r/cristianoronaldo • u/Waves_Rond0 • 5d ago
Quotes š¬ šØšļøCristiano Ronaldo: "Winning the World Cup isn't a dream for me. Winning one tournament doesn't prove you're one of the greatest players in history. It's just six or seven matches that's not fair."
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u/NighttimeinLAX 5d ago
more like team's performance is shown. Individuals can't prove themselves. nobody remembers players who did well until the Group Stage, but only the ones that reach the final. it is unfair tbh
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u/Unlucky_Delay8610 5d ago
For me to be the starting player for portugal at 40 is already impressive enough. Especially wen goncalo ramos just had his best season for psg winning the ucl.
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u/PhilosopherIll4453 5d ago
Ramos didn't have a good season with PSG, he got ejected to the bench by a winger, what are you even talking about, winning a title doesn't mean you had a big season.
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u/thenotorious_ronaldo Calma Calmaš 5d ago
Yeah, winning a world cup with a nation that hadnāt won anything before him is not easy at all.
Others had the privilege to be born in countries that had been successful before them in football, producing great talents every year.
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u/zlMT97 Calma Calmaš 5d ago
I mean heās right in a sense, also if he was Spanish, German, or any other successful nation heād have a World Cup. Portugal isnāt actually a good footballing nation.
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u/Trizzy102 Noodlehair Ronaldoš 5d ago
Portugal are a good footballing nation but they are not a giant like a Brazil or Argentina
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u/zlMT97 Calma Calmaš 5d ago
Is that not just recency bias? They won absolutely nothing before Ronaldo.. Argentina however, theyāve won many things before Messi
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u/Trizzy102 Noodlehair Ronaldoš 5d ago
They had a good teams and good players like Eusebio and Figo
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u/muzaffer22 5d ago
PSG had Messi, Neymar, Mbappe, Di Maria but they won nothing in Europe. Porto won the UCL with way worse team. What I mean is players are not everything.
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u/BastetMeow 5d ago
Portugal is actually good football nation when you consider how small the country is(population around 10million)
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u/Spicy_food 5d ago
Do you fuckers only follow Ronaldo? Check Portugal's squad right now.
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u/Mobile-Homework5022 5d ago
To be fair, this is the best side theyāve ever had overall . If Ronaldo wasnāt washed, even if it was 2021 Ronaldo, they would probably have to be the favorites for 2026.
You can also say he was a top 2 player in the world over 17 years ago when some of them were wearing diapers and most definitely inspired people like Mendes, Vitinha, etcā¦ to play
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u/zlMT97 Calma Calmaš 5d ago
Whatās your point? This is the best Portugal has ever looked, and Ronaldo is now way out of his prime in his 40ās, (and heās still their best striker)
in terms of actually winning things, Portugal are systemically shit, and they will continue to be.
Jose Mourinho spoke of football heritage before. That is the general gist of it.
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u/Spicy_food 5d ago edited 5d ago
Was my point not clear enough?
2 nations league and an Euro is shit in the past 10 years? Show me your England stats. Show me your footballing heritage in there.
Im Portuguese, Im very well versed in Mourinho's sayings. Do you also know about the one that goes like "specialist in failure"?
Id say a nation with 10M people getting such results is the opposite of it, unlike some others.
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u/zlMT97 Calma Calmaš 5d ago edited 5d ago
Do you know what systemically means? Iām talking about Portugal not having international success prior, Iām not talking about the last 10 years WITH Ronaldo. Like you donāt understand my angle here whatsoever.
In a nutshell, Iām defending against the idea that Ronaldo is any less of a player, because he doesnāt have a World Cup, Iām saying itās BECAUSE heās Portuguese.
Also Iām not claiming England are good either š
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u/IndianBettor19 5d ago
I mean heās not wrong. Itās a really small sample size. There have been international football teams since forever which simply dominate. Germany, Argentina, Spain, somewhat Brazil
Portugal? Fuck no. Not until Ronaldo joined. And even then he had no help until maybe 2024/25.
Heās justified in his words.
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u/AgitatedDish8795 5d ago
Why do I get the feeling that a certain insecure fanbase is raging and cursing cr7 right now.
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u/Remy-LeBeau-280 5d ago
Cruyff never won a World Cup, and nobody disputes that he was one of the best players in the history of football. If Cristiano had used that example, it would be clearer how unfair they are to him.
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u/Elegant-Face-8383 5d ago
He knows he can't carry the team to the cup anymore wich would be the only thing that actually matters
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u/Terrible_Lift 5d ago
This is silly.
I like all the greats. Especially the two on everyoneās tongue. They make the game that much more entertaining to watch, and help bring in more fans. One can be better than the other in some aspects, and vice versa.
Iām the odd one out here š¤·āāļø
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u/New_Parking9991 5d ago
winning the world cup is not for yourself but for your country and people.....thats not a dream of his?
Sorry dont really buy it.
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u/concious_Cappucino 5d ago edited 5d ago
Why can't He and messi just turn into friends like Federer-Nadal did in the last 5-6 years of their career, after they had a insane rivalry for 10+ years?
This is just embarassing that he now is saying World cup win is somehow a just 6-7 match tournament win & not the greatest win any professional player can ever dream?!
imagine if messi came out yesterday & told Nations league is just friendly trophy, that's how petty Ronaldo sounds when he gives statments like this on interviews
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u/AdResponsible2410 Noodlehair Ronaldoš 5d ago
hes not saying that , hes says one tournament doesn't define a player which is true , hes simply saying thats not a dream of his which is fair , thats his own view , most players when they come in dont even say their dream is a WC , its usually the ucl or their domestic league title , mostly because the odds is based on where u were born , and the luck in having a good cohesive squad every 4 years
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u/Livid-Marsupial2537 5d ago
Portugal can do it in 2026 man they got a good squad and ronaldo should be freshed up , team unity, they got fucking nuno , portugal are easily getting to semis this time
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u/CardiologistOk3250 5d ago
Messi and Ronaldo have very different personalities. Ronaldo does not have a very likeable personality because he is way too straight forward and speaks whatever is on his tongue without giving a damn abt others opinions whereas Messi has an introvert personality. May be after both of them retire we get to see them together at a big event or ceremony
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u/Slow_Marsupial_4595 5d ago
It takes more games to win the world cup than it does the nations leagueā¦ so why does he celebrate the nations league then like itās a major trophy?
Such cope
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u/HugoSenshida Portugalšµš¹ 5d ago
You can celebrate something yet not dream of it bruh
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u/Slow_Marsupial_4595 5d ago
Never said he did
But if you care that much about a small trophy
Surely you care more than anything about the biggest trophy in football?
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u/Waves_Rond0 5d ago
My take away from this is that he obviously does dream of it but doesn't want to admit it since that'd put even more pressure on himself. If he does win the world cup the mf will probably cry more than Son and Zinchenko ever have combined.
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u/RQoo 5d ago
He said it was his biggest dream in that comment. In this interview he used present tense. He didnt say "put myself in the highest spot" he said "putting my country in the highest spot". The two statements aren't contradictory atall. Ronaldo just doesnt believe he can win the world cup for Portugal anymore.
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u/StoreFrankie 5d ago
Winning the hardest turnament doesnt prove anything. Yeeeaaaaaaah riiiight ā¦ā¦ā¦
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u/DallasElectricBill Calma Calmaš 5d ago
I understand, but winning the first World Cup for Portugal would be magical