Effiong Sam Victor

Member, Arts and Social Sciences Education, UI || Finance Minister of @ZikHallUI || Member, NUESA Faculty Judiciary Council.

[KDC Global @KDCGlobal_]

Mbappe Hattrick against Argentina
Saka Hattrick against France
Ronaldo Hattrick against Spain

But we have one man that will present his hatrick against Algeria

[KALYJAY @gyaigyimii]

When it comes to Messi vs. Ronaldo conversations, you don’t need to make logical arguments. Just stick to banter or tweet your opinion and move on, because the moment you try to have a logical conversation using facts, figures, and context, most Messi fans will eventually resort to insulting you.

You might prefer Messi because he has more league titles than Ronaldo. I prefer Ronaldo because he has won league titles in England, Spain, Italy, and Saudi Arabia.

You might prefer Messi because he has won the most Golden Boots in history. I prefer Ronaldo because he is the highest goalscorer in football history. He has also scored at least 100 goals for every club he has played for.

You might prefer Messi because he won the World Cup. I prefer Ronaldo because he won five Champions League titles with two different clubs. You need seven games to win a World Cup; you need 13 to win the Champions League. He also won it three times in a row.

You prefer the player with eight Ballon d’Or awards an award voted for by around 100 journalists worldwide. I prefer the player who won five Ballon d’Ors despite not being the media favourite.

You see? It’s all about context. It’s based on preference. You prefer a playmaker; I prefer a goalscorer who decides games.

A lot of Messi fans will insult you simply because Ronaldo is your GOAT. To save yourself the endless back and forth, either stick to bantering with them or tweet your opinion and move on. They’re not ready to see the debate from the angle some of us see it, and that’s fine.

Viva Ronaldo. 🐐

[Effiong Sam Victor @quaralompia]

Mr talk and do.

[KDC Global @KDCGlobal_]

Ronaldo vs Messi debate | You cannot convince me that Messi is better than Ronaldo, it’s not possible!

[ThatBlessedGirl @BlessedGirl001]

I have loved him with an everlasting love. He is the greatest footballer of all time.
You don't need a world cup to be the greatest. Pele had 3 world cups yet your Name(Ronaldo) has greater impact in the world of football.

You are a man with an unquestionable Legacy 🐐
A man with Passion & Focus
You've never faked humility to be liked
A man with Honour. You speak the truth, they criticize and few months later, you were proven right again and again.

Your Journey from Medira, Manchester, Madrid, Turin & Saudi league are full of stories of pain, hardwork, Glory, Goals, League titles, Golden Boot & many more

I will choose you again and again
You inspire the world.
We've seen you lose with honour and dignity
We've seen you in your Glory...
CR7 forever! 🐐

[Micolo @official_micolo]

I finally understand Messi fans…even as a Cristiano Ronaldo stan 🥹🐐

This is my confession 😔

[Ororo😎 @McFlybowy]

I genuinely don’t understand why one match at 39 years old suddenly settles a debate that has lasted nearly two decades.

If yesterday convinced you Messi is the GOAT, then you probably made up your mind long before kickoff.

For over 15 years, Ronaldo and Messi pushed each other to levels football had never seen. Every time one won something, the other responded. Every Ballon d’Or, every Champions League, every league title, every Golden Boot, every international tournament became another chapter in the greatest rivalry the sport has ever witnessed. Yet somehow, after all those years, people now want to reduce the debate to what they’re doing at the very end of their careers.

Where was this energy when Ronaldo won the Nations League? Did everyone suddenly declare the debate over? No. Because most people understood that a player’s entire body of work is what should be judged, not a single tournament or a single game.

If you believe Messi is the greatest, that’s completely fair. He’s earned that opinion through an extraordinary career. But don’t act like yesterday magically created a gap that never existed.

As a Ronaldo supporter, my opinion isn’t changing because of one match. Ronaldo’s legacy wasn’t built in one night, and it won’t be erased in one either.

We’re talking about a player who conquered England, Spain and Italy. A player who finished as the all-time top scorer in the Champions League, the competition where the pressure is at its absolute highest. A player with five Champions Leagues, multiple league titles in different countries, five Ballon d’Ors, a European Championship, a Nations League, and over 900 career goals. That’s not a legacy that disappears because another great player had another great night.

The funniest part is that people always move the goalposts depending on who they’re trying to praise. When Ronaldo was carrying Portugal, they said international football wasn’t enough. When he dominated the Champions League, they said club football wasn’t everything. When he became football’s greatest goalscorer, they said goals aren’t everything. Now one brilliant performance from Messi is somehow the final piece of evidence.

It doesn’t work like that.

Football isn’t a courtroom where one game becomes the final verdict.

The GOAT debate has always been subjective because both players have arguments that will probably never be matched again. Some value playmaking, others value goals. Some value longevity in one system, others value adapting and succeeding across multiple leagues. Some prioritize trophies, others prioritize individual dominance. That’s why the debate has lasted so long.

As a Ronaldo fan, I don’t need yesterday’s match to change my mind, just as Messi fans didn’t change theirs after Ronaldo’s greatest nights.

I’ve watched Ronaldo for nearly two decades. I’ve seen him reinvent himself from an explosive winger into arguably the greatest goalscorer football has ever produced. I’ve watched him deliver in Champions League knockout games year after year, score in finals, carry clubs and country, and remain relevant across generations.

One incredible performance from Messi doesn’t erase any of that.

You can celebrate Messi without pretending Ronaldo’s legacy suddenly became smaller overnight.

If yesterday confirmed Messi as your GOAT, that’s your opinion, and you’re entitled to it. But don’t expect every Ronaldo fan to abandon 20 years of evidence because of one more chapter in a rivalry that has already given football everything.

The debate didn’t start yesterday, and it certainly didn’t end yesterday.

[Ororo😎 @McFlybowy]

This is what actually vexes me. We’ve watched these two go head-to-head for almost 15 years. If you couldn’t decide who your GOAT was throughout their primes, why are you suddenly using what they’re winning at the very end of their careers to settle the debate?

Did anyone say the debate was over when Ronaldo won his second international trophy? Did everyone suddenly crown him the undisputed GOAT? No. So why should the opposite happen now?

If you think Messi is the greatest, that’s your opinion and that’s fine. But changing your mind solely because of trophies won in the final chapter of their careers makes no sense. Judge their entire body of work, not just how the story ends.

Ronaldo is the Goat, Messi should win 3 World Cup, Ronaldo remains the GOAT.

[CRIX @OnyChr2020]

How do you tell me Messi is better than This Ronaldo🥹

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🥶🧊 Lamine Yamal: “What is aura? In football, Cristiano Ronaldo”.

“Aura is a person who gives off, something like when they arrive, it's like… WOW. For example, Brad Pitt or like that”.

“In football, Cristiano would be a good example of aura”.

[OmoAdesope @Idi_Majeobaje]

When you say RONALDO has more goals in football history, you'll hear he played more games than ogufe

Now, ogufe played 6 world cups already while MBAPPE is playing his 3rd and just 2 goals difference with ogufe

One record is breakable, one is unbreakable. E wise!

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

Him.

#FIFAWorldCup

[MrBanks💰 @Mrbankstips]

Worst case scenario I’ll make it. Best case scenario I’ll make it big.

[🥷 @_iamhabeeb]

i need life-changing updates mehn, i can’t continue like this

[CFC Wasi @CFCWasi]

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[Bruno Fernandes @B_Fernandes8]

how can I assist you? ☕

[OB @CFC_OBED]

Declan Rice in the premier league
36 games -4 goals , 5 assists

Enzo Fernandez in the premier league
35 games - 10 goals , 5 assists

Casemiro - 34 games - 9 goals , 2 assists

You don’t even need to bring Bruno Fernandes to make an argument . Rice didn’t even have a better season than the names above

Player of the season lmao

[#WorldPresident 🌎 @Zlatan_Ibile]

It's important to normalize thinking about death just as we think about long life.

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

Centre-back partnerships with the most Premier League clean sheets this century:

Vidic & Ferdinand: 70 clean sheets in 138 matches 🧱
Gabriel & Saliba: 56 clean sheets in 116 matches 🧱
Terry & Carvalho: 46 clean sheets in 88 matches 🧱

[Effiong Sam Victor @quaralompia]

The man, the legend, the myth.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

No-one does it like him.

Bruno Fernandes is the Premier League Player of the Year 🤩❤️

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

No-one does it like him.

Bruno Fernandes is the Premier League Player of the Year 🤩❤️