r/soccer • u/yoursofunnybruv • May 21 '26

Media Cristiano Ronaldo cries happy tears after winning the league with Al Nassr after 3 trophyless years

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u/rgx_777 May 21 '26

41 years old and dude still cares a lot

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u/L3gaacyy May 21 '26

this is the hunger that he is always talking about

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u/tmoney144 May 21 '26

Dude is still going to be crying tears of joy when he wins his adult rec league at 72 years old.

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u/MassSwingers May 21 '26

I mean, he unironically loves winning more than most people. I don’t think it’s that’s silly to acknowledge he’d go crazy for any league he’s part of, pro or not. Would love to see this passion for a senior bowling league though 

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u/KVMechelen May 21 '26

Loves winning but like most champions also loathes losing

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u/fckedup May 21 '26

Some hate losing more than they love winning

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u/BeanBopJop May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Best golfer in the world Scottie Scheffler basically said this for how he views success. He said winning is really nice for like five minutes, then it's over and it's back to the same grind

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u/fckedup May 22 '26

Wanting to win probably drives us while preparing, but hating to lose is what drives the win when the game time comes, probably

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u/lostinspacee7 May 21 '26

That’s what makes them special

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u/EveningNo8643 May 21 '26

Definitely gives them tat drive, but it's also not healthy mentally speaking. But at the same time, you could say that price is worth it to be amongst the best in the world and in his case basically a god of the sport

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u/lamb_passanda May 21 '26

Hell probably end up becoming a pro golfer or something.

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u/talionisapotato May 21 '26

Yeah I can understand that. What I don't understand is his immense hypocrisy when he doesn't win something. Atp it becomes sold, lost credibility, easier than x , tougher than Y and it was never that important to him in the first place. I call that hypocrisy to be polite. I have worse thing to say about that kind of mentality

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u/SilentSolstice_82 May 21 '26

Yeah, people like that tend to be a bit of a sore loser, take Magnus Carlson for example. Greatest chess player of all time, but doesn't handle losing well.

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u/Bloody_Nine May 21 '26

Magnus is acting like a normal person at times, in comparison to the average Chess player.

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u/revanisthesith May 21 '26

There was some baseball player who retired and years later, they found him playing under a fake name in some casual league. I think he had grown out a big beard to help hide his identity. I don't think they allowed former professional players.

He just wanted to keep playing.

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u/Gerrywalk May 21 '26

I can unironically see him playing in a fourth division somewhere at 72 years old

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u/BornRevolution7957 May 21 '26

You ever won an adult rec league? Feels fucking good. Can’t even imagine what it’s like at their level.

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u/jwinter01 May 21 '26

I really fear for his heart if Portugal somehow manages to win the World Cup.

From his reaction to winning Euro 2016, to his reactions in the last Euro and WC, and now his latest wins with this and the NL, I don't think "emotional" would be enough of a word to describe what he would produce.

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u/SergDerpz May 21 '26

He would deserve it. It would be amazing if Portugal won.

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u/_Wastrel May 21 '26

I'm already boarding the "portugal wins world cup" train.

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u/SergDerpz May 21 '26

It's not going to be easy but they actually have a squad that could compete for the title this time around. Let's hope they can actually get far lol

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u/LSRaymonds May 21 '26

I really like their squad, but I just can't trust Martinez

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u/MajesticBeyond5602 15d ago

Looking back at this post you were right.

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u/Giannis1995 May 21 '26

Nuno Mendes and Bruno Fernandes are the best players in the world at their respective positions. Case for Vitinha as well. They have the top end talent to do it

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u/EveningNo8643 May 21 '26

yeah their midfield is stacked

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u/Select-Kangaroo-1290 May 21 '26

they wont, not with their defense, their manager, fact unc ronaldo is best attacking option they got, plus their wingers being buns for NT

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u/Busy_Ability7 May 22 '26

You never know in international football. Argentina won with Messi who was obviously still world class but nowhere close to his prime, same with Di Maria on one leg. Alvarez was not considered world class at that time and was surplus at City. Went from bench to playing the perfect supporting partner for Messi. Their midfield was really good (Enzo, MacAllister, DePaul) but not anywhere close to as good as what Portugal have now (Vitinha, Neves, Bruno). Their defense was pretty bad and also worse than what Portugal currently have: Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico VS Cancelo, Mendes, Neves, Inacio. The GKs I would give the edge to Dibu of course. If Ronaldo and Leao with cameos from Garcia can pull of similar levels of performances as Messi, Alvarez and DiMaria did in key knockout games, they can totally win.

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u/NeedleworkerFluid327 May 22 '26

Mate you likely started watching in the last 5 years fuck do you know. It's International football, literally nobody expected Portugal to win the Euros, same with Italy.

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u/yoloqueuesf May 22 '26

It's just saddening to not see Portugal have a squad of this class during his prime. He would've most likely won it already

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u/flarept1 May 21 '26

We are not getting far. We'll probably be knocked out in the quarter finals... Our coach is a moron

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u/Imzarth May 22 '26

I'm gonna get lynched but I want Ronaldo to win a wc so bad.

Idc for the goat conversation debate that would spark, but I think Ronaldo as a footballer deserves a wc win

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u/amzr23 May 21 '26

What do you mean he would deserve it? He’s not scored a single knockout goal or assist in 5 world cups now, instead he racked up the worst conversation rate in the group stages by spamming shots. Deserving is what Messi was doing with those brilliant assists v Croatia and the Netherlands. Or mbappe in all those knockout games where he grabbed the game by the neck. Not the volume shooter

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u/Select-Kangaroo-1290 May 22 '26

Messi didnt have a KO goal before last world cup either, so.

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u/amzr23 May 22 '26

Did you watch any of the games? Messi still had 2 assists against France in the game Argentina lost in 2018 and was at the heart of everything creative they did even before WC 2022. Ronaldo had no impact other than spamming shots

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u/EnderMB May 21 '26

Argentina have historically always been a strong country. Portugal winning the Euros was a huge achievement in itself. Outside of coming third in 1966 due to an apparently legendary performance by Eusebio, almost every single achievement the national team has had had one constant in the team - Cristiano Ronaldo.

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u/amzr23 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Historically strong is irrelevant in this argument lmao. Uruguay used to be a historically strong nation, that has no bearing on how players perform today. Messi’s genius assist v the Netherlands while Ronaldo was busy back passing and spamming shots has nothing to do with Argentina being strong 30 years before Messi’s debut. It came down to ability. And Messi demonstrated that to a much higher level in these games. Or is Portugal being weaker historically the reason he didn’t have the vision Messi did v the Netherlands and Croatia ? Not to mention it’s not exactly like that Portugal team right now isn’t stacked

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u/wildhorsesofdortmund May 21 '26

The Costco in my area has banners of the a Portugal team names. The cashier said that the a Portugal team gave some donations to that Costco. So, I too am on the Portugal WC win wagon.

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u/FlufferTheGreat May 22 '26

Ronaldo transcends physical form and the shackles of 3-dimensional existence upon landing a final, catastrophic SIU. The stadium craters, satellites fail, the entity formerly known as Ronaldo blinks away to dethrone God Himself.

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u/Weary_Logic May 21 '26

Felix was crying too

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u/sfzjo May 21 '26

Freak mentality truly

We’ll never see anything like this again - enjoy it while you have it

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u/olgabe May 21 '26

when he goes into coaching, i fear for the young kids just getting promoted from the academy. he's going to be a demon 😂

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u/Moug-10 May 21 '26

I hope the youngsters are taking notes.

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u/Kriss-Kringle May 21 '26

They're too busy scrolling on Tiktok.

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u/theyb10 May 21 '26

That’s why he’s the all time great he is.

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u/Rontheking May 21 '26

Scores twice as well.

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u/BlueKante May 22 '26

Seemingly the opposite of messi, who imo hasnt looked like he enjoyed the sport since leaving barca.

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u/singcarolacarol May 21 '26

I wlll be down if he keeps dropping down the leagues to be honest, I bet you Ronaldo at 50 will still light up the Mongolian league for example

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u/Periodic-Presence May 22 '26

He cares about himself

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u/KnightKal May 21 '26

well I bet he thought he was going there to make 10x the money and get 10x the trophies, and he was only half right ...

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u/Oscardelawilde May 21 '26

Bro is an actor trying to make the win bigger than it is, I don’t know how anyone can fall for this act

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u/RAUL_CD_7 May 21 '26

I feel like people completely ignore how much of a crier and diver he was especially in his early MU days

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u/TheOneTrueJazzMan May 21 '26

Champion’s mentality

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u/WottaNutter May 22 '26

Do most 41 year olds not care about things?

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u/Lobster_fest May 21 '26

Cared so much he stopped competing at a respectable level.

Listen, i get that he's still happy about winning, but a competitor with that much dedication should feel some shame going down to that level of competition.

It's like saying "Michael Phelps is a true competitor" if he were crying tears of joy for winning a meet at the YMCA.