The thing about footballers is that it's like a classroom in which you walk into filled with other students. From the start, nobody sees you as special. You're just another student and people see you like everyone else until you start excelling academically, then suddenly, everybody wants a piece of you.
Back then, they just Ronaldo as another footballer who managed to make it professionally and will end up retiring like most average footballers retire.
If only they knew they were standing in front of greatest or had the ability to see the future, they would have been the ones serving him.
5 aside will always protect you and make you feel like a better Player until the day you set foot on a long pitch to play 11 v 11. That is the day you will be exposed.
๐จ๐ฎ A match-winning contribution from @AmadDiallo_19 last time out at the #FIFAWorldCup!
Another big game awaits tonight as Ivory Coast face Germany ๐
You can continue your internal fanbase war, but I canโt bring myself to hate on players like Vinicius, Mbappe, and Rodrygo in that Madrid team because they all share one thing in common: they grew up idolizing Cristiano Ronaldo.
After the first World Cup game which Portugal drew with D.R. Congo, all attacks has been on Ronaldo. They all forgot last year at 40, he won Portugal their second UEFA NATION LEAGUE.
He was the highest goal scorer in the competition with 8 goals while second was at 4 goals. Scored against Germany in the semis and Spain in the finals. All of a sudden today, he's being criticized all over the world for one game and a tournament that is still opened for any team to qualify. This is just to tell you how fast humans forget what good you have done for them in the past.
But the good thing about Ronaldo is that criticism inspires him the more because he's the man who loves to see people eat theirs words.
At the end of the day, it's not over until it's over.
Watch out the very best of what Ronaldo is going to give in this 2026 World Cup.
GOAT ๐