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BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.

#無職転生 #MushokuTensei 第三季太美味啦！！！期待三位妈妈同台演出！

⚠️ Reminder: Jude Bellingham is a 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥. Competing for the Golden Boot 🤯

Messi's 21 goals in FIFA World Cup. 2006 🇷🇸 Serbia 2014 🇧🇦 Bosnia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇳🇬 Nigeria (2) 2018 🇳🇬 Nigeria 2022 🇸🇦 S. Arabia (PK) 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇦🇺 Australia 🇳🇱 Netherlands (PK) 🇭🇷 Croatia (PK) 🇫🇷 France (2) (1PK) 2026 🇩🇿 Algeria (3) 🇦🇹 Austria (2) 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇪🇬 Egypt

Its so freaking good... one of the best series of all time

Ronaldo Is Back.

After Ronaldo won EURO 2016 while Messi was still without a senior international trophy, a common argument across football media, punditry and mainstream football discourse was that international trophies were not essential to determining individual greatness. Football was said to be a team sport, and a player’s legacy should not be reduced to what he won with his national team. At the time, Messi had lost four major international finals with Argentina and had even retired from international football after the 2016 Copa América final defeat to Chile. A few months later, Messi returned. What followed was an unusually busy Copa América schedule. The tournament was played in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021, four editions in just six years. Many observers could not help but notice that a player who had repeatedly fallen short was being given more opportunities to win in a short period and rightly so. Eventually, Messi won the 2021 Copa América. For years, the football world had been told that international trophies were not necessary to be considered the greatest of all time. When Messi lacked an international trophy, the importance of international success was routinely downplayed. Similarly, when Messi lacked a World Cup, it was not considered essential to being the GOAT. Once he won it in Qatar, however, the World Cup was elevated from being one achievement among many to the achievement that supposedly settled the GOAT debate forever. To many Ronaldo supporters, this is the clearest example of shifting goalposts in football history. The standards appeared to change at every stage until they aligned perfectly with Messi’s résumé. What was once irrelevant became important. What was important became essential. And once Messi achieved it, the debate was declared over. In Qatar, Argentina received five penalties during the tournament, a World Cup record for a single team in one edition. Several refereeing decisions involving Argentina remain debated to this day, including Messi’s handball incident against the Netherlands that some believe warranted a second yellow card. For many critics, these were not isolated incidents but part of a wider pattern they believe has followed Messi throughout his career, where controversial decisions repeatedly seem to fall in his favour. They point to numerous moments over the years where they believe punishments that would have been applied to other players were overlooked when Messi was involved. Some supporters have even argued that similar concerns resurfaced only recently, after another incident in which they believe Messi was fortunate to avoid a red card. Whether one agrees with that view or not, it has become a significant reason why many Ronaldo supporters remain sceptical of the narrative surrounding Messi’s achievements and the way they are discussed by the football establishment and mainstream media. For many Ronaldo supporters, the issue has never simply been about preferring one player over another. It is about what they perceive as inconsistent standards. They see achievements weighed differently depending on who accomplished them. They see one player protected from scrutiny while the other is subjected to it at every turn. That is why many continue to side with Ronaldo. Not because to many he is the greatest to ever kick a ball or he has won every trophy or because he is beyond criticism, but because they believe the standards applied to him have often been harsher than those applied to his greatest rival. They would rather support a player who loses with his honour intact than celebrate victories they believe are surrounded by unanswered questions. As José Mourinho once said: “If I have to win in that way, I would be ashamed.” For them, the issue is not simply who won. It is whether the criteria for greatness remained consistent throughout the debate. In their view, they did not.

I will never turn my back on the man that made me fall in love with this sport.

🚨 Rivaldo on IG: “Today is the day to congratulate this football phenomenon, Cristiano Ronaldo. In the first game, even though he didn’t score, he showed exactly what has made him one of the greatest athletes in history: dedication, commitment, competitiveness, and a tireless will to win. He ran, fought for every ball, helped the team, and never stopped believing. Today, once again, he delivered on the pitch. He scored two goals in Portugal’s big win and showed that age is just a number when you have discipline, professionalism, and an extraordinary mindset. Throughout his entire career, Cristiano has built a legacy that serves as an inspiration to athletes of all generations. His talent is immense, but what’s most impressive is his ability to reinvent himself, push his limits, and continue competing at the highest level year after year. Congratulations on today’s great performance, and congratulations to Portugal on the excellent victory. I take my hat off to this player.”

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro 🐐🇵🇹 #FIFAWorldCup

RONALDO AGAIN 🤯🤯 OH MY... GOAL NO. 2! (via @FOXSports)

ESTAMOS AQUI!

The only man to score in six World Cups. We're lucky to witness 🐐

The oldest player EVER to score a brace at the World Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo. 🇵🇹💥

Nada contra o Chorume. Muito pelo contrario. Mas vou usa-lo de exemplo pra falar sobre algo que têm ocorrido e me incomoda bastante: Estamos vendo uma multidão de GAROTOS querendo pautar uma trajetória entre dois jogadores que durou quase 2 décadas. Esses garotos NÃO ASSISTIRAM AS DUAS CARREIRAS POR COMPLETO porque simplesmente não possuem idade suficiente pra terem visto! Essa parada de “nunca existiu comparação em bola jogada” é uma absoluta mentira! Houve um tempo em que a maré dos dois era tão invertida que um deles chegou a declarar aposentadoria da própria seleção (2016), enquanto o outro só não ultrapassou seu algoz em Bolas de Ouro por razões políticas (2018). Ninguém me contou. Eu vi. Muitos da minha idade viram. Se você não viu, contente-se em opinar sobre o que viu ou busque os contextos corretos ao longo da trajetória de ambos pra não cometer um anacronismo injusto. Não tenho problema algum com quem acha X ou Y melhor. Meu problema é com essa tentativa oportunista de tentar reescrever a história como ela se desenrolou e colocar como verdade uma narrativa que é na verdade totalmente subjetiva e que passou por muitas fases ao longo dos anos. Sejamos honestos com ambos. O futebol merece e eles também.

Ser Gareth of Bale only having to play 20-25 club games a season, most of them being big domestic games, cup finals and big CL match-ups? he'd win every Ballon d'Or between now and 2030