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Cristiano is unique in absolute terms

2023-01-07T11:02:38.735Z


There is only one enemy that admits no rival and that is time. It knocks us all down at least once. To the footballers two.


A "unique" in trouble.

Cristiano Ronaldo looks unique.

But today he is only in Saudi Arabia.

For a personality like yours, that pain is not mitigated with money.

Even if they cover you with bills.

Ego, which pumped adrenaline into his self-improvement spirit, was the engine of his extraordinary career.

The one that allowed us to say: “If genius is born, Messi;

if genius comes, Cristiano”.

Everything that a player can improve along the way, he did it in an exemplary way.

The technique, which improves on repetition;

the physical, which is strengthened by the demand;

the goal, an instinct fueled by ambition.

But the ego, which helped so much, is choosing the wrong exit door.

At almost 38 years old, that body that seemed immortal to us is still impeccable, but not to be the leader of a great team, of a great team, of a great duel like the one he starred in with Messi.

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It is natural for Cristiano to rebel against that evidence.

He has been challenging obstacles since adolescence, regardless of his size and always establishing himself as a winner.

But there is only one enemy that admits no rival and that is time.

He knocks us all down at least once.

Two footballers, and one prematurely.

If we don't accept it, reality becomes unbearable.

Juve subtly said it to him, Manchester shouted it to his face and even his National Team forgot the services rendered to abandon him in the middle of the World Cup.

As luck is not usually a loyal companion in misfortune, the insight left painful evidence: Messi humiliatingly passed him on the last corner of the race.

He did it from a more cracked physique than Cristiano's, but squeezing every last drop of his talent.

Today's forgetfulness.

In football, the latest can with all of the above.

Although the above is glorious, as is the case with Cristiano: a great of all time.

For this reason, nothing caused me more pain than that kind of popular betrayal that we saw in Qatar.

According to surveys published by prestigious newspapers, 70% of the Portuguese wanted his replacement.

I do not know the level of credibility of the data, but that we read it with indifference, as if it were something normal, seemed to me the most painful sign of that decline that began in slow motion until it precipitated.

The evidence that only oblivion wants the defeated.

But as so often happens lately, money came to the rescue of sadness.

It doesn't matter where it comes from: money, when it's big, asks no questions.

As Messi also won the battle of popular affection,

The memory of tomorrow

Saudi Arabia's gratitude is understood for its passion for soccer and because the arrival of a world idol strengthens the identity of a country.

Soccer moves deep currents of emotion from its apparent informality.

I hope Cristiano knows how to enjoy it.

As for time, now an enemy, he will know how to do it justice.

Because whoever is leaving football through the wrong door is a monument to this game that we love so much.

A man who marked the football of this century with fire and who was capable of challenging a genius like Messi looking into his eyes in each "Ballon d'Or", just as he was capable of challenging a hero like Alfredo Di Stéfano in the most important club. glorious in the world.

Today it is "unique" only in Saudi Arabia, but for history it is and will be "unique" in absolute terms.

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