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Is Ronaldo The Best Player Of His Time? by uneeking(m): 10:59am On Jul 09, 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo winning Euro would give him special place in history.[i][/i][center][/center]

PARIS — Yup, this would be a game-changer. For all the silverware Cristiano Ronaldo has won at club level, helping Portugal become European champions would be something different.

It’s not simply about the old argument over whether you can be in the conversation about being the greatest of all time (GOAT) if you never win the sport’s biggest prizes. That’s a popular, if silly, equation which infects other sports as well: Just ask Barry Sanders or Dan Marino, Elgin Baylor or Allen Iverson. Indeed, it’s often used to refute the GOAT claims of his archrival Lionel Messi. He’s been in four major finals for Argentina and lost every last one, most recently last month’s Copa America final.

You can rationalize away that argument in many different ways, most persuasively the fact that football is a team sport and whether or not you win titles is often down to other factors, like the talent around you.

But winning a major tournament at the international level is a wholly distinct experience. And if Ronaldo did it with Portugal, who were not among the pre-Euro favorites, it would be entirely new.

Since 2003, when Ronaldo joined Manchester United,
More Here;
http://uneekomunikations.com/wp/cristiano-ronaldo-winning-euro-would-give-him-special-place-in-history/
Re: Is Ronaldo The Best Player Of His Time? by 0955eb027(m): 11:09am On Jul 09, 2016
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Re: Is Ronaldo The Best Player Of His Time? by checkolatunji: 11:13am On Jul 09, 2016
uneeking:
Cristiano Ronaldo winning Euro would give him special place in history.[i][/i][center][/center]

PARIS — Yup, this would be a game-changer. For all the silverware Cristiano Ronaldo has won at club level, helping Portugal become European champions would be something different.

It’s not simply about the old argument over whether you can be in the conversation about being the greatest of all time (GOAT) if you never win the sport’s biggest prizes. That’s a popular, if silly, equation which infects other sports as well: Just ask Barry Sanders or Dan Marino, Elgin Baylor or Allen Iverson. Indeed, it’s often used to refute the GOAT claims of his archrival Lionel Messi. He’s been in four major finals for Argentina and lost every last one, most recently last month’s Copa America final.

You can rationalize away that argument in many different ways, most persuasively the fact that football is a team sport and whether or not you win titles is often down to other factors, like the talent around you.

But winning a major tournament at the international level is a wholly distinct experience. And if Ronaldo did it with Portugal, who were not among the pre-Euro favorites, it would be entirely new.

Since 2003, when Ronaldo joined Manchester United,
More Here;
http://uneekomunikations.com/wp/cristiano-ronaldo-winning-euro-would-give-him-special-place-in-history/

You need to read this

http://www.goal.com/euro2016/en/article/ronaldo-can-win-euro-2016-and-the-world-cup-but-messi-will-still-be-number-one/tmgwm0e09m2f1iq50pxjqsmqf
Re: Is Ronaldo The Best Player Of His Time? by Napoleon55(m): 6:52pm On Jul 09, 2016
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Re: Is Ronaldo The Best Player Of His Time? by abid4akin(m): 1:24am On Jul 10, 2016
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