Ronaldo started as a midfielder, yet Messi has more assists and playmaker awards.
Ronaldo is the greatest goalscorer, yet Messi has more Golden Boots and a better goals-per-game ratio.
Ronaldo has more shot power, yet Messi has more goals from outside the box.
Ronaldo is more skilful, yet Messi has more successful dribbles.
Ronaldo is a team player, yet Messi has more team trophies.
Ronaldo is the best free-kick taker, yet Messi has more free-kick goals.
Messi is a system player, yet no manager has ever had to chase him out.
Messi can’t survive outside Barcelona, yet he won the Ballon d’Or after leaving Barcelona.
At some point, you have to stop making excuses and accept reality.
Ronaldo can be your idol, but claiming he plays football better than Messi is DELUSION at its highest level.
I hope it’s not too late for you. 😭🐐
“There’s been a pattern upon pattern of FIFA favoring Ronaldo, but Ronaldo fans always go like: ‘No, FIFA favors Messi.’”
Joe Opio exposes how Ronaldo had two matches of his red-card suspension canceled and how FIFA extended the 2013 Ballon d’Or voting after his hat-trick against Sweden, leaving Trevor Noah stunned!
Joe Opio: “FIFA… yes, FIFA favors Ronaldo.”
Trevor Noah: “It sounds crazy, but FIFA… Wow.”
Joe Opio: “So let’s talk about the red card, right? The red card was contentious. Was it, was it not? But coming to the World Cup, there was one player who had a red card. Ronaldo got a red card in one of their last qualifiers.”
Trevor Noah: “Oh yeah, you’re right.”
Joe Opio: “Elbowing, yes.”
Trevor Noah: “An Ireland player. Oh yeah, you’re right.”
Joe Opio: “He was supposed to serve an automatic three-match ban. But what did FIFA do? What did Infantino do? Infantino went like, ‘We can’t miss Ronaldo for the World Cup.’”
Trevor Noah: “I forgot about that.”
Joe Opio: “So they gave him one match and then suspended the other two. That’s the first time…”
Trevor Noah: “Yeah, you’re right, actually.”
Joe Opio: “We have never had a suspended sentence in football. That’s never happened before. Cristiano Ronaldo is the first recipient of a suspended sentence.
And then guess what? The one game he missed was against what team? Armenia.
And so he came because FIFA went like, ‘We can’t lose Ronaldo for the first two games.’”
Trevor Noah: “You are not wrong, actually. Oh, that’s a good… that’s a good argument.”
Joe Opio: “Imagine if Messi had received that preferential treatment.
I’ll go back to another… I’ll take you years back, 2013. The Ballon d’Or, because sometimes supporters go like: ‘Oh, Messi is favored for the Ballon d’Or.’
The Ballon d’Or voting was supposed to be closed November 15th. Ronaldo scores a hat-trick against Sweden, November 19th. FIFA extends the Ballon d’Or for the first and last time to November 29th and goes like, ‘You can change your results to reflect recent performances.’
There’s been a pattern upon pattern of FIFA favoring Ronaldo, but Ronaldo fans always go like, ‘No, FIFA favors Messi.’”
بعد اعتزال رونالدو دولياً بعض المعلومات التي يجب ان تعرفها 🚨
1- رونالدو في النهائيات مع البرتغال
2004 0 هدف
2016 0 هدف
2-رونالدو في اقصائية اليورو
2004 هدف وحيد
2008 0 هدف
2012 هدف وحيد
2016 هدف وحيد
2020 0 هدف
2024 0 هدف
3 رونالدو في اقصائية كاس العالم والقارات
2006 0 هدف
2010 0 هدف
2014 0 هدف
2017 0 هدف
2018 0 هدف
2022 0 هدف
2026 0 هدف(من لعب مفتوح وهدف من ركلةجزاء)
4-جائزة الهداف في البطولات الدولية
اليورو
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2008 0 جائزة
2012 0 جائزة
2016 0 جائزة
2020 1 جائزة (بالتساوي سجل5 اهداف 3منها جزاء)
2024 0 جائزة
المونديال والقارات
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2010 0 جائزة
2014 0 جائزة
2017 0 جائزة
2018 0 جائزة
2022 0 جائزة
2026 0 جائزة
5- جائزة افضل لاعب في البطولات الدولية
اليورو
2004 0 جائزة
2008 0 جائزة
2012 0 جائزة
2016 0 جائزة
2020 0 جائزة
2024 0 جائزة
المونديال والقارات
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2010 0 جائزة
2014 0 جائزة
2017 0 جائزة
2018 0 جائزة
2022 0 جائزة
2026 0 جائزة
لن يختلف اي شخص ان مسيرة رونالدو الدولية
فاشلة بمعنى الكلمة وغنية بالاصفار
ومحاولة تلميعه بعد اعتزاله لن تجدي نفعاً ..
Terrible ending with Madrid
Terrible ending with Juventus
Terrible ending with Man United
Terrible ending with Portugal
Suitable ending for a narcissistic manchild who thinks he’s bigger than the game.
Sometimes, I sit down and genuinely wonder what kind of footballer Lionel Messi is.
Someone once described him as a spiritual leader of football. Honestly, even that sounds like an understatement.
Do you understand what it means to be so good at a sport that opponents have to rethink how they play it simply because you exist?
Messi wasn't just another player coaches prepared their teams to face. Sometimes, he was the problem around which the entire tactical plan was built.
Look at José Mourinho's Inter in 2010. Mourinho explained how his defensive structure was organised around preventing Messi from receiving the ball comfortably. Zanetti, Cambiasso and Motta had specific responsibilities depending on where Messi moved. They called it a Gabbia (a cage).
Think about that for a moment.
It wasn't simply eleven players defending against Barcelona. It was an entire defensive structure designed to deny one man the freedom to play his football.
And that wasn't an isolated incident. Coaches had to account for his movements, anticipate his decisions, adjust their marking assignments and find ways to close spaces before he could exploit them.
Messi became a tactical problem that required tactical solutions.
And when you couldn't always explain what he was doing with ordinary football language, people started looking for other explanations.
FIFA this. Referees that. Favourite of the system. Protected player. Everything except acknowledging that sometimes, the simplest explanation is that you're watching an extraordinary footballer.
Did FIFA invent his left foot? Did FIFA teach him to see passes other players couldn't imagine? Did FIFA score those free kicks, produce those assists, dribble past those defenders or create those chances?
Football has always had controversial decisions. Messi has benefited from some, suffered from others, just like other great players. But you cannot use individual controversies to erase two decades of footballing excellence.
And perhaps the most fascinating thing about Messi is that he has managed to evolve without losing the essence of what makes him special.
At 19, he was a different kind of nightmare. The acceleration, the explosive dribbling, the ability to leave defenders behind as though they were standing still.
At 39, the acceleration isn't what it used to be. But watch him play. The intelligence, the disguise in his passing, the little one-twos, the awareness of space, the ability to manipulate an opponent's movement before releasing the ball.
He has lost some speed, but he hasn't lost the ability to make football move at his pace.
He went from outrunning defenders to outthinking entire defensive structures.
And this is where Greek mythology almost becomes necessary to describe him.
In Greek mythology, Athena represented wisdom and strategic intelligence, while Hermes represented speed and agility.
Messi's career almost feels like a story of both.
The young Messi carried the qualities of Hermes. The older Messi increasingly resembles Athena: seeing the game several moves ahead, understanding spaces, manipulating situations and finding solutions before opponents realise there is a problem.
He is a footballing paradox: a player who once conquered defenders with his legs and now continues to conquer them with his mind.
At the 2026 World Cup, at 39, he reached another final with Argentina. And in the 2026 Ballon d'Or rankings, he finished fifth, surrounded by players representing the next generation of football.
Let that sink in.
A man who has already given football almost everything is still competing among the names expected to define its future.
I don't think we appreciate the magnitude of that enough.
And that's why I sometimes wish people would stop turning every Messi discussion into an argument about who is better, who has more goals, who has more trophies or who received what award.
There is a bigger conversation here.👇
¿Qué más tiene que suceder para que México despierte? ¿No estás hasta la madre?
- El sueño de Andrés se convirtió en la pesadilla de México
- Destruyó y corrompió todo lo que pudo para llegar al poder y para mantenerse en el poder
- Desde el INE, pasando por la Marina, la policía, el ejército o el poder
judicial, todas las instituciones fueron corrompidas, capturadas o
destruidas, para aferrase al poder
- Hoy, esa patraña llamada cuarta transformación es una pesadilla que se puede describir con datos duros, la palabra bienestar es un meme, la honestidad valiente es ironía que insulta y el humanismo de izquierda es una patria militarizada y aliada con el crimen organizado
- La Farsa del narco régimen está expuesta, a la visat de todos
- Pero les queda una sociedad dormida, frustrada, desinformada, miedosa, olvidadiza, indiferente y desorganizada
- Y en que eso se mantengan tienen puestas todas sus esperanzas
- Es lo único que les queda
De eso se trata el Episodio 536 de @factor_kaiser que puedes ver completo en nuestro canal de YouTube