🚨 🗣️ Mohamed Salah refuses to blame the referee after Egypt’s exit.
🗣️ “It’s difficult to accept because we were leading 2-0. We believed we had the game under control.
🗣️ I’ve seen the reactions after the match, but people need to understand emotions take over. Ziko never meant to disrespect Messi or FIFA. He was simply hurting after the final whistle.
🗣️ Personally, I don’t think Egypt were robbed. The referee made decisions like every referee does, but I don’t believe the result was decided by officiating.
🗣️ I’m proud of this team. We fought together until the end and that’s all you can ask for.
🗣️ Congratulations to Messi and Argentina. I hope they go all the way.
So Ronaldo ruined his legacy by overstretching his career, ruined Portugal by refusing to step aside, and ruined football social media by fueling rigged narratives everywhere.
What a sore loser.
He has scored in 9 consecutive World Cup games, and 6 consecutive knockout games. Aged 35 and 39 in those tournaments. There will never ever be anyone like him.
The best way I can sum up those last 20 minutes is this:
The greatest footballer of all time saw the curtain beginning to fall on his career, simply refused to accept it, and DRAGGED his team to victory.