🔴🔴 - "Lionel Messi ou Cristiano Ronaldo ?"
- Kylian Mbappé : "(rires) J'ai joué avec Messi, j'ai joué contre Cris... En fait ils sont vraiment différents. Il y a vraiment TOUT qui les oppose."
- "Est-ce que t'es d'accord avec : y en a un c'est le travail, l'autre c'est le talent"
- Kylian Mbappé : "Sans condescendance : ça c'est un truc de mec qui joue pas au foot. Si t'arrives à me dire que Cristiano n'a pas de talent ou que Messi n'a pas travaillé c'est que jamais dans ta vie t'as mis des crampons pour aller t'entraîner tous les jours."
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🔴🔴 - "Lionel Messi ou Cristiano Ronaldo ?"
- Kylian Mbappé : "(rires) J'ai joué avec Messi, j'ai joué contre Cris... En fait ils sont vraiment différents. Il y a vraiment TOUT qui les oppose."
- "Est-ce que t'es d'accord avec : y en a un c'est le travail, l'autre c'est le talent"
- Kylian Mbappé : "Sans condescendance : ça c'est un truc de mec qui joue pas au foot. Si t'arrives à me dire que Cristiano n'a pas de talent ou que Messi n'a pas travaillé c'est que jamais dans ta vie t'as mis des crampons pour aller t'entraîner tous les jours."
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This “naturally gifted” narrative is one of the most misleading takes in football.
When someone reaches a level that seems impossible, people suddenly act as if talent alone explains everything. Cristiano Ronaldo did not win five Ballon d’Or awards and score over 950 goals just because he worked hard. If hard work alone was enough, football would be full of players with those numbers.
What separates the truly great is the combination of elite talent and an elite work ethic. Ronaldo is not proof that hard work beats talent. He is proof of what happens when extraordinary talent meets extraordinary dedication.
People need to stop using Lionel Messi as the example of someone who succeeded purely because of natural talent. Messi’s genius is obvious, but talent alone does not sustain excellence for two decades, win multiple Ballon d’Or awards, or keep a player at the very top of the game year after year. That level of consistency demands sacrifice, professionalism, and an obsession with improvement. We've seen talented players waste away and never attain this height because they lack the consistency and hard work to replicate such heights.
Sometimes the simplest explanation is the correct one. Messi is one of the most naturally gifted footballers ever, but he is also one of the hardest working. The idea that he simply relied on talent while others relied on effort is a lazy and inaccurate way of looking at greatness. The greatest players combine both at a level most people cannot comprehend.
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@susu_graham Because you said so? or you’ve got some stats to back it? Last I checked, the Kenyan league was not near the Ghana premier league on CAF rankings and on opta analyst website so where are you getting this from? Vibes and feelings? Or they’re saying it so you also want to say some?