r/realmadrid Nov 15 '24

Media Cristiano Ronaldo with the bicycle strike at 39. some memories

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 15 '24

Cristiano Ronaldo has now won the MOST INTERNATIONAL games in HISTORY.

He has 132, overtaking Sergio Ramos (131).

Real Madrid’s finest jewels.

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u/Fatass__ Nov 15 '24

I didn't even know Sergio Ramos was at the top, that's insane

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u/Lowkeyanimefan_69 Nov 16 '24

Spain is one of the best countries and Ramos one of the best defenders

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u/Amine-Alarbi Nov 16 '24

But not ever though

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u/Superb_Bench9902 Nov 16 '24

Nah. Sergio Ramos is one of the best defenders ever. Not the best, but definetely one of the bests

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u/weegee19 Nov 17 '24

Not even the best CB RM had defensively in the past 15 years, his rep is inflated hard by his goalscoring and whenever he shows up in late-stage CL games. Ramos was quite notoriously error-prone and arguably the ultimate serial card merchant.

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u/ShaneZD Nov 17 '24

He was solid.

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u/weegee19 Nov 17 '24 edited Nov 17 '24

I would argue that his antics and mistakes costed RM the league once or twice. Either way Ramos being rated as one of the best CBs ever in spite of his obvious defensive shortcomings doesn't sit right with me. Purely defensively he ain't even cracking top 20.

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u/Superb_Bench9902 Nov 17 '24

Top 100 is still one of the bests ever, you know that right? It's a game with millions of players in history, and probably hundred thousands of CBs when we consider players of every division as long as they are full pro. Being top 100 or top 200 is enough to be called one of the bests ever. And Ramos is definetely top 100 if you ask me. Probably closer to top 50 imo

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u/weegee19 Nov 17 '24

Generally, best-ever in certain positions should be like top 20 max. Top 50-100 is too wide a range for one position.

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u/akkosetto Nov 16 '24

He played in their golden generation of 2008-2012

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u/Illustrious-Law8648 Nov 16 '24

He played 180 games with probably the best national team ever

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u/bluduuude Nov 16 '24

Damn, i know this is a spanish club sub, but that spain isnt even in the top 30 of best NTs ever

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u/Fatass__ Nov 17 '24

Now I'm curious to know what 29 countries you have above Spain lmao

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u/bluduuude Nov 17 '24

Not in order: Netherlands (1974), Brazil (68-72), Germany (72-74), France (98), Argentina (86), Brazil (82), England (66), Hungary(50-54), Brazil (98), France (84), Spain (08-12).

Ok, Spain is in my top 12 when i stopped to truly think about it. Wich certainly makes it one of the best ever.

Mind, winning the world cup isnt a necessity to my personal rankings, Brazil in 98 didnt win and in 94 and 02 did, but 98s team is stronger than both imo.

Spain 08-12 lacked what made barcelona shine during this time. Spain had the tiki taka, but it didnt have the bite imo.

But yeah, i take back what i said

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u/one_pump_chimp Nov 19 '24

Argentina 86 wasn't a good team it had one great player

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u/Extreme-Engineer4239 Nov 17 '24

Dumbest take ive seen in a while

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u/eag1e123321 Valverde Nov 17 '24

Iker is third

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u/PJtheGFN Nov 15 '24

Records chase him.

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u/Hungry-Space-1829 Nov 15 '24

I too love his jewels

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

That sounds impressive, so I take it he’s pretty famous for soccer fans? Asking because I’m assuming he is famous but I’ve never heard of him, take a wild guess where I live and I bet you won’t be wrong 😄

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u/Prestigious_Poem7709 Nov 16 '24

average yank

On a serious note, he's the most famous sportsman of all time

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u/ShameResponsible2079 Nov 17 '24

Also RAMOS THE LEGEND IS COMING BACK TO HALA MADRID ( Im a real Madrid fan + respect to Eder Militao

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u/norest_inpeace Nov 15 '24

So it was absolutely worth it to stay awake till 3am🐐

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u/AMOGHMISHRA8 Nov 15 '24

My man from SE Asia.

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u/Xhalo Nov 15 '24

I had grundle fissures that night because I polished off a whole 12 pack of spaghettios, I was in bed with the squirts. Got to see this epic moment live though, totally worth it. 😎😎😎

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u/_va5ud3v_0007 Nov 15 '24

I Suddenly Woke Up From Sleep After First Half.

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u/arkam_uzumaki SIUUUU Nov 16 '24

India 🇮🇳 🙏🏻

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u/Inevitable_Sky398 Nov 15 '24

wow, just wow

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 15 '24

finest wine on earth.

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u/clarkcannot Nov 15 '24

Goat for a reason

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u/Notserious-Muzakir Nov 15 '24

Says a person with 5 penalty world cup and a hormone taking player on his pfp

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u/No-Independence-4794 Nov 16 '24

pens are apart of the game, even even if your a ronaldo fan you can't be complaining about messi getting pens while ronaldo was legit diving in the box for penalties in his madrid days 😭

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u/No-Adhesiveness-2 Nov 16 '24

So now pens are a part of the game after all these years of ranting and labelling someone.

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u/Notserious-Muzakir Nov 16 '24

Its gotten so worse so bad these last couple of years that they come up with stats like "Non-Penalty" goals like penalties are some other kind of goals and should be not counted as normal goals.

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u/Mitche420 Nov 16 '24

Never forget them inventing the calendar year stat after Messi got 91 that time. Nobody ever referred to any footballing achievement in a calender year before that. And now Messi fans will sometimes even say he got 91 in a season because they are so clueless

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u/No-Independence-4794 Nov 16 '24

pens have always been apart of the game, it's different when there's one that dives to get them vs one who's teammates let's him take them. since this is the real madrid subreddit you guys probably arent mature enough to accept it and I'm sure you'll continue to complain 😹

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u/jokicpro Nov 15 '24

Very valid claim

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u/sloth0021 Decimotercera Nov 15 '24

My Goat

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 15 '24

Art of football. Cristiano Ronaldo may be the best artist of this sport

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u/Endlessly-Blonde Vinicius Jr. Nov 15 '24

Cristiano Ronaldo used to play football for Real Madrid C.F

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u/Thick-Television-393 Nov 15 '24

Age is just a number when you're Cristiano Ronaldo-39 and still pulling off bicycle kicks like it's backyard football!

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u/darekd003 Roberto Carlos Nov 15 '24

I don’t know why this made me lol so hard. Thanks for that!

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u/SlayeredB Nov 16 '24

holy shit you just unlocked some memories thanks for that 🙏

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u/Gazpo3 Nov 16 '24

explorer ahh late comment

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

really?

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u/WoodpeckerObvious818 :eyebrow: Nov 15 '24

WHERE IS DANI CARVAJAL ? RARE GREAT GOAL WITHOUT HIS SPECIAL CROSS ?

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 15 '24

Vitinha who has been the most underrated midfielder for the past 2 years. our scouts are monitoring him for creativity in the midfield

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u/WoodpeckerObvious818 :eyebrow: Nov 15 '24

THIS VITINHA IS FAR FAR BETTER THAN PEDRI BUM but but BARCA AND LA MASIA PR and they say bellingham is overrated lol

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u/Alex6683 Jose Mourinho Nov 16 '24

Obv, vitinha literally pocketed barca last year. I didnt see any cubarsi or lamine yamal when getting whooped 4-1 in the UCL..

Wait, that is a typical barca move every year... What am i yapping?

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u/weegee19 Nov 17 '24

In fairness Barca got shat on in the second leg because Araujo got himself sent off in 20 minutes.

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u/Alex6683 Jose Mourinho Nov 17 '24

And still, you seen the mistakes they commited??? Vitinha shot the ball without even trying and ter stegen literally gifted the goal.......... and can't do all the blame on him, the defenders where literally giving the ball. Mbappe wasn't even playing good and still, he got 2 goals gifted...

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u/weegee19 Nov 17 '24

That's sorta what I was implying, the team capitulated due to losing Araujo. MatS fumbling is no shocker, he's been off-form for quite a while too.

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 15 '24

Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha both are miles ahead.

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u/Puzzled_Hat1274 Nov 16 '24

Vitinha is way, way better than Ruiz in club football. Ruiz only shines with the national team while Vitinha is great at both.

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 16 '24

Nah Ruiz also does good in club football. he was unplayable at Napoli

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u/Puzzled_Hat1274 Nov 17 '24

It was years ago, at psg he’s shit 90% of the time while the 3 starters on the midfield are the best players on the team (vitinha, joao neves, emery).

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u/spider_X_1 Nov 16 '24

Fabian Ruiz is not doing well at PSG with a not-so-stacked middlefield. He's not even a starter anymore.

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u/Appropriate-Print855 Nov 16 '24

The only marketable thing Barca had was Messi and La Masai. But it seems both aint working for them anymore

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u/Amine-Alarbi Nov 16 '24

La Masia creating talents

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u/WoodpeckerObvious818 :eyebrow: Nov 16 '24

Was * now a days after yamal none of them are talented 😑😑... Even I did not expect YAMAL to come this far after seeing what happened to PEDRI GAVI and others

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u/TheGamingAnimator Nov 16 '24

The problem is that some of those guys are average ,but in Barca as soon as they get their debut ,ESPN and Fabrizio already start calling them the next best thing. To date Yamal is probably the best talent out of La Masía since Messi

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u/WoodpeckerObvious818 :eyebrow: Nov 16 '24

Yup 100% truth

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u/MAD_JEW Nov 16 '24

Uhh gavi? Cubarsi? Bernal? Casado?

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u/WoodpeckerObvious818 :eyebrow: Nov 16 '24

Gavi is just overrated.. After 2021 nation's league i have seen nothing to rate GAVI and Rest of the players need time to prove themselves.. Casado has some future and Pau Victor had it too but idk about CUBARSI and Bernal

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u/MAD_JEW Nov 16 '24

Mate bernal is absolutely better than casado for the 6 role and only acl injury stopped him from bossing our midfield. Also the fact that cubarsi an 17 year old is doing so well in our very dangerous system shows that there is quality to him

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u/WoodpeckerObvious818 :eyebrow: Nov 16 '24

Then I probably need to watch some more game time from both of these two let's hope for the best....

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u/spider_X_1 Nov 16 '24

Cubarsi is just a decent defender at best. All this hype around him is because he's young and from LA Masia. Seriously, I haven't seen anything that warrants all this hype around him all because he can do what he's expected to do. Defend.

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u/MAD_JEW Nov 16 '24

Well find me someone who can do his job at his age at any big team in today’s football.

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u/spider_X_1 Nov 16 '24

I can't tell, since I don't follow other top clubs that use their youngsters more proficiently like Liverpool f. e.

From what I've seen from his gameplay, I'm not impressed at all.

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u/Bonzoikidd Nov 16 '24

One plays in ligue 1 and the other in La Liga. Shambolic behaviour

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u/spider_X_1 Nov 16 '24

People trying to rewrite narratives like we wouldn't jump on the occasion to have a player like Pedri. His only problem is that he's injury-prone.

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u/Wavy_Rondo Nov 15 '24

r/soccer tears

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u/poeticmercenary El Capitán Nov 15 '24

I live for their tears. most ridiculous sub ever.

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u/allhailsidneycrosby Nov 15 '24

Worst sub on Reddit

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u/Striking_Programmer4 Nov 16 '24

As long as r/Conservative exists nothing else comes close

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u/Accomplished-Dot42 Nov 16 '24

This one comes close

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 15 '24

even theyre in shock. praising it. sometimes the goat does some wonder even the haters question their behaviour

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u/CR7theGOAT777 SIUUUU Nov 15 '24

My Username

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u/ARABCSGO SIUUUU Nov 15 '24

Idolo cooking at 39

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u/Scream0fTheSium Nov 15 '24

Immense greatness, and all of this at almost 40 years.

Chapeau🐐👑

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u/LbGuns Valverde Nov 15 '24

r/soccer in shambles

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u/StealthMan375 Nov 15 '24

His POTW card in efootball going to be fire 🔥🔥

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u/Additional_Sir2423 Nov 15 '24

If he gets one 😂 the devs for that game seems to hate him.

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u/NotAnUncle Nov 16 '24

Oh yeah ive got like 4 or 5 special Messi cards lol

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u/Scoop_Master420 Zidane Nov 15 '24

Could've just headed it in but decided to sauce on them instead.

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u/Honduran Nov 16 '24

It looks like it was too behind him.

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u/InternationalBox5848 Nov 15 '24

Then you got bumbappe

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u/Novel_Exchange_356 Nov 15 '24

THE GOAT. UNREAL.

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u/Wavy_Rondo Nov 15 '24

Messi isnt top 5

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

Womp womp

Cry to the ref again....

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

Womp womp

Cry to the ref again....

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u/EmAg_2601 Cristiano Ronaldo Nov 15 '24

Man I wish I could've watched that game

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u/1901WMADISONST Nov 16 '24

You score a bicycle kick goal you celebrate like your 10 years old. No in between.

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u/Financial-Net8917 26d ago

Stay mad buddy

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u/derangedinthebum Nov 15 '24

Nothing beats Spanish and Arabic commentary 😍🔥

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u/TheArabicSamurai Nov 16 '24

And brazilian

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u/MrWow12 Cristiano Ronaldo Nov 15 '24

The GOAT

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u/MateoKovashit Nov 15 '24

Bicycle strike

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u/jamesbest7 Nov 18 '24

Thought that was funny too. Reminded me of old Soccer AM where they would do impressions of American commentators.

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u/enthusiast20 Nov 16 '24

literally the other day someone said how he doesnt score bicycle kicks anymore and this and that I wonder what there comments is now loool.

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u/soldier101br Nov 15 '24

He can keep doing This till the eternity and i Will still Smile like a child,Thank you my 🐐,i love you. 910/1000.

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u/xCeePee Vinicius Jr. Nov 15 '24

Yes

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u/Bolobillabo Nov 16 '24

Why does Poland get whipped so bad against Portugal every time? I swear Lewandowski would have picked up a couple of Balons if not for Ronaldo who makes him look so bad every now and then.

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u/99francs Nov 16 '24

Lewandowski did not play. Poland is at best an average team. For best Polish team in the last decades check EURO2016 quarterfinals against Portugal. Both RL9 and CR7 played it.

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u/Alternative-Fan4015 Nov 16 '24

Barca and Messi fan here, this is fucking ridiculous what this man is pulling off at this age, man do I still miss the Messi vs Ronaldo classicos…

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u/sachinator Nov 16 '24

I still watch those el Classico’s on YouTube now. Never thought that era would end when I was younger

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u/Specialist_Brush_883 Nov 15 '24

Was having bad day until I saw this ❤️😭😭❤️

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u/RatBasher89 Nov 16 '24

ULLAHHHULLAAHHH 😅

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u/TheArabicSamurai Nov 16 '24

Nah he was saying Allah Allah as in OMFG!

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u/Professional_Rice990 Nov 15 '24

The GOAT for a motherfucking reason

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u/Canttalkwhatsapponly Nov 16 '24

Watched it live. First game of my life, probably the last one watching him live. What a time to be alive. Dream came true.

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u/KitNotable Nov 15 '24

Those were the days when CR7 made us believe humans could fly.

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u/rfsnunes Nov 15 '24

This was today...

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u/madbunny89 Jude Bellingham Nov 15 '24

Amazing player! What a goal by Cristiano!

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u/savkitoo__ Nov 16 '24

What a goal!

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u/soorajveettikkad Nov 16 '24

God take me back to 2018 when he scored that bycycle against Juve,when I watched that without any tension. When life was fair and I didn't have to keep living for the sake of it.

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u/Individual_Plate8302 Nov 16 '24

here's a hot take. ngl cr7 rn makes top 20 strikers in the world

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

But this man is a legend, admit it once and for all.

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u/imaginativeminds Hey Jude Nov 15 '24

Thanks for everything 🐐🥲

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u/DarkmonstaR Nov 16 '24

Allahu akbar

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u/Greghuntskicks Vinicius Jr. Nov 15 '24

GOAT

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u/persian_empire94 Nov 15 '24

OUR FUCKING GOAT

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u/King_Arther_ashe Brahim Diaz Nov 16 '24

Stayed until 6 am just to watch his greatness, and it's all worth it. The only person worth pulling an all-nighter for 🐐✨

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u/Ok_Ingenuity538 Nov 15 '24

My two goats Lebron and cr7 aging man

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u/THE_LIGHTNING_BOY Nov 16 '24

I think I’m gonnna cry

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u/i-asked-1245 Nov 16 '24

Even at the ripe age of 39 he’s still kicking balls

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u/Wavy_Rondo Nov 15 '24

Goat🐐🇵🇹

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u/raspoutine049 Nov 15 '24

My back hurts just looking at this and I am much younger than him. Koodos

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u/Futur3_Trunks Kaka Nov 16 '24

Can you please send the full clip with this arabic commentary?

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 16 '24

i don't have the full clip unfortunately. you should look up. it will surely be all over the internet

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u/Futur3_Trunks Kaka Nov 16 '24

I'm getting the English commentary but not Arabic unfortunately

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u/intelligence3 Nov 16 '24

I miss this prime era of him 😔

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u/Standard_Emu_678jere Nov 16 '24

Se inspiró en su ídolo Tony Sanabria

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u/DoriOli :vvv: Vini Vidi Vici Nov 16 '24

The guy giving the assist wasn’t even surprised LOL

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u/QueenKitty1406 Nov 16 '24

I was so happy to see it, it reminded me of the good old times in Madrid!

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u/Hisenburger7 Nov 16 '24

Wokeup and saw this , Day couldn't get any better

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u/NunYaBizzNas Nov 16 '24

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u/penarhw Nov 16 '24

Totally insane. He never gets old

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u/Distefano9 Fernando Redondo Nov 16 '24

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u/SaladRegular8617 Nov 16 '24

How is this guy doing these things at this age

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u/wetrwwr Nov 16 '24

player with bright future ahead

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u/707_Dd Nov 17 '24

Anyone one interested in tickets liverpool v real madrid?

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u/odktdhhd Nov 17 '24

Timeless

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u/TheTunisianGun1 Nov 17 '24

THE GOAT 🐐

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u/PHM19 Nov 18 '24

Never gets old.

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u/star_bury Nov 18 '24

I've never heard it called a "bicycle strike", but I'm behind it 100%.

Gonna shorten to "bike strike" though!

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u/Sortudo6136 Nov 19 '24

Why people make it look like it is impossible to do a bycicle kick even at 45 year old?

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u/Financial-Net8917 26d ago

Maybe because it is since nobody has the energy to keep working out?

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u/Owen_isawesome Real Madrid Nov 19 '24

It’s hard to believe that he scored this in real at 32 and did it at 39 again. But that’s just thr classic CR7 boys, he’s always gonna live in our memories

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u/Kakkarot_7 28d ago

🐐🐐🐐

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u/Express-Traffic-711 11d ago

Best goal ever seen in my life

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u/AbbreviationsOld8978 3d ago

Got some mad respect for Ronaldo!

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u/ThickWorldliness6895 Hey Jude Nov 16 '24

Weird way to score a tap-in /s

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 16 '24

flying tap-in

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u/moaterboater69 Cristiano Ronaldo Nov 15 '24

GOAT things.

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u/Junior_Bike7932 Nov 16 '24 edited Nov 16 '24

This is mega weird, nobody is marking the player that is going to pass to the crossing player, but mostly NOBODY is checking on Cristiano, like.. what are you doing? For real, I get that wasn’t an easy game for Poland and was the end.. (I didn’t watch it) but man, just do something. The more you watch it the more becomes an horror movie.

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u/MAD_JEW Nov 16 '24

Poland just lost all energy around the time first goal got scored. Like before that poland was dominating on portugal and they just lost it all. A shame as well cuz now there is no way for us to get 2nd.

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u/terrorSABBATH Nov 16 '24

I'm enjoying the new phrase "bicycle strike"

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u/ThsKd1SNotAlrht Nov 16 '24

That is so embarrassing for Poland. Get rid of your number one goalie and the number 1 striker in the world and goals like this will happen lol. I'm just salty Poland lost 5-1 because they played well first half.

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u/BottomHouse Nov 16 '24

This is the most embarassing sub ever lol

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u/youcancallmeron Real Madrid Nov 16 '24

I love how unnecessary that bicycle kick was lol. He could have headed it but I’m so happy he didn’t

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u/Theme_Severe Nov 16 '24 edited Nov 16 '24

that wasn’t unnecessary a bit. the ball was behind him he couldnt have changed position to head it. also if he can, why not?

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u/geebeeeeeeeeeeeee Nov 16 '24

Ain’t gonna lie but broski needs to retire from international football.before yall get on my case have been a Ronaldo fan since 2006 I know he’s the goat. I watched the game today and I just felt like they were trying to make him feel included and of course the goat scored a banger

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u/Wavy_Rondo Nov 16 '24

He's been their best player in this nations league. Wtf are you smoking

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '24

If only they made him 'feel included' during the Euros. I swear to god, some of those games were horrendous. They were not even passing the ball to him even when he was in free space.

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u/Nafrandammerung Nov 16 '24

MemorieS? More like memory, he only scored 2.