I’m here to debunk one of the biggest myths used to glaze Cristiano Ronaldo:
“Portugal were nothing before Ronaldo.”
That’s simply false.
Portugal has always been a major football nation. The average Portuguese child has a far higher chance of becoming a professional footballer than most countries. This isn’t some tiny footballing underdog like Iceland.
Before Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal had already produced:
• 3 Ballon d’Or winners
• A record 4 European Golden Boots (most by any nation)
At club level, Portuguese football was elite long before Ronaldo.
Benfica were one of Europe’s first superpowers, dominating alongside Real Madrid in the early European Cup era. They reached 9 European Cup/Champions League finals — more than clubs from most footballing nations — and represented Europe on the world stage in the Intercontinental Cup.
Internationally, people love saying Portugal couldn’t qualify for tournaments before Ronaldo.
What they won’t tell you is that World Cups and Euros had only 12-16 teams back then. By today’s qualification formats, Portugal would’ve qualified for several more tournaments, using the old format Ronaldo would have missed 3-4 championships
And Portugal’s greatest World Cup achievement remains their 3rd-place finish in 1966, when Eusébio delivered one of the greatest World Cup performances ever against an era featuring Pelé’s Brazil.
Now people want to use the Nations League — essentially a glorified friendly tournament created for World Cup preparation — to erase over half a century of Portuguese football history and credit everything to one man.
Portugal didn’t become a football nation because of Ronaldo.
Ronaldo was fortunate enough to be born into a football nation that was already great.
Two India’s
Deepak Kumar Came to help a Muslim and changed his name to Mohammad Deepak.
But No Muslim came to save Tarun Kumar.
What was Tarun's fault? His 7 year old kid was playing holi and one of the balloons landed on a hijabi woman.
90 Years old
- severely ill
- wheel chair bound
Yet came to fulfill his duty in the Rajya Sabha to vote against the draconian Delhi Services Amendment Bill.
This picture always makes me emotional and defines the person Dr Manmohan Singh was.
One of India’s greatest sons, Tributes on his 1st Death Anniversary 🙏🏻
Bro yeh do desho (pak aur bang) ke paas koi apna kaam dham nhi hai kya? Bass timepass on kuch v? Yaar make goals and achieve and make yourself better human but neh they are just slaves of shitty ideas....
The idea of “Greater Bangladesh” that was initiated by Shaheed Osman Hadi will be carried forward by the Great Bangladeshi people. Hope the people of Bangladesh 🇧🇩 will be able to free themselves from the influence of India.
You will be missed dear Osman Hadi. 💔