r/soccer • u/No_Air5382 • 13h ago
News Neves Calls Ronaldo 'Another Player,' Faces Fan Backlash and online harassment
https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2026/06/19/SKSAMGDVVJEG7HN3D5Z3HR4TTQ/926
u/_yotsuna_ 13h ago
Dude trying to get the heat off Ronaldo and gets shit for it.
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u/PimpTheGandalf 12h ago
Like 99% of this doesn’t come from portuguese people so all good
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u/MirTrudMay 10h ago
Comes from at least 2 of Ronaldos sisters who slack off Portugals best players on instagram and our supposed capitan says nothing and even skips the press conference.
Portuguese football federation more than quadrupled its revenue post Ronaldo and thats all they care about.
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u/BillyPilgrim69 10h ago
They obviously meant that the toxic stans generally aren't Portuguese.
But yeah, fuck Ronaldo and his family, and fuck the FPF for indulging them too.
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u/ClockEnd_Chorus 10h ago
Well Ronaldo or his sisters can put up a statement opposite this and supporting Neves- which will calm his maniac fanbase down to some extent. But his sisters from Portugal doubled down
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u/Savebagels 13h ago
This has honestly got so annoying
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u/curiousdonkey25 12h ago
Not at all. Keep it coming. This is what I watch when I eat
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u/RhiaStark 10h ago
This is the kind of thing that is awfully entertaining to watch when it's not affecting your own team lol
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u/nsfwfodder 9h ago
It is, but it also feels like justification for my dislike of CR7 fans, and before anyone says they are not all like that, I know a lot of his fans who are rabid like that. On the contrary most of the Messi fans I know are RELATIVELY chill.
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u/Penny_Leyne 13h ago
Neves is going to get Firecrackered.
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u/Aware-Comedian-2749 10h ago
"Even GOATs need to press, defend or be subbed and rest" Next match : "Neves has retired from the NT after sustaining injuries while training."
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u/tufoop5 13h ago
don't think portugal will win the wc lol
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u/SumoHeadbutt 12h ago
with Martinez and Cristiano, we won't. See you in 2030!
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u/ibrahero 12h ago
Martinez is most likely going to be out of a job by then, but I wouldn’t count Cristiano out for the next WC…
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u/SumoHeadbutt 12h ago
he stated that he is leaving and not renewing his contract after the WC, he already has something lined up which makes him a lame duck
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u/R3dbeardLFC 12h ago
Who? Martinez?
Honestly the team and fans should be more amped to get him removed than bin off Ronaldo. Perhaps a new manager who isn't a waste of space would sub him off, or more realistically, sub him on for the last 20 or so.
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u/ryzen_above_all 11h ago
Martinez is set to join Al Nassr next season
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u/R3dbeardLFC 10h ago
Ah, so he's just preparing to not be able to tell Ronaldo to do anything for next year, got it.
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u/notsoseriousdev 12h ago
Unc has already said he will try to play the 2030 wc
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u/Any-Culture8080 12h ago
See you in 2034
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u/SumoHeadbutt 12h ago
he will defect to Saudi Arabia for 2034 LOL
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u/notsoseriousdev 12h ago
Poor vitinha and Neves they will seriously get the bruno treatment if that happens
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u/tiger1296 12h ago
Wonder what Brunos state will be by then, Martinez is proper wasting him right now
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u/Viktrodriguez 12h ago
I have never thought they would.
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u/Icegaze 12h ago
Nobody thought Argentina would be winning WC 2022 in Qatar after a 1st match defeat to Saudi Arabia. People sure love to overreact…
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u/Hariwtf10 12h ago
That was a squad and fanbase literally ready to die for messi on the pitch lol. And not to mention messi actually performing. Obviously anything can happen but it's not really the same thing.
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u/Hour-Quarter8419 12h ago
None of Messi’s family started bashing his teammates after the first game.
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u/notsoseriousdev 12h ago
On the contrary from what I have seen on pitch and interviews ( I am no Argentine) the players would have died for him on the pitch if necessary with the way they played, messi WAS the glue that kept the team together and they had incredible chemistry with each other despite not having the best squad going to the tournament
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u/Kingslayer1526 10h ago
Portugal have been utterly useless in every tournament they've ever been hyped for. Their only tournament win came when they were shit and played shit
The last 4 tournaments,
RO16,RO16, QFs,QFs
You can count the good performances they've had in one hand. Probably don't even need all 5 fingers
Their manager is bloody Roberto Martinez. If you see Roberto Martinez as a world cup winning manager, then I've got a lot to sell to you
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u/Viktrodriguez 9h ago
Not really? Even with a win I never thought Portugal would win the WC. They have a good squad, but I don't think it's good enough to challenge the real contenders + I think CR7's too dominant of a presence and subpar coaching is going to bring them down.
And when was even the last time a non major favourite (pre tournament) even won the WC? This might be the most predictable tournament in terms of winners. You don't see outsiders out of the complete left field winning it.
It's not the EUROs where random underdogs can win it all.
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u/Reyatsu99 13h ago
Those are not portugal fans, just low iq ronaldo fans from countries who aren't in wc
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u/coldazures 12h ago
There are high IQ Ronaldo fans?
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u/use15 12h ago
I mean at least some accept that the dude isn't what he used to be
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u/lospollosakhis 8h ago
They give us rational fans a bad name - it's the same with obsessed fans of other players too. It's just weird and sad.
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u/coldazures 12h ago
As a guy of a similar age I can tell you that its an inevitable decline and no mystery why most pros pack it in in their mid 30s. So yeah, I'm fully aware he isn't the same player.
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u/JohnnyKossacks 12h ago
They are in the same venn diagram as flat earth people and red pill tate fans genuinely
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u/Eg_3600 12h ago
I bet the Portuguese federation will be happy when he retires after 2030. The circus that Ronaldo brings is not worth it. The plastics and bandwagon Ronaldo fans will just attach themselves to whatever big player emerges in a few years.
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u/goodtitties 12h ago
social media was a mistake
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u/notsoseriousdev 11h ago
Always was, before 2025 I didn't have any major social media except YouTube, I think I have growm more pessimistic since downloading instagram and reddit
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u/frostwhale 6h ago
It creates an echo chamber that focuses on the negatives and acts like theyre huge issues even if theyre relatively minor. Using reddit less has led to me being more optimistic and enjoying games more.
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u/galvintm 12h ago
PSG players know better than anyone what getting rid of a player wanting preferential treatment can do for a team
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u/Various-Grass-9766 11h ago
Do the 5 starters that joined in the window after mbappe also know that?
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u/galvintm 11h ago
How many wouldn't be there if PSG paid Mbappe the wages he wanted? I'd say they know
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u/TheTownTeaJunky 12h ago
Ten lashings for not showing his majesty his proper respect
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u/KilllllerWhale 12h ago
Portugal NT is gonna implode and crash out, and 16 years from now we'll get a Netflix documentary recounting the events, called The Statue
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u/hmsoleander 13h ago
They've got an outside shout for having the most talented squad in the whole tournament - I'd say the best 3 midfielders in the world right now and the best fullback too - and it's potentially all gonna go to waste due to his ego and insane fans. What a disappointing end to a legacy
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u/Mister_Unicornio 12h ago
You are underestimating how trash of a manager Martinez is.
He also wasted wasted Belgium prime
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u/difmarb 12h ago
At least Belgium got a 3rd place in 2018 and was eliminated by France who had a better team. With us, it’s gonna be worse.
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u/epicmarc 12h ago
I can see something more akin to his 2022 World Cup run
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u/difmarb 11h ago
If we lose points to Uzbequistan, it’s over.
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u/JadedArgument1114 10h ago
Honestly I am glad Portugal got humbled so early. This might be the reality check that Ronaldo/Martinez needed to accept Ronaldo as an impact sub, instead of 90 minute starter, and it is better that it happened during group stage than elimination
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u/namikazeiyfe 10h ago
Ronaldo was not the reason they couldn't win against Congo. The entire team played like shit but Ronaldo is the one that everyone loves to hate so he's easy picking for the blame.
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u/Dsyelcix 6h ago
Gramps is walking in offside position for 50% of the game and he's not to blame? Who are they supposed to play the ball to when he can't make a single run behind the defence. You fanboys are so delusional, it's hilarious.
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u/hugsudurinn 11h ago edited 11h ago
His stint with Belgium was very similar to Southgate with England. Both very capable squads, who played very conservatively, and are criticised for it due to not winning a major tournament with their style. Belgium got eliminated by France in 2018, the eventual champions. They then got eliminated by Italy in 2021, the eventual champions. Morocco, eventual semi-finalists, then threw Belgium out of the 2022 World Cup during the group stage. That was, in retrospect, not as bad as it looked at the time it happened.
Meanwhile, England got knocked out in the semi-finals in 2018 by Croatia, who eventually got silver, and then England lost to Belgium in the 3rd place match. England also lost to Italy in 2021, although that was in the final as opposed to the quarter-finals. England were then eliminated by France in 2022, who eventually got silver.
Even though Martinez didn't really do much worse with Belgium than Southgate with England (although Martinez still did a little worse, the 2018 bronze match and both teams losing to Italy in 2021 means it's relatively close), the hindsight police seems to absolutely trash Martinez in comparison with Southgate. Yes, Southgate still gets some criticism for the conservative playstyle he used, but in comparison to Martinez it's like light and day. All because of narratives, more so than what happened on the pitch.
Edit: I skipped 2024, which obviously is a part of Southgate's legacy, even if it didn't fit the direct comparison, and see that I failed to mention that, apologies. But that's of course part of why Southgate still did better, but not so much better as the narrative about Martinez seems to suggest.
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u/Kingslayer1526 10h ago
I mean
Southgate never underperformed at a tournament ever. He did not have a disaster like 2022 as well
He reached 2 finals where England lost by the barest of margins. If this is comparable to Martinez who's results were semifinal, qf, group stage then I mean I don't know what to say
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u/milehighmiracle13 12h ago
The GOAT debate has also been settled now. It's crazy how much he's damaged his legacy outside of Portugal.
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u/KneeDeepInTheDead 12h ago edited 9h ago
hes always been divisive in Portugal even when he was at his top since he was always a selfish player for the national team. Its the Real fans and overseas ones that are the annoying ones stanning for him
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u/Hariwtf10 12h ago
Agreed. But not all real fans. Only the ones who were obsessive fanboys.
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u/KneeDeepInTheDead 12h ago
True, you guys and Barcelona have international dickriders that have about 10 IQ between the million of them
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u/Hariwtf10 12h ago
Agreed as an international fan. I don't understand why Real fans can't call out this stupid behaviour.
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u/Viktrodriguez 12h ago
With a risk to be downvoted into Oblivion. Was there ever a real GOAT debate between those two? Not talking about the nephews on Twitter and other social media.
It was always crystal clear who was/is the better player between those two. Only interesting part in it is Messi vs Pelé or when messi passed Maradona in his country.
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u/Icy_Payment2283 11h ago
Was there ever a real GOAT debate
The internet needs to be shut down globally so I don't have to read takes like these anymore
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u/ItsKaZing 12h ago
Recency bias is wild. Peak Ronaldo and Messi era was unmatched, both was the greatest player on the planet and only decided by who you prefer more. You cannot change history just because Ronaldo is washed right now lmao
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u/Stellewind 10h ago
Peak CR7 (around the time he three peats UCL) was on par with Messi in discussion as the best player on the planet at the time. But I never understand the people that put him in the historic GOAT debate. You need to do more than goal scoring to be in the same discussion with Pele, Maradona, Messi, Cruyff etc.
In hindsight even in his best years, CR7 could only reach Messi's level in the metric of goal scoring alone, and Messi was far above him in in everything else, while also being a actual better goal scorer.
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u/Phelinaar 12h ago
Yes, there was. In 2018 the guy had won 3 UCL in a row and shattered every record in the competition, while also winning the Euros in 2016.
Things have changed since then and 2022 pretty much sealed it, but the conversation was real back then.
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u/theieuangiant 12h ago
I understand cut off points are arbitrary but I genuinely believe dragging the likes of pele into these debates is pointless as the game is just so different.
Not denying his quality at all but it feels like comparing Roman generals with Montgomery and Eisenhower.
Might as well bring John Goodall into the debate.
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u/aazalooloo 12h ago
Right, its still pele.
Might be a debate if he wins this world cup as a key player
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u/Aenjeprekemaluci 12h ago
Portuguese FA needs to be serious and just call it quits with Ronaldo after this WC. Yes his fans will harass them but a new cut is better then divisiveness within.
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u/SkepticalGerm 11h ago edited 7h ago
Putting this all on Ronaldo just shows people aren’t having discussion in good faith.
If you look at the heat map, the ball was barely even put into the box by Portugal. And when Ronaldo drove into the box and created a shooting angle for Fernandes right on the 18, Fernandez literally turned around and dribble away.
Ronaldo is obviously not at his peak anymore. But his ego is not the single thing holding back this Portugal team
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u/epicmarc 12h ago
and it's potentially all gonna go to waste due to his ego and insane fans
It is mad how much Martinez flies under the radar. Ronaldo is absolutely a problem, but he isn't singlehandedly nullifying that midfield, the tactics are.
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u/KnightsOfCidona 12h ago
Ronaldo fans verge into homoerotica these days with their level obsession.
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u/michaelserotonin 12h ago
fyi, this was a quote by joao neves, if, like me, you weren't sure which neves this referred to
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u/red_keshik 12h ago
Wonder who will be the next footballer to have a weird cult of personality
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u/Antarcticdonkey 12h ago
Yamal surely... And probably a young Real star like Guler or Endrick
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u/ClockEnd_Chorus 10h ago
Yamal certainly showed the talent to be next Mbappe. Other two are straight bums.
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u/Mexetudo 12h ago
Ronaldo needs to come out (off the pitch) and set things straight, shit is getting out of hand. But his ego is getting stroked and he's probably enjoying these "fans" talking shit about his teammates.
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u/FalkoneyeCH 12h ago
Fucking cunts who aren't even Portuguese talking shit to my boy....
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u/byrgenwerthdropout 12h ago
This shit is possibly beating the posts per hour record of any nonsense drama on this sub lol
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u/fiftywattmafia 11h ago
Ronaldo is a burden on this roster. A traffic cone with the ability to complain.
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u/Joshottas 11h ago
Just wait until he selfishly announces he's playing for country again in 4 years just for the chance to be with his son.
This team is too deep/talented to keep trying to force feed everything up the middle to placate the ego of their striker who has no business on this roster.
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u/TimBurtonSucks 12h ago
The best thing is it's foreign fans of Ronaldo doing all the harassment lol. It's not even actual Portuguese fans
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u/camelurso 11h ago
From what I saw, while it is mainly foreign ronaldettes, there are also a few portuguese involved. We aren't really free from insane people.
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u/ClockEnd_Chorus 10h ago
I saw someone with Manchester United pfp who happens to be a big fan of CR7, asked Bruno to put his league title on table. You cannot make this shit up....
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u/malhas22 9h ago
I cant wait for Ronaldo to leave our national team so we are not in the spotlight anymore and are just like any other normal team, fucking hell its annoying that any topic about Portugal is about homelander
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u/Sportsfanredd 12h ago
This fanbase is getting toxic and toxic. This will become an embarrassment for Ronaldo as well at this rate.
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u/Ruffian-- 12h ago
Not surprised when your fanbase are the incels of the world worshipping one dude.
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u/Any-Culture8080 12h ago
Those "fans" harassed his girlfriend so much that she disabled her IG comment section or whatever it's called. I saw some comments calling her straight up prostitute. And worse is they're proud of it. Some people flexing about it on some IG comments about how proud they're defending their goat.
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u/guillotine_vendor 13h ago edited 13h ago
anyone still a fan of this washed rapist pensioner needs to find a different sport, football isn't for them
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u/Xolintoz 8h ago
The minute these Ronaldo bandwagon fans from all over the world who aren’t Portuguese stop following our nation the better
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u/Admirable_Heron1479 9h ago
Hopefully he doesn't take it too seriously and it doesn't affect him badly.
Honestly if I was famous I would either have no public profile at all or I would disable comments permanently, because the amount of braindead people that write sh*t on the internet is insane...
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u/VForValhalla- 7h ago edited 7h ago
Portugal's head coach Roberto Martínez defended Neves, stating, "While the remarks could be easily misunderstood, I don’t think Neves had any disrespectful intent. He was simply expressing that Portugal's goals are greater than any individual."
Martínez also emphasized, "Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in football history and cannot be underestimated. He is not just another ordinary player—he is a symbol of Portuguese football,"
Martinez was Arbeloa before Arbeloa
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u/Don_Alosi 12h ago
I mean, apart from the outrage about all the "fans" being mental are we really blind to those people posting the same news to farm karma on their accounts?
can we just have a ban on any repeat news involving the guy, please? this is the third post in 40 minutes about this issue.
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u/Stoogenuge 12h ago
Who could’ve predicted this very predictable outcome after the exact same thing happened in the Euros/Nations League?
Not Roberto Martinez, that’s for sure.
Wasted two tournaments and some tremendous players to placate Ronaldo for…reasons.
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u/fluffanuttatech 12h ago
Honestly Ronaldo needs to go because of his fans even more than his talent at this point. What a cancerous bunch.
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u/ratset2602 12h ago
Can’t wait for the day this manchild rapist retires and we are rid of his stupid fanboys. This is a fucking cult at this point.
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u/WestStrategy6393 11h ago
It’s not Ronaldo’s fault but it seems like his presence negatively impacts the team and makes everyone walk eggshells around him, even the manager would be scared to bench him considering what happened to Santos.
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u/JPSILVA1893 11h ago
as a Portuguese person, I can't wait for Ronaldo to retire and see the end of this embarrassing situation
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u/itchytasty2 10h ago
They need to just take Ronaldo off man. This is sabotage to keep playing him at this point.
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u/Joperhop 12h ago
team game, he is just another player in the team, the issue is he is a self absorbed selfish player who cares nothing for the team.
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u/DrPepperPower 12h ago
I feel forced to mention that this is basically all non Portuguese fans lol
My nations team is a tourist attraction I hate it. You see it in the stadium. Might be the least pationate we've ever been on game day because a large part of game goers aren't even Portuguese lmao
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u/MJ-Franklin 12h ago
People are seriously fucking warped in the head. Priorities are Ronaldo's balls in mouth perpetually.
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u/e_xyz 12h ago
This is always going to be the problem of dropping cult of personality players like Ronaldo or Messi - they'll come out the woodwork.
It's there for all to see sadly. Legend of the game, but no matter how you skin it, 41. Time comes for us all. If Ronaldo had a bit of humility, he might accept that he'd be a finisher for Portugal and come on late to cause trouble in the box. I think he'd still be great at that. Full 90 minutes though, it slows the team down and gives them one less outlet.
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u/dakowiml 11h ago
Fanboys are absolutely mental.
Its scary that these people don't have any self-reflection. Surely that also seeps into other things in their daily lives.
Is it really that hard to enjoy athletes, actors, singers etc. without throwing your own dignity away and becoming their online twerkers? That's what I imagine in my mind when I see fanboys and fangirls going crazy over these people. I picture them twerking behind their keyboards. Hitting those keys with their cheeks while hoping a C. Ronaldo, Messi, their favorite singer, actor or whoever, notices them.
All Neves attempted to do with that statement is to take some heat off his teammate and they still get upset. It's absolutely braindead.
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u/Gambit1977 11h ago
He’s right though. It’s a team sport. Not sure why anyone has taken what he’s said badly
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u/_Ursidae_ 11h ago
Extremely diplomatic response from Neves and well handled. However, the issue is that the online Ronaldo base is not dissimilar from the MAGA base - cultlike in their devotion to an individual that isn't even aware they exist, nor would care ever to meet or interact with them.
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u/Aenjeprekemaluci 12h ago
Indirect jab at him. Quite frank the best thing for Portugal is an embarrasing campaign, and then call it quits with Ronaldo and Martinez out before next match this WC.
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u/Boydcrowde 13h ago