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That Conor McGregor fight was the equivalent of getting ready to fuck on prom night and busting taking off your pants
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I feel like I've never been on the receiving side of blatant corruption and abuse of power. This is thrilling
🚨 Folarin Balogun is eligible to play against Belgium.
FIFA sources had insisted US Soccer had no appeal. Sources say US Soccer did not attempt one as a result.
And Balogun had spoken on Monday here in Seattle about missing the game telling us, “I have to accept it…”
Yet FIFA have decided to hand Balogun a suspended one-game ban, which is in their powers as per Article 27. The red card stands but Balogun is free to play.
Cristiano Ronaldo also given a suspended ban before the tournament allowing him to play Portugal’s opening World Cup games.
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Portugal have a midfield of Bruno, Neves and Vitinha with zero chemistry that can barely string two passes together.
They’ve got a brainless pace merchant on the right wing who has no idea what to do once he gets on the ball.
The whole team plays in 3rd gear. They don’t even counterattack… they wait for the opposition to get back, then make 350 sideways passes before whipping in a cross.
If you genuinely think this is somehow all about Ronaldo, you don’t know anything about football.
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🇲🇽🗣 Javier Hernández Chicarito:
"My mother-in-law once asked me, 'Who is better, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?'
And I replied, 'What is it that you admire most?'
Messi is the embodiment of pure talent.
Watching him play feels effortless, as if the laws of physics don't apply to him.
He makes the impossible look easy.
Teams build their entire system around him.
And that makes sense because he possesses a level of talent the game has never seen before.
Messi represents the dream of being born with an extraordinary gift.
Cristiano Ronaldo, on the other hand, represents a different story.
The story of someone who built himself.
Someone who turned discipline into his greatest talent.
Someone who changed countries, leagues, languages and playing styles, yet remained among the elite.
While Messi makes football look instinctive, Cristiano looks like someone who has practised every movement thousands of times.
While one radiates calm, the other radiates relentless hunger.
While one lets the game come to him, the other goes out and conquers it from the very first minute.
That's why millions of us identify with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Because many of us weren't born as the best.
We had to work twice as hard to achieve our dreams.
Cristiano Ronaldo represents the person who swims against the current.
The one who faces criticism.
The one whose achievements are often normalised or diminished, yet keeps moving forward.
That's why I've always said that Messi is Superman and Cristiano Ronaldo is Batman.
Superman was born with powers.
Batman wasn't.
Batman built himself through discipline, courage and determination until he became extraordinary.
And I think that's the real discussion.
Not who is better, but which story inspires you more.
Both deserve admiration.
Both inspire millions.
The story of someone born with an extraordinary gift, or the story of someone who proved that discipline can change your destiny.
Because in the end, we admire Messi for what he is, a player who seems to come from another planet.
But many of us admire Cristiano Ronaldo because he is a symbol of determination, someone who makes us look in the mirror and believe we're capable of breaking through any limit."
