And it’s been that way for 20 years now…
They are used to it by now, and in fact several of them have internalized it and are not so different.
Oh, another Ronaldo free kick! Nice, but not on target
Is he really that bad? I’ve never seen him outside some highlights.
Wait, I remember that he tried to claim a goal he didn’t score in Qatar, it seems like he IS really that bad.
Yeah, he scored with the lock of God.
Well of course he is fabulously gifted, so all that is forgiven when he scores a hattrick. And he has MANY hattricks.
And to be fair, he has probably put in an impossible number of hours of graft to get the most from his gift.
I think his hattrick days are over. Maybe in opera leagues, but not in international championships.
The BBC commentator was saying that (before this game) Ronaldo has taken 58 direct free-kicks at major international tournaments and has scored just 1 goal from them. “Maybe let someone else have a go”.
But that would be lèse-majesté!
So that makes it 61 in the meantime. I’m OK with that. Keep it up!
I’m rooting for Slovenia but I do also want to see France vs Portugal in the next round!
These teams have only looked good in little bursts, and Slovenia seems incapable of putting together a string of passes under any kind of pressure.
Also, the only way I root for Portugal in any shape or form is if Pepe scores the winning goal.
Ronaldo is Messi’s Salieri.
I hope Hollywood will one time make an equally entertaining movie out of it.
And now the fucker misses a penalty!
ETA: and now he’s crying, the wimp!
What a save though!
If the game was held in Spain, the public would start shouting “Meeeessii! Meeessi! Meeeessi!”
There was guy with the sacred mantle in his hands showing it to him when took the free kick.
Edit: here it is
I am experiencing quite a lot of schadenfreude at the moment. Plenty of time for other things to happen, but I’ll take that special moment.
I was just telling my wife that it’s not good to wallow in schadenfreude this much, but that I will continue for some minutes more nonetheless.