Ant being out was the best thing for the Timberwolves. It gives them a chance to see how LaMelo plays, to build chemistry, and to show that they can win. Ant can see he doesn’t need to put up 40 points a night; he just gave an efficient 30 and let the team flow
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I think it terms of talent Lamelo might be the most talented basketball player in the league. He can do so much and it’s like he’s been playing like this since 15. He didn’t change much bar the defence
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LaMelo Ball last 4 games:
- 22 PPG
- 5 RPG
- 5 APG
- 2.3 SPG
- 45/41/87 on 63 TS%
- +9.5
- 28 MINUTES
Timberwolves are 3-1 during this period.
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Match winning goals:
Ronaldo: 243 (24.7%)
Messi: 195 (20.8%)
One goal wins where they scored:
Ronaldo: 143
Messi: 111
Points lost removing their goals:
Ronaldo: 415
Messi: 362
Points per goal:
Ronaldo: 0.42
Messi: 0.39
And let’s not get started on the variety of goals.
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🐐🇵🇹 This is Cristiano Ronaldo AFTER LEAVING MADRID at age 33:
⚽️ 428 appearances
⚽️ 325 goals
🅰️ 56 assists
🎯 16 hat-tricks
⚽️ 381 direct goal contributions
🏆 2019 Italian Super Cup
🏆 2019 Serie A
🏆 2019 UEFA Nations League
🏆 2020 Serie A
🏆 2021 Italian Super Cup
🏆 2021 Coppa Italia
🏆 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
🏆 2025 UEFA Nations League
🏆 2026 Saudi Pro League
✔️ 2019 Serie A Player of the Year
✔️ 2019 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season
✔️ 2019 FIFA FIFPro World XI
✔️ 2020 Serie A Footballer of the Year
✔️ 2020 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season
✔️ 2020 FIFA FIFPro World XI
⚽️ 2021 Serie A Top Scorer
✔️ 2021 Serie A Best Striker
⚽️ 2021 European Championship Top Scorer
✔️ 2021 FIFA FIFPro World XI
✔️ 2022 Premier League Team of the Season
⚽️ 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup Top Scorer
⚽️ 2023 World's Top Goalscorer
⚽️ 2024 Saudi Pro League Top Scorer
⚽️ 2025 Saudi Pro League Top Scorer
✔️ Scored 72.7% of Juventus' goals in the knockout stages of various competitions.
✔️ Scored 36.3% of Juventus' goals in the Coppa Italia.
✔️ Most goals scored by a Juventus player in a single Serie A season: 31 goals.
✔️ Most goals scored by a Juventus player in a single season across all competitions: 37 goals.
✔️ The fastest player in Serie A history to reach 50 goals.
✔️ Directly contributed to 55.4% of Juventus' goals in the 2018/19 season.
✔️ Directly contributed to 50% of Juventus' goals in the 2019/20 season.
✔️ Directly contributed to 44.2% of Juventus' goals in the 2020/21 season.
✔️ Scored in 11 consecutive Serie A matches, equalling the competition's record.
MOST TOP FOOTBALL LEGEND DONT EVEN HAVE THIS ACHIEVEMENT IN THEIR ENTIRE CAREER‼️
RONALDO FANS SHOULD WAKE UP AND DON’T LET THE MEDIA CREATE FAKE NARRATIVES 🐐
Text by @FootballerHQ
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Hold on a minute. Did Ronaldo create more chances for Bruno than Bruno did for Ronaldo?
Cause I'm about losing it 😭😭😭
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Ronaldo beat them in pace, they invented "fake runs."
Ronaldo beat them with skill, they invented "natural football."
Ronaldo beat them on the wings, they invented False 9.
Ronaldo beat them in the media, they invented "loyalty."
Ronaldo beat them in goals, they invented assists stats.
When they found out he had assists too, they invented "pre-assist."
He did it solo, they started collaborating.
He spoke up, they made him the black sheep.
But we know better.
We know better. 🐐
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They made everything he was best at disappear.
Celestial control from 60 feet — normal.
151 headers, 2.93 meters in the air — normal.
168 left foot goals — normal.
Knuckleball free kick that moves three times — normal.
Stepover at 35 km per hour, chop, rabona, bicycle at 2.2 meters — normal.
Off ball ghosting, clutch goals in finals, 130 km thunder shots — normal.
Because he did everything, they saw nothing.
But when Messi does a simple pass or body feint, they put violins behind it and say we have never seen this before.
Ronaldo's crime was being complete. Right foot, left foot, header, free kick, winger, striker, sprinter, jumper. A whole city of talent.
Messi perfected one street. Left, cut inside, feint, pass. Repetitive, so he became perfect at it. Easy to memorize, easy to praise.
At twice three score and ten, the body cannot carry all talents at once. So Ronaldo chose what the world needed — goals and winning.
Then at 40 they came out of caves and said he was stiff, never technical, just tap ins.
Every era kills its true prophets. Socrates for philosophy. Jesus for faith. Ronaldo for football.
The establishment protects its own and decorates them.
He was punished for being too complete to understand.
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• They blamed Ronaldo for Bruno Fernandes.
• We sold Fred because we thought he wasn't good enough.
• He couldn't build a proper partnership with Amrabat and Sabitzer.
• He makes McTominay look average.
• When Ronaldo returned to Manchester United, he was jealous, and the media went hard on Ronaldo. 🐐
BRUNO FERNANDES IS ONE OF MANCHESTER UNITED'S BIGGEST PROBLEMS, but for now, let's keep pretending everything is fine. 🤌😭
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My favorite part about all this is that his haters genuinely think he gives a fuck about all this when the guy has literally said I don't need to get along with any team mates as long as they have the same ambition I do
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🚨 Luis Suárez Ronaldo’s Talent Was Never in Doubt Even Messi Knew It:
“Cristiano Ronaldo’s talent has always stood out. During his La Liga years, I remember telling Messi that if Barcelona could ever have brought Ronaldo into the side, we would have dominated world football.
Messi agreed. We both spoke about him with real respect.
What stood out even more was how often coaches used Ronaldo as an example for training his movement, standards, and finishing.
You don’t get held up that way unless the quality is obvious.
That same standard is why the debate around his role with Portugal feels misplaced.
Whatever the tactical arguments, the flowers he receives are earned. Ronaldo deserves them.”
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🚨🎙️Toni Kroos on Bruno Fernandes:
"This match just showed that Bruno Fernandes has always been a problem for Portugal.
His stupid decision to stop playing good football as a midfielder whenever Ronaldo is on the pitch has cost Portugal a lot.
In today's game you could clearly see Bruno playing passes into the final third and even providing two assists but whenever Ronaldo was on the pitch, some how the passes are played to the Goal keeper (Laughs).
At some point, you have to ask yourself why."
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This is unfortunately true. So both sides are right:
They WERE purposefully playing like shit as pro Ronaldo fans would say.
And unfortunately, not for reasons once assumed, but they are better without him simply because they hate him and didn’t try as mentioned above.
Wow.
After watching Denmark vs. Portugal today, I have come to a rather disturbing realization: perhaps the problem was never Cristiano Ronaldo. Perhaps some of these Portuguese players simply never wanted to play for him in the first place.
Look at Bruno Fernandes today. He created five chances, while Vitinha made intelligent runs and showed tremendous attacking initiative. The creativity, movement and willingness to take responsibility were there for everyone to see. But where was this level of commitment when Cristiano Ronaldo was leading the attack?
This is not just about today's game. Even during the World Cup, we witnessed a Portugal team that seemed more comfortable making Ronaldo the scapegoat than accepting collective responsibility for its failures. A player who had dedicated his entire career to his country was suddenly treated as though he was the biggest obstacle to the team's success.
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- “Portugal play better without Cristiano Ronaldo”. ACCEPTED
- “Bruno Fernandez functions well without Cristiano Ronaldo”. ACCEPTED
- “the just need to build the team around Bruno, they’ll win titles”. ACCEPTED
- “Portugal look like a serious team without Ronaldo”. ACCEPTED.
We’ve agreed to everything you said, just don’t change mouth later or give excuses cuz that’s when thunder will str!ke you in HD 🧏🏾♂️😂