Hammy

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.