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Probably talking A&M sports, Ducks hockey, Dodgers baseball, or Ravens football. Loosely held opinions are mine and probably wide of the mark.

[M☠️ @thehouseoffootb]

🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on the Messi vs Ronaldo GOAT debate:

“Every week, every month, every year, somebody asks me the same question.”

🗣️ “‘Zlatan, who is the GOAT? Messi or Ronaldo?’”

🗣️ “Honestly? I get tired of hearing it.”

🗣️ “Not because they aren't great players. They are.”

🗣️ “But because people talk about football as if it is a video game.”

🗣️ “One player scores a goal and suddenly he's the GOAT.”

🗣️ “The other wins a trophy and suddenly the debate is over.”

🗣️ “Football is bigger than that.”

🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest athletes football has ever seen.”

🗣️ “The goals. The mentality. The discipline. The longevity.”

🗣️ “Nobody can take that away from him.”

🗣️ “Over 900 career goals.”

🗣️ “League titles in different countries.”

🗣️ “Champions Leagues.”

🗣️ “Records everywhere.”

🗣️ “Cristiano created a legacy that may never be repeated.”

🗣️ “But then there is Lionel Messi.”

🗣️ “And this is where people get angry with me.”

🗣️ “Because for me, Messi is not normal.”

🗣️ “Cristiano mastered football.”

🗣️ “Messi became football.”

🗣️ “When I watch Messi, I don't see a player following the game.”

🗣️ “I see a player creating the game.”

🗣️ “The goals.”

🗣️ “The assists.”

🗣️ “The dribbling.”

🗣️ “The vision.”

🗣️ “The intelligence.”

🗣️ “The World Cup.”

🗣️ “Everything.”

🗣️ “People ask me how I compare them.”

🗣️ “Sometimes I don't understand the comparison.”

🗣️ “It's like comparing a lion to a shark.”

🗣️ “Both are killers.”

🗣️ “But they hunt differently.”

🗣️ “Cristiano is the greatest goalscorer I have ever seen.”

🗣️ “Messi is the greatest footballer I have ever seen.”

🗣️ “There is a difference.”

🗣️ “And before Ronaldo fans get angry, listen carefully.”

🗣️ “Being second to Messi is not an insult.”

🗣️ “Most players would dream of being second.”

🗣️ “Cristiano is a legend.”

🗣️ “A football icon.”

🗣️ “A player who changed history.”

🗣️ “But if you lock me in a room and force me to choose one player...”

🗣️ “One player for one match.”

🗣️ “One player for my life.”

🗣️ “One player to represent football itself.”

🗣️ “I choose Messi.”

🗣️ “Every time.”

🗣️ “Because goals can be broken.”

🗣️ “Records can be broken.”

🗣️ “Trophies can be matched.”

🗣️ “But what Messi does with a football?”

🗣️ “That cannot be taught.”

🗣️ “That cannot be trained.”

🗣️ “That is a gift from God.”

🐐🇦🇷⚽

🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in history.”

🗣️ “Lionel Messi is history.”

[StatMuse FC @statmusefc]

Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half:

0 goals
0 assists
0 shots
0 shots on target
0 chances created
0 big chances created
0 successful take-ons
0 fouls won
0 duels won

Despite Portugal having 80% possession.

[! @Kashe1dz]

I put Ronaldo fans in the same bracket as flat earthers

[TexAgs @TexAgs]

The greatest to ever do it.

🏆 10 NCAA titles in Aggieland
🏆 37 national championships
🥇 67 Olympians coached

Thank you, Coach 👍

[TexAgs @TexAgs]

Legendary track coach Pat Henry has announced his retirement 🐐

Winner of 10 NCAA championships at Texas A&M, the 74-year-old finishes his illustrious career with 37 national titles 👍 https://t.co/JwaNCBPgdO

[dbot @devn0t]

Legend

[Texas A&M Track & Field/Cross Country @aggietfxc]

The greatest of all time is calling it a career 👍

Coach Henry has announced his retirement following a 54 year coaching career 👏

#GigEm // #AggieTF

[Jameis Winston @Jaboowins]

Thank you and all the Japanese supporters for sharing your traditions with me! 🇯🇵

This World Cup is all about spreading culture and miracles 🙌🌎 #JameisOnFox

[spor @sporadica]

i still haven't fully processed that this random German guy came to the US as a tourist for the World Cup, was simply so genuinely excited about the country that he live-tweeted himself into mega-virality and now every org in America is giving him free stuff, tours, housing, etc

never doubt the power of social media

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Thank you @NASA for the coolest day ever. One week ago, we were eating Chili’s in Chattanooga, and today we’re talking to the ISS. This is the American dream.

Thanks for letting three random World Cup tourists from Germany live it for a few days. USA rocks.🇺🇸🚀

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

We just called the International Space Station😭😭😭

[Eric Graves @EricGravesKMBC]

The Mayor of Lawrence, Kansas addresses the media this morning wearing an #Algeria team scarf. Says Algeria fans have brought warmth and excitement to Lawrence and they have embraced each other. @kmbc

[Sports Card Investor @SportsCardInv]

A collector sold a $4 Zach McKinstry card on eBay and got this letter back 🥹

This collector's lifelong friend Charlie, a 102-year-old WWII veteran and diehard Tigers fan, had just passed away.

He had sent the card to the Tigers organization hoping Zach McKinstry would sign it and send it directly to Charlie.

Charlie passed before that could happen, but he wanted Brian to know the story behind that $4 purchase ❤️

via: Brian Quirk / Sports Cards Nonsense

[Brett Kollmann @BrettKollmann]

I can’t believe what we just witnessed.

95 minutes of an all-out siege against the third smallest nation to ever qualify, and Spain couldn’t crack that wall.

They brought in the best player in the world to get SOMETHING going, and still couldn’t crack that wall.

Spectacular.

[dbot @devn0t]

@botonesazulez @CooperCuffe @FreddyLA7 Hahahahahahahahahahahahah

[MLB @MLB]

"It doesn't matter if they're wearing Dodger Blue ... black and white ..."

Yoshinobu Yamamoto exits to a standing ovation after taking a no-hitter into the 9th 👏

[Swaggy Unc, IQ 267 @swaggyunc]

Eating in Mexico coming from England or Scotland has got to be a transcendent experience. Like seeing colors for the first time

[dbot @devn0t]

DAWG

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

This is so insane😭😭😭

[dbot @devn0t]

@CardPurchaser Kike Hernandez!

[Trevor Sikkema @TampaBayTre]

Folarin Balogun posted his goal celebration with no caption and Dream and Nightmares as the song

We’ve never been this level of back