*Argentina loses to Saudi Arabia on the first game of the 2022 WC
The whole world: "Where's Messi? Where's Messi? Where's Messi?"
*Portugal draws to DR Congo on the first game of the 2026 WF
Idiots: "We should blame the midfield. They didn't pass to Ronaldo🤡"
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Once you have an opinion, they rubbish you. Henry is a pundit and his job is to talk and analyse the game, something he’s good at.
He doesn’t have to be better than Ronaldo as a player.
Same thing with Jamie Carragher, once he gives an opinion, you guys rubbish his career. His job is to talk and analyse the game, and he’s better at that, than footballers who were better than him as a player.
Pep was not the best of players like Messi, Ronaldo, Zidane, but as a manager, he’s the GOAT.
I saw how you Ronaldo stans were dragging Kevin Prince Boateng yesterday for saying Ronaldo should step down. I read comments, and it’s this same style, you guys began to rubbish his career.
If people talk about your careers too, we will find out how useless many of you are.
You don’t even care if the opinion is right or wrong or if the person has a point, once it’s a criticism, you take it the wrong way and begin to bash the person, and compare Ronaldo’s career with that person. We hear you, Ronaldo is better, but considering stepping down is not entirely wrong.
Let me do a little football argument today, Mr Bayo:
You are free to love Ronaldo, but you cannot make an argument that he is greater than Messi.
What metrics do you want to measure with? Messi beats Ronaldo across the board.
But let’s flip their records. Would Messi still be greater than Cristiano Ronaldo if:
Messi had 35 trophies, while Ronaldo had 46, the highest in the world?
Messi had five Ballon d’Ors, while Ronaldo had eight?
Messi had 8 domestic titles, while Ronaldo had 13+?
Messi had just the Euros and two Nations Leagues, while Ronaldo had a World Cup, two Copas, one Olympic medal, and one Finalissima?
Messi had 2 FIFA The Best awards, while Ronaldo had 3?
Messi had 4 Golden Shoes, while Ronaldo had 6?
Messi had 0 World Cup Golden Balls, while Ronaldo had 2?
Messi had 0 World Cup Golden Boots, while Ronaldo had 1?
Messi had 960+ goals, while Ronaldo had 900+, but also the most assists, dribbles, and chances created, while playing two fewer years than him?
Messi had 5 Champions League titles, while Ronaldo had 4?
Messi had 0 Laureus Sports Awards, while Ronaldo had 1, the only footballer to win it?
I could go on and on. But even in that scenario, Ronaldo fans would still not concede that Messi is better.
But that is the reality we have here.
The whole of football knows Messi is both better and greater.
Ronaldo’s teammates attest to this. Messi’s teammates attest to this.
Top coaches in the world attest to it:
Pep Guardiola
Jürgen Klopp
Arsène Wenger
José Mourinho
Etc.
Legends of football attest to it, and their careers attest to it.
Messi is 39, and he is still playing with the highest creative and playmaking responsibility on the pitch.
Ronaldo shifted from the wings to the box as early as 2015–2018.
Now they are both at the twilight of their careers, and we see one still actively dictating play, while the other has become a shadow of his former self.
Messi is better and greater than Ronaldo in all regards.
@mrbayoa1@mrbayoa1 I always like your football takes but you see this one, you’re not being truthful. Just watch this video, check Messi’s movements even at 39 years and tell yourself the truth if Ronaldo is actually better than him
This is crazy.
I have never seen someone that barely talks command such aura.
He doesn’t even look model-like, no 100 packs, man is even short, they call him a midget, they say he’s autistic, etc.
Yet, he still commands crazy aura. The world marvels.
My American colleagues laughed when I brought jollof rice to the office potluck.
I was the only Nigerian in a team of 25 in California. Someone whispered
“Is that spicy ketchup rice?”
I smiled and kept quiet, but inside I was embarrassed.
By lunchtime the entire tray was gone.
People kept coming back for seconds, asking for the recipe, and one girl said
“This is better than my grandma’s jambalaya!”
My boss even joked that we should make it a monthly thing.
That day taught me something powerful… what feels too different or too much in our culture is often what people love most about us.
Stop shrinking your flavor to fit in.
It's only when Ronaldo is having a stinkfest, we'll be seeing all these gaslighting tweets.
"Can't you love both players?"
"Just enjoy the game?"
When Messi was suffering in the wilderness, we know what you people did.
Take your sermons to the church. Osuofia will see shege.
This 41 year old narrative won’t fly because y’all are being very dishonest and your hypocrisy stinks.
We see Ronaldo in matches even before he clocked 41. He does nothing for the team except stay in the box and wait to be fed. He rarely attacks. He doesn’t defend. His contribution are just goals and occasional weak passes that get counted as assists.
When he eventually won the league with Al Nassr after failing for years, y’all made the win about him even if he wasn’t their most important player or was he part of the Team of the Season. Now, you want to blame his team mates who by the way had better ratings than him for his abysmal performance??? Make it make sense!
We are being totally dishonest. I won’t blame the draw on VITI & BRUNO.
If you call yourself a hard worker, then you have to live to expectation.
RONALDO stood at the 9 position like a plaque.
If the balls were not coming in, that was time for you to sacrifice for the team.
Go to the FLANK. The best of RONALDO was a RWF & LWF .
SAVE YOUR TEAM but he ended up an ASS.
THE GOAT DEBATE DIED A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE HE IS CLEARLY NOT PLAYING FOR HIS TEAM MATES AND THE TEAM MATES NO KUKU SEND AM.