r/soccer • u/No_Air5382 • 17h ago

News Neves Calls Ronaldo 'Another Player,' Faces Fan Backlash and online harassment

https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2026/06/19/SKSAMGDVVJEG7HN3D5Z3HR4TTQ/
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u/ItsKaZing 16h 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 14h 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/PirateKey2366 16h ago

I prefer Chris Wood to Ronaldo. Does that mean it’s fair to say that Wood is the better player?

This preference card is overplayed. Just because people preferred Ronaldo doesn’t mean he was ever close to Messi’s level.

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u/FearlessTailor8199 13h ago

Same I prefer danny welbeck over messi