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@bisquit_john @RayToluAyo Maybe he did.
Assimilation and comprehension are scarce commodities on X.
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@RayToluAyo @AutoPharmNG You didn't read. Just like you never watch Messi. You'd be admitting it
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The gap between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is not wide
It is the biggest exaggeration in football
It's the same thing when people say Ronaldo is hard work, while Messi is talent - that is the biggest fallacy in football history
Are we talking about just any other player here or you are judging Ronaldo at his old age?
Ronaldo is not Eden Hazard or Theirry Henry or Samuel Eto'o or even Ronaldo Delima
We are talking about Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aviero
Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United till he left Juventus was levels with Lionel Messi
At his old age, anybody can say even anything
CR7 in his prime does everything and anything you can think of in football
There was absolutely nothing he can't and didn't do
Because he is old now, I should erase 18 years of Ronaldo terrorizing the world of football and use his old age to judge him
Ronaldo and Messi are levels
Only the FIFA World Cup put Messi ahead of him
Michael Achimugu@mikeachimugu01
The gap between Messi and Ronaldo is wider than you guys like to acknowledge. The senior world cup is not the only difference. Lionel Messi won the U23 World Cup as player of the tournament, and also won Olympic gold. Ronaldo will never win those two anymore. For those who watch football for sheer entertainment value, Messi is an embodiment of why we enjoy this sport. There is a reason we used to love Carlos Valderama, George Haggi, Roman Riquelme, Fernando Redondo, Jay Jay Okocha, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Obedient Pele, Kalusha Bwalya, etc. Ronaldo is a great player whose achievements can never be downplayed. But comparisons between him and Messi should not be an actual thing at this point, if not that human beings must be subjective in football conversations. We are grateful that these two had a chokehold on the game for twenty years and gave us endless moments tp talk about. But there is only one G.O.A.T and we all know who that is...
Ibadan, Nigeria 🇳🇬 English
You can't compare two completely different situations unless you're trying to push an agenda.
Referees have made decisions based on perception countless times....sometimes fairly, sometimes not. Messi certainly isn't the first player to avoid a red card for a challenge like that.
What is unprecedented is a player having a suspension suspended during the same tournament after already being sent off. The closest & recent comparison is Cristiano Ronaldo's red card being rescinded, but even that happened outside a tournament without any president interference.
Let's stop making everything about Messi or Ronaldo just to sell agenda.
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If the referee had given Messi that red card, in the first game, it would have been a reference point for FIFA to show Trump that even the best can get a red card and life goes on.
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@ESPNFC This was the coach Portugal needed.
A man with the balls to do what's best for the team, not just using who's popular.
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Belgium manager Rudi Garcia subbed off Doku and De Bruyne vs. Senegal when they were down 0-2 in the RO32 and came back to win 3-2.
Garcia doubled downed in the RO16 and started with Doku and De Bruyne on the bench vs. the USMNT and won 4-1, playing the best football we’ve seen from Belgium in some time.
What a bold decision that paid off 👏
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@RayToluAyo Why not evolve his game to a super sub?
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Autopharmng@AutoPharmNG
@geminithestrika Believe it or not, Ronaldo is. He needs to take the backseat, not because critics are saying it But because once he put his mind to it and embraces the role, he will become the greatest sub ever.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is old, he doesn't have the legs to run again like the ferocious and monsterous winger that we once knew
Since he wasn't ready to retire yet, he had to evolve his game to another style entirely which was what he did in 2021 when he moved to back to Manchester United from Juventus
While he didn't lose his goal scoring ability, he lost his pace, his strength, burst and power
The service he had rendered strikers and forwards during his prime, it was his time to also get served as well as a striker
He has done what he could
There is an end to everything
Morris Monye@Morris_Monye
But it’s sad seeing Ronaldo’s game evolve to just waiting in the box.
Akufo, Nigeria 🇳🇬 English
@Noblewolf1010 @ESPNFC Portugal should have sacked that Coach, his only play was to keep starting a 41yrs old
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Autopharmng@AutoPharmNG
@geminithestrika Believe it or not, Ronaldo is. He needs to take the backseat, not because critics are saying it But because once he put his mind to it and embraces the role, he will become the greatest sub ever.
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@ESPNFC Same thing Portugal Should have done with Ronaldo.
Allow the boys run around. Introduce Ronaldo 70 mins and you see impact
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Lukaku now has the second-most World Cup goals EVER as a sub (4) 👏
-Egypt: Subs on and immediately forces own goal to equalize
-New Zealand: Subs on and gets a goal and assist
-Senegal: Subs on and scores goal to kickstart Belgium’s comeback in the RO32
-USMNT: Subs on and scores goal to seal RO16 win
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AFCON final was decided months after we had a winner on the pitch.
World Cup red card has been overturned. We hear Trump made a call.
French Football Federation has asked FIFA to cancel the yellow card shown to Michael Olise during France’s World Cup round-of-16 win over Paraguay. Will Emmanuel Macron make that call?
Football has left our pitches and has become shamelessly politicized (it’s been for a long time). It’s just more blatant now.
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@AutoPharmNG Uncle, players don't necessarily have the same numbers but identical numbers
Ronaldo and Messi are levels, only the FIFA World Cup put Messi ahead of CR7
Ibadan, Nigeria 🇳🇬 English
The same recency bias that never pushed Pele and Maradona out of the GOAT conversation?
it wasn't public opinion that put Messi and Ronaldo into that conversation. It was their achievements, consistency, and record-breaking careers.
The general consensus places Messi, Pele, and Maradona among the top three GOAT.
And no amount of recency bias will erase Ronaldo from that conversation either. His legacy is built on records that will outlive generations or any conversations
Klose is a perfect example of how records keep your name in football's generational archives.
Multiple players from any generation have to break historic records if they want to displace Ronaldo those conversations.
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@AutoPharmNG @SirJarus Maradona and Pele existed in an era where they made use of the highest inventions and technology then, today Messi and Ronaldo are in an era of the latest technologies too. Thing is, history will be there, but recency bias will always play pivotal role in people’s decisions.
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Those younger ones will still become minority voice in football discourse at some point.
Like those that watched Maradona are minority in the active football discourses today and Messi-Ronaldo people are crowding them out.
These set of people are already questioning Pele & Maradona's greatness (one boldly - if annoyingly - commented under my tweet, few minutes ago, that only Messi & Ronaldo are in GOAT debate).
My point is, at some point, people that watched them will be minority and their career will be reduced to two lines of history. World Cup will be a strong part of those two lines - the saving grace for Pele & Maradona today.
⭕lowa Ganiyu Adedeji (O.G.A 😎)@DejiAcre
I saw your analysis on JJ's tweet that says if Ronaldo did not win the World Cup, his story will not be remembered for long, even if he is the highest scorer. And I chuckled a little. I chuckled because Ronaldo's case will be completely different from those listed in JJ's tweet. His case will be different because he has influenced the younger generations who do not care whether he wins the World Cup or not. Also, the advent of social media will go a long way in preserving his influence on the minds of these young generations far longer than we can imagine, even if he fails to win this World Cup. From what we are all seeing, Ronaldo is not just influencing adults; his influence has gained more popularity among very young generations who will keep telling his stories as they grow old, too.
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Pele played his last World Cup in 1970. Most of the people who watched him in his prime are now elderly or have passed away. They had no social media, no millions of followers, and very few recorded interviews. Yet he will never leave the GOAT conversation
I doubt the world will ever forget a man with over one billion followers across social media, countless interviews, documentaries, and virtually every match of his career available online.
I'm certain history will always keep Cristiano Ronaldo in the GOAT conversation.
Future generations might even favour him in the GOAT debate against Messi due to his online presence.
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You still are not getting it.
Are you telling me even those young people of today will not become minority voice in football discourses at some point in the future?
The 10-year-olds of today will never clock 65 and take back seat in football discussions in 2081?
Wale Kembi@Kembox
Ronaldo's greatness and recognition of same is spread over many generations. It's not limited to young people alone. The debate will be held for a long time and will never be settled. One can't witness the entirety of Ronaldo's career and allow his legacy fade. Nah.
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It's even the media that has helped Pele and Maradona case.
Just like it's almost impossible to outdo Albert Einstein in reputation, people from older generations usually enjoy better PR because there wasn't as much media, cameras, or scrutiny back then.
History is even kinder to those who came first.
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It is not the media.
There is no football publication that will not list Pele and Maradona as part of top 5 greatest footballers ever.
It's Ronaldo that sometimes doesn't make top 5 in some of these publications.
Foundational Hausa Man@tman_musa
@SirJarus Wallahi, the media has successfully undermined the greatness of Pele and Maradona because of the GOAT tussle between Ronaldo and Messi.
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"Only the FIFA World Cup put Messi ahead of him."
No, sir. The FIFA World Cup only made many Ronaldo fans acknowledge that Messi was ahead.
Let's assume, for the sake of agenda (at least to give Ronaldo fans something to hold on to) that the media and FIFA helped Messi win every major trophy.
But then, how is a player with over 150 more Man of the Match awards than Ronaldo, over 120 more assists, a better goals-per-minute ratio, over 1,500 more successful dribbles, more than 17 Player of the Tournament awards, more top scorer awards, and over 200 big chances created not better by far?
Being the person closest to Elon Musk in wealth doesn't mean the gap between first and second isn't still enormous.
But Hey, what other football agenda would people have spent 18 years arguing over if we all agreed Messi is far better?
#TheSportsIlluminator@RayToluAyo
The gap between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is not wide It is the biggest exaggeration in football It's the same thing when people say Ronaldo is hard work, while Messi is talent - that is the biggest fallacy in football history Are we talking about just any other player here or you are judging Ronaldo at his old age? Ronaldo is not Eden Hazard or Theirry Henry or Samuel Eto'o or even Ronaldo Delima We are talking about Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aviero Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United till he left Juventus was levels with Lionel Messi At his old age, anybody can say even anything CR7 in his prime does everything and anything you can think of in football There was absolutely nothing he can't and didn't do Because he is old now, I should erase 18 years of Ronaldo terrorizing the world of football and use his old age to judge him Ronaldo and Messi are levels Only the FIFA World Cup put Messi ahead of him
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@Irunnia_ Let them escape Egypt first
They won't escape if they keep allowing games go to extra time and PK like the last world cup.
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@naijashimadunnn Exactly
Same way you get luck say X no require critical thinking I swear.
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OmO Messi really get luck say osimhen no day that cape team I swear
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@AbjaFCB I disagree
Concentration and will is there, quality is not.
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@UgochukwuCFR No, it doesn't
I will shocked if they get to the final.
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This year’s World Cup belongs to Argentina. You can’t take that away from them.
Ugochukwu Madu@UgochukwuCFR
Whoever wins this game between Argentina and Cape Verde might just go on to win this year’s World Cup.
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@Ebuka Exactly
That's the super eagles level now.
Hopefully Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania provides a spectacle and better pitches for the sleeping giant to display on.
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