{"id":273170,"date":"2025-11-05T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/273170\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:27:07","slug":"social-media-users-slam-ronaldo-over-world-cup-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/273170\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media users slam Ronaldo over World Cup remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Social-media-users-slam-Ronaldo-over-World-Cup-remarks-2008164?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/87664479.295.jpg\" alt=\"Messi (left) won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar while Ronaldo is yet to ever win the title\" title=\"Messi (left) won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar while Ronaldo is yet to ever win the title\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <\/a>Messi (left) won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar while Ronaldo is yet to ever win the title<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Al Nassr forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has come under intense scrutiny on social media over conflicting comments he made regarding his ambition to win the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview in 2020, the Portuguese national team captain stated that his biggest dream was to win the World Cup, having already won most major trophies at club level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want the World Cup. I&#8217;ve won trophies at every club I&#8217;ve been at, but the World Cup is my BIG DREAM,&#8221; Ronaldo said in 2020 after receiving Golden Foot Award. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/My-daughter-convinced-me-to-propose-to-Georgina-Cristiano-Ronaldo-2008140\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My daughter convinced me to propose to Georgina &#8211; Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the Real Madrid legend has since made a U-turn on his national team aspirations in a recent interview with Piers Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>The all-time national team top scorer stated that he no longer dreams of winning the World Cup and considers it unfair to use the tournament as a measure of greatness in football history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a dream for me to win the World Cup&#8230; You want a World Cup to define the best player in history? One competition with six or seven games, you think that&#8217;s fair?&#8221; he questioned.<\/p>\n<p>The conflicting remarks have sparked reactions on social media, with some fans believing he made the comment out of frustration over not winning the trophy in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Others pointed out that his arch-rival Lionel Messi is regarded by many as the GOAT due to his ability to lead Argentina to World Cup victory in 2022 in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>They advised Ronaldo to focus on maintaining good form and possibly aim for the 2026 World Cup to cement his legacy, rather than downplaying the significance of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Read the reactions below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Messi and argentina changed his dreams also \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rummen (@chempg8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chempg8\/status\/1985808022195814489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">You\u2019re being sassy cause Messi won it \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe\u2019s won more individual trophies and collective trophies than you<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEven with a world cup win, you\u2019re still not on his level<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nyx Nation (@nyxnation_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyxnation_\/status\/1985726250116084119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Yet your fans are saying you are the best because you have 1 more UCL than Messi<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nkanyiso\ud83d\udc10 (@NkanyisoNNgcobo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NkanyisoNNgcobo\/status\/1985760960917713076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Even ronaldo fan can\u2019t defend him for this statement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CDQnsGQsW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5CDQnsGQsW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Supriya singh (@TrendTrendlover) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrendTrendlover\/status\/1985806575924363318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">GOAT of hypocrisy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Uzor Joseff \ud83d\ude0e (@UzorJ15) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UzorJ15\/status\/1985771342654742979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">&#8220;I will give everything in order to win the WC. It will be a dream for me and for Portugal&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bro made this statement before the 2022 world cup<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe always contradicts himself<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kekeli (@techguy_kelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/techguy_kelly\/status\/1985727179808797108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"es\">Ronaldo \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PTdH8I2ZKi\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PTdH8I2ZKi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RHYBOSS (@RHYBOSS1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RHYBOSS1\/status\/1985760879288152394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Eyaa \ud83d\ude02<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe dey see Messi for dream<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \/\\\/\\|)ee\ud83e\udd81 (@Mr_Md33_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mr_Md33_\/status\/1985758643917103308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Ronaldo in 2020 at Golden Foot: \u201c it\u2019s a dream to win a World Cup for Portugal\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo in 2025: \u201c It\u2019s NOT a dream of mine to win the World Cup\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr inconsistency \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/063dWAPY3O\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/063dWAPY3O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc18\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc04 \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc18\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0b \u2693\ufe0f (@Mmaasemy3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mmaasemy3\/status\/1985732368020439342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"es\">Herh Ronaldo paa de3 some comedian oo \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RG not Kato (@Rgkato7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rgkato7\/status\/1985741227111907799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">It\u2019s crazy how time changes perspective \ud83d\ude05.. From chasing the World Cup dream to now downplaying its importance. Sounds like acceptance mixed with a bit of frustration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hommie Riches (@Hommie_Riches) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hommie_Riches\/status\/1985813879708897570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 so when he doesn\u2019t win it, his fans will say he never dream to win it<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beloved (@johnadekunle55) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnadekunle55\/status\/1985735312807526898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SB\/JE<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch the latest edition of Sports Check with Godwin Sackey in the post below<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Messi (left) won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar while Ronaldo is yet to ever win the title&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-273170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}