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Do you know the biggest problem with Cristiano Ronaldo? It isn’t that he never won the World Cup. It’s that he spent years telling everyone what separates legends, only to change the standards once he couldn’t reach them himself.
After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo made it clear that winning a major international trophy was what completed a player’s legacy. At the time, Messi had just lost another international final and was going through the toughest period of his career. Those comments only added to the narrative that Messi could never be the greatest because he hadn’t won with Argentina. For years, that became the standard. Messi was called a bottler, while Ronaldo was praised as the player who had proved himself internationally.
Nobody wanted to hear about context. Nobody cared that Messi had dragged Argentina to a World Cup final in 2014 with a squad many considered weaker than the Portugal teams Ronaldo has had over the last decade. The only thing that mattered was that Ronaldo had won a major trophy with his country, and Messi hadn’t.
Then Messi won the Copa América. Suddenly, the goalposts moved. We were told one Euro was worth more than multiple Copa América titles because South America supposedly wasn’t competitive enough. That became the new excuse.
Then Messi won the World Cup. The excuses changed again. It was “fixed.” It was “scripted.” Then came, “A career can’t be defined by seven games.” Funny how nobody was saying that before the tournament, when many believed it would finally be Ronaldo’s chance to win it.
Now Portugal have been eliminated from the World Cup, and Ronaldo posts about Euro 2016 again. That’s what I find ironic. When international trophies favored Ronaldo, they were the ultimate measure of greatness. When Messi caught up, people started ranking competitions differently. When Messi surpassed him by winning the biggest trophy in football, suddenly the World Cup wasn’t supposed to define a career anymore.
That’s the contradiction.
The difference between Messi and Ronaldo was never just about goals, assists, or trophies. It’s about consistency. Messi never needed to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements to elevate his own, nor did he ask football to change its standards because they no longer favored him. He simply kept playing until he won everything there was to win.
League titles. Champions Leagues. Ballons d’Or. Golden Boots. Copa América. Finalissima. World Cup. Every major trophy that was ever used against him eventually became part of his legacy.
Cristiano Ronaldo will always be one of the greatest footballers to ever play the game. But this is exactly why I believe Messi is the greatest. He didn’t ask football to rewrite the standards.
He met every single one of them.
April, 13 tahun yang lalu, Andie Peci dibacok dan dipukuli sekitar 12 orang berbadan besar.
Peci dianiaya beberapa saat setelah ia mengikuti aksi damai mendukung Persebaya Surabaya 1927 yang tak diakui eksistensinya oleh PSSI.
Karena sepak bola, pria2 beringas itu hendak menculik Peci. Namun Peci menolak, melawan, dan menangkis sabetan2 celurit pelaku. Tangan Peci berdarah, beberapa bagian tubuhnya lebam. Di rumah sakit, Peci menerima 29 jahitan pada tangannya.
Teror itu tidak pernah menghentikan Peci. Dia bersuara semakin lantang, semakin aktif turun ke jalan. Sampai hari ini, para pelaku pembacokan itu tidak pernah terungkap. Siapa otak di balik penyiksaan itu tidak pernah tersingkap.
Hari ini, Peci meninggal dunia, meninggalkan jejak kenangan berupa keberanian dan idealisme pilih tanding.
Peci, sebuah kehormatan bisa mengenalmu. Selamat jalan. Semoga mendapatkan tempat terbaik di sisi Allah SWT.
Innalillahi wa innailaihi rojiun.
Mikel Arteta dinobatkan sebagai Manager Of The Season!
Pelatih Juara = Manager Of The Season.
Well Deserved Arteta 👏
Setelah 3 Musim Beruntun selalu Runner Up, Arteta membuktikan bahwa mantan Pemain juga bisa menjadi Pelatih Juara di Premier League!!
Dihujani kritik tajam bertahun-tahun, dirongrong tekanan pemecatan bertubi-tubi, dilabeli pelatih spesialist runner up.
Difitnah-fitnah dia diam, dijelek-jelekin dia diam, dicela dan direndah-rendahkan dia diam. Dihujat-hujat, dihina-hina dia juga diam.
Tetapi musim ini di ARSENAL Dia Membuktikan!! Dia Menang Sebagai Pelatih Juara Premier League.
Arteta tidak sempat menjadi PUNDIT ✍️
MITOS ATAU FAKTA
Lama marah berdasarkan bulan lahir
JANUARI : 1 minggu
FEBRUARI : 1 bulan
MARET : dia yang selingkuh dia yang marah
APRIL: sampai kiamat
JUNI: 15 detik
MEI: seumur hidup
JULI: 1 hari
AGUSTUS : 1 tahun
SEPTEMBER :3 minggu
OKTOBER : 1 abad
NOVEMBER : 2 jam
DESEMBER : sampai indonesia turun salju
Arsenal buktikan skuadnya sudah jauh lebih matang secara strategi dan mental. Jarak antar pemainnya yang rapat membuat Leverkusen kesulitan mengembangkan permainan. Bagaimana jalannya laga?
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ini salah satu match, di mana kamu merasa "layak kalah". blunder, nggak ada inspirasi di depan, dan sangat ceroboh di belakang.
"One of those days"
kalau memang layak kalah, respons di match selanjutnya yg penting karena arsenal "bisa". lawan Inter itu harusnya jadi pegangan.
Arsenal playing really well until Zubimendi gave that goal.
Momentum is so important in football and the break came at the right time.
Reset, and restart again.
klub kok takut juara
kehilangan 2 poin di momen krusial, menjauh dari posisi kedua, rasanya lebih brengsek ketimbang hasil imbang lainnya.
medioker akan selalu takut dg kenyataan. senangnya cuma mendengar yg baik-baik aja, tp jelek secara performa.