• justalittleahead@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Neymar now holds the record for most international assists after his assist against Venezuela.

    Landon Donovan had 58, and there was a post on here last month that didn’t show anybody else who had more.

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      11 months ago

      Donovan was unironically a pretty damn good NT player.

      Real shame he sufferered from depression and took a sabbitcal after his loan at Everton.

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        11 months ago

        Nah. The facts clearly say that Neymar > Landon Donovan.

        But Landon Donovan > Lionel Messi > Cristiano Ronaldo

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      11 months ago

      Add to that, the fact that he faced mighty opposition in CONCACAF, like Barbados, Belize and El Salvador…

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        11 months ago

        Can only play who your confederation is able to schedule.

        Similarly, I’ve always wondered whether there has been an Ali Daei for assists in CAF or AFC who just didn’t have their totals counted at the moment.

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      11 months ago

      Dude also trying to break the record for most party night before an international game.

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      11 months ago

      42% (68) of Ronaldo’s G/A are against teams ranked 76th or worse (57 games played)
      24% (39) of Messi’s G/A are against teams ranked 76th or worse (20 games played)

      vs top 50 comp only

      messi, 93 games, 39goals, 25assist, 64ga
      ronoldo, 95 games. 48goals, 11 assist, 59ga

      copa/euro stats

      messi 34 games,13 goals, 17 assist, 30ga

      ronoldo 25 games,14 goals, 6 assist, 20ga

      nockouts only, euro/copa

      messi 16 games, 5 goals, 12 assist 17ga

      ronoldo 11 games, 3 goals, 2 assist, 5ga

      wc stats

      messi 26 games, 13 goals, 8 assist, 21ga

      ronoldo 22 games, 8goals, 2 assist, 10ga

      wc nockouts

      messi, 12 games, 5 goals, 6 assist, 11ga

      ronoldo 8 games, 0 goals, 0 assist, 0ga

      euros/copa plus wc

      messi, 60 games, 26 goals, 25 assist, 51 ga

      ronoldo, 47 games, 22 goals, 8 assist, 30 ga

      nockouts,copa/euro plus wc

      messi , 28 games,10 goals, 18 assist, 28ga

      ronoldo, 19 games, 8 goals, 2 assist, 10 ga

  • Chansh302@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Neymar was supposed to be the one to get a ballon d or after messi and Ronaldo’s era. I mean fair play to him to get the bag at PSG and Saudi but it hurts to see he never fully reached his potential of being the best at some point

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    11 months ago

    Fortunately, even if Cristiano Ronaldo plays until 40 I don’t think it’s going to cause an integer overflow

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    11 months ago

    Ronaldo never had finishers around him like Neymar and Messi. They’ve played with some absolute talent at Argentina and Brazil when compared to Portugal.

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      11 months ago

      I mean, does that matter when he normally goes against way lower competition in official matches than what Messi and Neymar face?

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, Messi and Neymar are so lucky. Ronaldo is stuck with bums like Checks notes Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leao, Joao Cancelo and Checks notes again Joao Felix, Ruben Dias, Bruno Fernandez…

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        11 months ago

        lol he didnt have these dudes on portugal with him until he was 37/38 years old. he won the euro in 2016 with players like joao mario and nani up front with him

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          11 months ago

          The Lord eder blessed the tiny nation of Portugal with his majesty and gifted them an international trophy, you would be wise to address him in the correct manner heathen.

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      11 months ago

      Always playing victim as if Portugal aren’t always filled with talent and underachieving. Portugal screwing up is their fault. They have had world class players before and even today have one of the most stacked teams in international football

      • awesomesauce88@alien.topB
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        11 months ago

        Portugal was not filled with talent from 2008-2018. They are stacked now but outside of Ronaldo their talent was pretty meh for a major international side. Mind you neither Neymar or Messi played with a golden generation either, but I think it’s folly to pretend that some of those past Portugal teams were anything special.