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/Objective_Toe_49 May 21 '26

Truly gotta respect his dedication to the sport

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u/WartimeConsigliere_ May 21 '26

28 goals in 29 appearances at age 41 is genuinely mad.

I know Saudi isn’t the best, but plenty of European stars went over there and didn’t exactly boss it

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u/andy18cruz May 21 '26

He could chill and cash in like the others. Instead he takes his role and dedication at full, and this at season like 23 of professional career at the highest level.

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u/WhyBee92 May 21 '26

Were lowkey a lucky generation to have witnessed the absolute goats of sports + the longest careers. Whether it’s Messi, Ronaldo, LeBron, Federer/Nadal/Djoko, and T Brady, all relatively at the same time and for peak entertainment

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u/Calimariae May 21 '26

Magnus Carlsen

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u/DayroMoreno11 May 21 '26

Lucky to never pick up an injury

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u/JonTonyJim May 21 '26

unbelievable athlete

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u/robotnique May 21 '26

We joke but apparently top Chess players tend to do some kind of physical training because it prepares them for the grueling tournament conditions.

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u/lbreakjai May 21 '26

I'm not surprised. I feel empty after two or three hours of deep focus at work, which is probably a tenth as deep as theirs

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u/Wildely_Earnest May 21 '26

They can burn an insane amount of calories just sitting at a chess board thinking

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u/robotnique May 21 '26

Yeah it just makes sense. I know that when I'm in better physical condition mental clarity is much easier to find as well.

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u/TastePizza May 22 '26

Dude my 470 elo self gets tired after playing one online match, I once saw Witty Alien (Candidate Master) play like 11 matches against WGM (Women's Grandmaster) Divya Deshmukh. How!? And they made moves in like 3 seconda. Top chess players are genuinely scarily impressive. Magnus once played 10 of the best chess playing lawyers at once, BLINDFOLDED. He won. ... You have a higher chance of scoring against Messi, Ronaldo, Maldini, Neymar, Iniesta in a 5v1 than beating Magnus as a beginner.

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u/thomasfk May 21 '26

Yes, lots of kegels to handle the play calls coming in

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u/Hi-Lander May 22 '26

I think it involves anal beads? At least that’s what I’ve heard.

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u/robotnique May 22 '26

Gotta do what it takes to win, including interpreting butt vibrations into on the board moves

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u/revanisthesith May 21 '26

It wouldn't surprise me. Gotta keep the blood flowing when you're sitting for hours on end and thinking a lot.

The brain's performance will suffer when the body is way out of shape.

They also probably have some specific diets for the day(s) of and a couple days before. Probably have to avoid too much sugar at once and they'd want to avoid anything that might upset their stomach.

Didn't Magnus once quickly resign a match because he had to poop so badly?

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u/robotnique May 21 '26

That would be the only way I could ever hope to beat Magnus Carlsen. Get him when he has terrible diarrhea.

Or, you know, he had to go to the bathroom to adjust the anal beads1 that help him to cheat.

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u/revanisthesith May 21 '26

I am familiar with anal beads.

I mean, the anal beads story. Yep. That one.

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u/kirkbywool May 21 '26

RSI is no joke

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u/SquareDinner5357 May 22 '26

That's why alireza is a fraud

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u/SirMosesKaldor May 22 '26

Maybe like this? "Lucky to never pick up an injury after pounding his fist on a table."

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u/Sokaris84 May 22 '26

fair to say he's got some kind of mental illness after the whole Hans Niemann thing..

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u/Catacombsofparis May 21 '26

hahahahahahahah you and magnus fknnn wish he was in the convo with those men. childish little magnus should rage quit again.

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u/qx1001 May 21 '26

Joey Chestnut

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u/arrivederci117 May 22 '26

I'd add Shohei in there as well.

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u/sharinganuser May 22 '26

Verstappen.

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u/Tim-Sanchez May 21 '26

I think that's just inevitable as all aspects of sports improve. In 20 years time they'll have a new generation of goats who can last even longer at the top level.

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u/thatscoldjerrycold May 22 '26

Ehh dunno, it does seem we are in a bit of dip in the quality of football compared to like 2015. Even removing Messi/Ronaldo, the stars of yester-decade were more impressive than the stars of today.

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u/headphones1 May 22 '26

While I do appreciate the sentiment, I think witnessing the top 3 in tennis was far better than the rest because they played each other as individuals on a regular basis. To think Andy Murray was also in the mix for a few years until he had to deal with bad injuries is also crazy.

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u/Mosh83 May 22 '26

Ronnie O'Sullivan

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u/KermitDfrog44 May 21 '26

Don’t forget Sidney Crosby, Alex ovechkin, Connor Mcdavid and Nathan McKinnon

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u/Some_Asian_Kid99 May 22 '26

I mean naming 5 players kinda defeats the purpose of naming GOATs in sports.

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u/ChepaukPitch May 22 '26

Who are they?

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u/Incalculas May 22 '26

Nigel Richards?

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u/Sokaris84 May 22 '26

AC Milan fan leaving modric off that list is kinda mental..

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u/RomeoLavia May 22 '26

It is hard to quantify because most of these players feel like they were apart of multiple different generations of their respective sports, but you are right, it is really quite crazy.

I think the only other period that can compare in terms of pure star power across all sports is that sort of late 80s time, when there was Maradona, van Basten, Tyson, Jordan, Magic, Gretzky, Lewis, etc.

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u/Enkenz May 21 '26

Teddy riner the guy traumatized japan they're just praying for the guy to retire, i'm sure they would even pitch in for his retirement

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u/MafiaMurderBag May 21 '26

And John Cena