Posted on 06/20/2014 11:19:50 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The Real Madrid winger scored 51 goals in 47 matches across all competitions in 2013-14, ending Lionel Messi’s four-year reign as world player of the year. Ronaldo has posted 252 goals in 246 appearances since joining the Spanish titans in 2009 — the primary reason he is, according to Forbes magazine, the world’s second highest-compensated athlete at more than $80 million ($52 million in pre-tax salary, $28 million in global endorsements).
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Arsenal’s Mesut Özil ignoring his World Cup critics
“That’s their view,” said Özil
“We are Ghanaians and we have a strong attitude, I am urging the team to go all out against the Germans and win the game.
“They need the prayers and support of Ghanaians, with that and total commitment am sure we can surpass them.”
Witch doctor’s creepy claim: I injured Ronaldo for World Cup
An influential witch doctor from Ghana known as “The Devil of Wednesday” vowed months ago to hex soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo with an injury before the World Cup.
Now that Ronaldo, whose Portugal team was drawn into the so-called Group of Death along with Ghana, Germany and the US, has been diagnosed with a combo of worrisome injuries to his left leg, the medicine man is taking the credit/blame.
1) France
2) Holland
3) Germany?
Sure, pick the European teams.
No European team has won in South America but that 1978 Tournament is slightly dubious. And I’m a fan of Argentinan football but that remains so. It’s interesting that often, when so many stats and facts and figures are thrown out their about World Cup lore, these more sundry matters are not mentioned but don’t take my word for it.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/17/sport/football/brazil-chile-world-cup-scandal/index.html
http://argen-times.blogspot.com/2012/04/was-1978-world-cup-in-argentina-fixed.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup
Though I immensely enjoy soccer, with no-calls, bad-calls, gamesmanship and what have-you, you have champions but their pedestal is often not that solid, in fact, it’s probably more of a perch.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26002198/world-cup-interactions-dwarf-other-events-facebook
Should have had the surgery before, like Suarez did.
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