🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on Cristiano Ronaldo's first-half performance for Portugal:
"Yesterday, Lionel Messi scored two goals and the entire football world started asking the same question..."
"How would Cristiano Ronaldo respond?"
"Well, now we have the answer." 👀
"Two goals before halftime."
"Not one. Two."
"This is why I laugh when people say Ronaldo is finished."
"Finished players don't walk into World Cup matches and dominate like this."
"Finished players don't carry this level of pressure at his age."
"Finished players don't keep proving people wrong year after year."
"The funny thing is that after every quiet game, people rush to write Ronaldo's football obituary."
"Then he scores again."
"And again."
"And again."
"Today wasn't only about the goals."
"Look at his movement. Look at his leadership. Look at how much attention he attracts from defenders."
"Even the free-kick goal from Nuno Mendes started because Ronaldo made the right decision."
"Most strikers would have tried to take the glory for themselves."
"Ronaldo saw the better option and Portugal benefited."
"That's experience. That's football intelligence."
"People think greatness is only about scoring."
"Sometimes greatness is knowing when not to score."
"Yesterday Messi reminded the world who he is."
"Today Ronaldo has done exactly the same."
🔥🇵🇹
"Messi scored two."
"Ronaldo answered with two."
"And somehow people still think these legends are finished."
"Football keeps changing. The names at the top somehow stay the same." 🐐
🇵🇹 لويس فيغو:
"من الواضح أن بعض اللاعبين لا يرغبون بوجود كريستيانو رونالدو في الفريق !
ربما يعتقدون أنه يعيقهم، لكنهم ينسون كل ما قدمه لهذا البلد.
لم يكن كريستيانو الشاب بحاجة لأحد ليسجل الأهداف؛ فقد كان يفوز بالمباريات بمفرده. لسنوات،
حمل البرتغال على كتفيه. كريستيانو هو البرتغال نفسها. إنه يستحق الاحترام ووداعًا مشرفًا يليق بأسطورة.
عندما استُدعي كريستيانو لأول مرة للمنتخب الوطني، كان يحترم جميع اللاعبين الأكبر منه سنًا.
الآن لدينا شباب متغطرسون أمامنا... لكن ماذا حققوا؟ لا شيء.
السبب الوحيد الذي يجعلنا نؤمن بقدرتنا على الفوز بكأس العالم هو هو. إنه مصدر إلهام للجميع."
Je pense que le Sénégal 🇸🇳 va sortir un niveau de fou contre la France 🇫🇷. Ils vont choquer le monde demain, l’Afrique sera respectée après ce match. 🔐🔥
#FRASEN 🇫🇷🇸🇳
#Thieb221#nagadefwahou
Olivia Miles vs. Teams With Winning Records:
21 PTS | 3 RBS | 8 AST vs Atlanta
15 PTS | 2 RBS | 6 AST vs Dallas
14 PTS | 4 RBS | 5 AST vs Toronto
16 PTS | 5 RBS | 8 AST vs Atlanta
28 PTS | 4 RBS | 7 AST vs Golden State
24 PTS | 7 RBS | 6 AST vs Dallas
29 PTS | 4 RBS | 1 AST vs Las Vegas
Miles is averaging (21.0) points, (4.1) rebounds, and (5.9) assists per game against teams with winning records this season. ✨
Cheryl Reeve on Olivia Miles leading the league in defensive rating among players who played over 20 minutes per game and at least 5 games.
“What ever you do don’t share with her that she’s leading in defensive rating… it’s one of the first conversations we had after a very long session, a couple of hours, I showed a little bit of video from the first preseason game and the defense looked a lot like in college. And so the conversation was like “this isn’t going to cut it, and you have the physical ability” and she’s habitually doing things, and she’s seeing the value of doing it. I told her we would not of drafted her if we didn’t think she had the physical ability to (defend)… she’s smart, she’s physically gifted so why not? Everybody can play defense”
Wanted to put some statistical context together for the Lynx.
10-2 record
Averaging victory margin- #1
plus minus- #1
Offensive rating -#1
Defensive rating- #1
Net rating- #1
Effective FG%-#1
True shooting- #1
3pt %- #1
FG%- #1
Pts per game-#1
DFG%- #1
Rebounds per game-#1
Steals- #2
O rebound%-#2
rebound%-#2
Opp pts in paint- #2
Assist ratio-#3
Blocks -#3
Assists-#3
Assist-TO ratio-#4
Fouls committed- #5 least
3 players in top 20 in scoring
3 players in top 20 in rebounding
2 players in top 20 in assists
4 players in top 20 in steals
6 players in top 20 for +/-
2 players in top 20 for minutes
Natasha Howard leads league in offensive rating(of players with more than 15 mpg and 5 games played)
Olivia Miles leads league in defensive rating(of players with more than 15 mpg and 5 games played)
Natasha Howard and Olivia Miles are #1, #2 in net rating(of players with more than 15 mpg and 5 games played)
I’m out of adjectives… so if anyone has any suggestions for how ____ this team is, I’m all ears.