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[Appie Culé @appiecule]

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, save this post and read it later. If you’re a night owl like me, this is a good late-night read.

Do you know the worst thing about Cristiano Ronaldo?

It’s that he set the standards for what defines a legend… and in the end, he couldn’t even live up to the standards he created himself.

After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo said:

“You can’t become a legend until you win a trophy with your national team.”

It was an obvious dig at Messi.

Argentina had just lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany, and Messi was going through the toughest period of his international career. Those words only added fuel to the fire.

Where was the respect for a rival, Ronaldo?

The surprising part was that social media completely embraced that narrative. Messi was labeled a bottler, while Ronaldo was declared the winner of the rivalry—at least in the media, not on the pitch.

Then Messi retired from international football, came back, won the Copa América, and suddenly they were level in major international trophies.

What happened next?

Ronaldo fans started saying that one Euro is worth more than a hundred Copa Américas, claiming there was no competition in South America. Not true—but that became the excuse.

Then Messi went on to win the World Cup.

This time, the excuses changed again.

They claimed FIFA had fixed the tournament for Messi. That the World Cup was scripted in his favor. They simply didn’t know what else to say.

Then Ronaldo himself came out with one of the strangest quotes imaginable:

“A legend’s career can’t be defined by just seven games.”

At first glance, it sounds reasonable.

But beneath it was another attempt to diminish what Messi had achieved.

Before the World Cup, they insisted it would be Ronaldo’s tournament. On paper, Portugal had a fantastic squad. If the manager couldn’t get the best out of them, that’s Portugal’s problem—not Ronaldo’s.

Yet that same Portugal squad wasn’t any weaker than the Argentina team Messi led to the 2014 World Cup final—the same team people mocked Messi for not carrying to the title.

Just a couple of days ago, Ronaldo said:

“The World Cup doesn’t define my career, whether I win it or not.”

A statement that directly contradicts what he had said years earlier, when he admitted that winning the World Cup would make him feel completely fulfilled.

Now you’re 41 years old, Cristiano.

By your own standards:

* You have 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8.
* You have one European Championship, not two Copa América titles.
* You never won the World Cup.
* You have four European Golden Shoes, while Messi has six—even though you’re an out-and-out striker.

So what now?

Will you keep playing until the next World Cup and become the first player to appear in one at 45, hoping to finally win it?

If we judged you by the standards you created, you wouldn’t qualify as a legend.

Of course, nobody actually judges you that way. Everyone still recognizes you as one of football’s greatest legends.

The real mistake was comparing Ronaldo to Messi in the first place.

That rivalry was exaggerated from the beginning by the media and figures like José Mourinho.

Messi conquered every major trophy available to him, shattered records that once seemed untouchable, and at 39 years old he’s still competing with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland—the stars of the next generation—for the Golden Boot. And honestly, he could still win it.

What made Messi beloved by so many fans is that he never tried to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements.

Ronaldo, on the other hand, repeatedly made comments that many interpreted as attempts to downplay his greatest rival’s accomplishments—and that’s never an admirable trait.

Cristiano helped create a generation that thinks belittling other people’s achievements while constantly glorifying your own is a way to establish dominance.

Good bye. Ronaldo.

[White Queen 🦣 @White_obj]

Others are waiting for their Coach to confirm their participation in the world cup tournament, AFA dey wait for the GOAT to confirm his own participation 😂

There are levels to this game 🐐🔥

[Barcaaaaa @tarunwhyy]

@DHBVNL @naren #gurgaonelectricity

[Barcaaaaa @tarunwhyy]

Transformer blast in Gurgaon Sector 57. Complete blackout. Please help @cmohry @dcgrgsm19718 @haryana

[Barcaaaaa @tarunwhyy]

@DHBVNL @naren

[total Barça @totalBarca]

🚨 Perez - “Barcelona’s free kick on Sunday should NOT have counted.

Rashford shot the ball into an area of the goal that Courtois could NOT reach. This is NOT FAIR”

[The Galacticos @RmadridElRey]

Fede Valverde when his wife sneezes and he hears “ eh tchou 🤧”

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Doctor: "Where did Tchouaméni hit you?"

Valverde:

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Toni Kroos: "Luis Enrique subbed out Ousmane Dembélé, his BEST player, in the 65th minute of a UCL semi-final… NOBODY complained."

"That shows the respect the players have towards the coach. Dembélé leaves the pitch, he shakes his Luis Enrique’s hand, and he sits on the bench cheering for his teammates… There are some counter-examples to this."

"You look at Dembélé, and how he's yelling at his teammates to keep fighting after he got benched.l

"That's NOT what 90% of players who think they're stars would do… They just start to do bad gestures."

[Snr Michael🇪🇸🇦🇷 @micdsnr]

“Alvarez through on goal but is fouled by araujo”..

Barcelona down to 10 men in the 13th minute!!.

[Barça Universal @BarcaUniversal]

🚨 Vitinha: "Best midfielder in the world? I would put Pedri at the top of the list. He is magical, it is spectacular to see him play. When you play against him, you understand him even better."

[Barcaaaaa @tarunwhyy]

Ffs play Araujo in place of Ferran, atleast there will be some arial threat from all the crosses.

[Trig @Kharlerh]

rudiger when he fouls you to the ground or sees you are already on the ground

https://t.co/iFUZd34tUt

[Barcaaaaa @tarunwhyy]

@totalBarca A card and a 10 match ban.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Imagine if Iran bombed Washington and killed students in schools, what would you call it? Terrorists

The U.S. and Israel bombed Tehran and killed students in schools. Why do you call it a "pre-emptive strike"?

Bombing a school is a war crime under international humanitarian law

[iñigo @InigoMartinez5]

Sin penaltis no son Nada!😁💪🏻👋🏻

[Barcaaaaa @tarunwhyy]

The fact that Vini did not get a yellow card for that foul near the penalty box, but Mourinho did for telling the ref 'you know' is not even funny at this point

[Brian @Bri_an2]

PLEASE REAL MADRID FANS EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS A PENALTY? https://t.co/ODuRanJ8Zv

[Wolus @wolusfcb]

Wallahi Yamal has fried my brain, I’m trying to sit down and enjoy the “best league in the world” and these attackers can’t even create one chance 😭

[Barça Universal @BarcaUniversal]

.@gerardromero: "It will be very hard to get penalties this season."

"It has to be something extremely clear, otherwise they won't call them, as we've already seen."