"Some people choose Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi because Ronaldo is taller, more muscular, and more handsome. Those are personal preferences, and everyone is entitled to them. But when it comes strictly to football, I don't believe Ronaldo ranks among the top 20 greatest players of all time.
During my time at Chelsea, we never built our game plan around stopping Ronaldo. He was treated like any other top-class opponent because we trusted Ashley Cole to deal with him.
However, facing Barcelona was a completely different challenge. Every tactical meeting, every training session, and every discussion centered on one question: How do we stop Messi? He was the player we feared the most because he could change the outcome of a match in an instant.
The truth is, no single player could mark Messi. It often took several players working together to limit his influence, and even then, he would still find a way to dribble past them, create chances, score goals, and dominate the game. If you found yourself one-on-one with Messi, you were almost certainly in trouble.
This is not meant to disrespect Ronaldo. He is one of the greatest footballers of his generation and has achieved things that few players ever will. But football is about much more than scoring goals. It is also about dribbling, creativity, vision, playmaking, assists, and controlling the rhythm of a game. In all of those areas, Messi has consistently set the highest standard.
That is why, for me, comparing any player to Messi is simply unfair.
— Mikel Obi
This is Jamey Carney, a 43-year-old woman from New York who became involved in the pro-Palestinian movement and decided to move to Ireland.
There she met her partner, Ahmad Al-Saqar, a Palestinian refugee from Jordan, and converted to Islam. She frequently posted on social media about their trips together.
It didn’t last long. She was brutally beaten to death by him. Her disfigured body was found by her 13-year-old daughter. The suspect has been on the run since Tuesday.
Western leftist pro-Palestinian women and those willing to convert to Islam need to wake the fuck up. Or they could end up like this.
Bélgica no le pudo ganar a Egipto y está en Cuartos.
España no le pudo ganar a Cabo Verde y está en Cuartos.
Argentina le ganó a los dos, y está en Cuartos.
Pero el que tiene la llave fácil es Argentina.
Lionel Messi when asked about breaking two World Cup records against Egypt:
🗣️“People told me after the match that I had broken two more World Cup records. Honestly… I didn’t even know. And to tell you the truth, I don’t play for records anymore. Records are beautiful, but they were never the reason I fell in love with football.
“The only thing I care about is seeing my teammates celebrate in the dressing room and seeing the smiles on the faces of the Argentine fans. If they leave the stadium happy because of something we did together, then that’s worth more to me than any statistic.
“Football has given me everything I could ever dream of. The only thing I try to give back is happiness. If one child watching us tonight goes to sleep smiling because Argentina won, then that’s the greatest reward I could ever receive.
“When we were 2–0 down, nobody on the pitch was thinking about records. We were only thinking about each other. We looked into each other’s eyes and said, ‘We can still do this.’ That’s what this team is built on belief, sacrifice, and never giving up.
“Individual achievements will always be forgotten one day. What people remember is how a team made them feel. I want this Argentina team to be remembered for its heart, for its courage, and for making our people proud, no matter how difficult the moment is.
“Every time I wear this shirt, I feel the love of millions of Argentines. That’s a responsibility I carry with pride. If I can help this team keep winning and give our supporters another night they’ll remember forever, then I don’t need any record to tell me I’ve had a good game.
“One day I’ll stop playing, and someone else will break every record I’ve set. That’s football. But if, years from now, people remember that this team never stopped believing and that we made an entire country dream together, then that’s the legacy I truly want to leave.”
Give me one reason why is Argentina vs Egypt with just 1 disallowed goal is being talked about much more than Portugal vs Croatia with 3 disallowed goals.
Unbelievable how brainwashed people are by Ronaldo’s PR.
Humanity has raised children through wars, plagues, famine, and every kind of hardship imaginable. Material comfort alone has never determined whether civilizations reproduce. The deeper question is whether people still believe the future is worth investing in. Birth rates decline when hope declines, not simply when life becomes difficult.
@mhjcommentary He is literally her running coach and she is best friends with his daughter who she was in Australia with. Stop being a pedo, it’s disgusting
Nolan made Helen of Troy black, and added a male warrior that is not even present in the Odyssey, and to top if off used a woman to play that character.
May I beg your good indulgence to ask how that is honouring Homer?
SWITZERLAND: A Muslim woman was fined 100 Swiss francs ($126) for wearing a burqa, which was banned in the country via referendum.
She contested the charge, claiming ‘Islamophobia’, and then her fine increased to 1,000 Swiss francs ($1,260).