September 25, 2023 07:59
Central European Summer Time
Cristiano has managed to retain his greedy instincts in Saudi football and has already won a title
Leo Messi can achieve that this week and win the Ballon d’Or within a month
Ronaldinho is the closest example, but many other players before and after the Brazilian have shown us that they can reach the top of football but struggle to stay when the drive or desire to win is gone. There. Staying on top is not easy and only exceptional, special, unique athletes can achieve this goal. There are people like this in all sports, including football.
This October, the Ballon d’Or was awarded, possibly for the first time in history, to a player who has never played for a European team. This has never happened. This will happen to Leo Messi. He will achieve this by winning the World Cup, but also by being able to enhance his halo in what is considered a “secondary” competition like MLS.
Whether it’s something small or small, as in the case of Cristiano Ronaldo, another sports superstar in Saudi Arabia, It’s not easy to decide that your high-level career is over and not give up like they did.s. They immigrated from Europe, where they were crowned, played in games that didn’t have much history, and they didn’t see it as a golden retirement but as an opportunity to continue to grow as players. This makes them huge. The two animals are no longer competing in the Champions League for the first time in many years, but their ambitions have not faded in the slightest. You have to see the data to realize this.
Cristiano Ronaldo scores victory in Arabian Peninsula
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two cases
Let’s start with Cristiano Ronaldo, the first to leave Europe. In the past 13 games in Saudi Arabia, he has scored 15 goals and provided 5 assists. He was key to his team Al Nassr winning the Arab Champions League. Cristiano’s performance in the Middle East did not decline, but only further expanded his great achievements and above all his fame and popularity as a sportsman, because moving from Europe to Arabia did not change him. He continued to give it his all as if it was the last game of his career. We’ll see if others who go to Arabia for money maintain their sporting standards. There will be very few. You will see.
Leo Messi, key figure in MLS
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On the other side is Leo Messi, who left Paris, didn’t fit in at Barcelona and decided to go to Miami, a team without any tradition, at the bottom of the table and without any championship record.In other words, Messi played 13 times, scored 12 goals and provided 5 assists. Under his leadership, Inter have won every competition they enter and this week (Wednesday) they can win their first trophy: the US Open Cup.
Some might simply say “well, they won by walking these guys.” I do not believe. You don’t consistently win in any sport by walking, underestimating your opponent, or playing 30%, 50%, or 80% of the time.and This is the most complex thing and the best tribute to these two animals, who for many years have written the most beautiful page of European football and now continue to improve elsewhere with the same passion, the same love for this sport own image. And to win. For all of this, I applaud you.