed set and it was just me in this room and the boom guy above me. I was like, ‘This is so weird.’ It was square room they had built in the middle of a warehouse and we made everyone that didn’t need to be there leave set. That’s the main thing I remember, just me and the boom guy, and trying to make jokes with the directors and make light of it because if I wasn’t nervous maybe they wouldn’t be so nervous … I just tried to make it no big deal.”
If this had come out after the MeToo movement, there would definitely be a problem. I think that it would have gone down differently.”
["Skin: A History Of N*d !ty In The Movie" (2020) & Shanon Elizabeth's interview with Lindsey Kupfer, Page Six, 2019]
P.S: On this day, 27 years ago, "American Pie" (1999) premiered in Universal City, California, USA.
I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, save this post and read it later. If you’re a night owl like me, this is a good late-night read.
Do you know the worst thing about Cristiano Ronaldo?
It’s that he set the standards for what defines a legend… and in the end, he couldn’t even live up to the standards he created himself.
After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo said:
“You can’t become a legend until you win a trophy with your national team.”
It was an obvious dig at Messi.
Argentina had just lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany, and Messi was going through the toughest period of his international career. Those words only added fuel to the fire.
Where was the respect for a rival, Ronaldo?
The surprising part was that social media completely embraced that narrative. Messi was labeled a bottler, while Ronaldo was declared the winner of the rivalry—at least in the media, not on the pitch.
Then Messi retired from international football, came back, won the Copa América, and suddenly they were level in major international trophies.
What happened next?
Ronaldo fans started saying that one Euro is worth more than a hundred Copa Américas, claiming there was no competition in South America. Not true—but that became the excuse.
Then Messi went on to win the World Cup.
This time, the excuses changed again.
They claimed FIFA had fixed the tournament for Messi. That the World Cup was scripted in his favor. They simply didn’t know what else to say.
Then Ronaldo himself came out with one of the strangest quotes imaginable:
“A legend’s career can’t be defined by just seven games.”
At first glance, it sounds reasonable.
But beneath it was another attempt to diminish what Messi had achieved.
Before the World Cup, they insisted it would be Ronaldo’s tournament. On paper, Portugal had a fantastic squad. If the manager couldn’t get the best out of them, that’s Portugal’s problem—not Ronaldo’s.
Yet that same Portugal squad wasn’t any weaker than the Argentina team Messi led to the 2014 World Cup final—the same team people mocked Messi for not carrying to the title.
Just a couple of days ago, Ronaldo said:
“The World Cup doesn’t define my career, whether I win it or not.”
A statement that directly contradicts what he had said years earlier, when he admitted that winning the World Cup would make him feel completely fulfilled.
Now you’re 41 years old, Cristiano.
By your own standards:
* You have 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8.
* You have one European Championship, not two Copa América titles.
* You never won the World Cup.
* You have four European Golden Shoes, while Messi has six—even though you’re an out-and-out striker.
So what now?
Will you keep playing until the next World Cup and become the first player to appear in one at 45, hoping to finally win it?
If we judged you by the standards you created, you wouldn’t qualify as a legend.
Of course, nobody actually judges you that way. Everyone still recognizes you as one of football’s greatest legends.
The real mistake was comparing Ronaldo to Messi in the first place.
That rivalry was exaggerated from the beginning by the media and figures like José Mourinho.
Messi conquered every major trophy available to him, shattered records that once seemed untouchable, and at 39 years old he’s still competing with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland—the stars of the next generation—for the Golden Boot. And honestly, he could still win it.
What made Messi beloved by so many fans is that he never tried to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements.
Ronaldo, on the other hand, repeatedly made comments that many interpreted as attempts to downplay his greatest rival’s accomplishments—and that’s never an admirable trait.
Cristiano helped create a generation that thinks belittling other people’s achievements while constantly glorifying your own is a way to establish dominance.
Good bye. Ronaldo.
Estas son las facetas antipáticas de Cristiano. Primero, parece atribuirse solo a él la Euro 2016 cuando miró la final desde el banco, sin ser nada decisivo. Después, dice que vale lo mismo que un Mundial, cosa que todo el planeta sabe que no es así, por lo que intenta salvar su sueño frustrado con una mentira. Y, finalmente, algo que no dice pero que también lo sopapea: la mejor actuación de Portugal en Mundiales fue en 1966, mucho antes de que él naciera. Es decir, no logró superar a Eusebio y compañía, a pesar de contar con 6 oportunidades. Grandeza evidente adentro de la cancha, mediocridad y autoengaños afuera. Triste