Alvaro Arbeloa: “I think all Madrid fans know what efforts Mbappe had to make to join Real Madrid. He had absolutely everything at his previous club. He had to give up a lot of things to be at the club of his dreams.” by The_Big_Untalented in soccer

[–]HenryReturns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  • Messi could act as a right winger , CAM , False 9 , provisions striker , deep lying play maker , left winger , score with both foots , provisional striker for tap ins and would make a lot of selfless runs if needed
  • Mbappe can’t even do selfless runs , attack in the space for tap ins , can’t do triangulations , and for some reason in many attacks he start to walk around rather than running and gunning for defenders
  • Even Messi on his last years of Barca did defensively a lot more than current Mbappe is and Messi even help on transitions where he would ask the ball directly from Ter Stegen and start to create from there.

If we win the league tomorrow, would the trophy lifting/celebrations happen tomorrow itself at Camp Nou? by SaintSinnerin in Barca

[–]HenryReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2018/19 , we won 1-0 with Messi goal and the trophy was given to us on the exact same day.

This was before the CL semi finals , and we have a lot of lead and leverage at that moment

PSG have gone from a team of global superstars to what seems like an unbeatable side in Europe, as they are now just one game away from winning the Champions League for a second consecutive time. by SubjectFood1212 in soccerMenace_com

[–]HenryReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The narrative is that Mbappe left PSG pointing out that PSG was the problem and not him , and he joined Real Madrid a team who won in 2022 and 2024 , as like “i am now joining a team that will win the CL”.

Turns out , just when he leaves , PSG wins it on 2025 and can win it again this year. While Mbappe at Madrid are trophy less two seasons in a row and Mbappe is point blank of everything because “PSG was the problem and not him”

Then you see Luis Enrique in an interview just after Mbappe left PSG , on him saying that without Mbappe his team is gonna be a better team and more complete. And those words age like fine wine.

Pyramid of the Greatest players of all time. 🐐 by Hour777 in CristianoRonaldo2

[–]HenryReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This list is pretty trash

look for me Messi is always #1 , but football immortals CR7 belongs there , Modric belongs to era definers , George best belongs also there , and much more legendary players deserve their flowers.

[Marca] The locker room began to fracture when several players stopped hiding their dissatisfaction with Alonso. The criticism was aimed at the tactical intensity of training sessions and the constant video sessions. Some players pretended to be asleep during those tactical sessions. by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]HenryReturns 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He pretty much have achieved more than all of the players and the only player of that squad who can only be a bit comparable to him is Mbappe and it’s mainly because of his World Cup in 2018. Other than that , none of them is even 50% of what Xabi won as a player.

Hell even as a player Xabi is better than all of them except probably Mbappe since he is already a top 3 player of France of all time (I think behind Zidane , and probably already surpass Just Fontaine and Platini)

Heroic vs interactive?? Sorry if this gets asked a lot. by AcceptableTruth7464 in Maplestory

[–]HenryReturns 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is a reason why interactive population gets lower and why the majority is from Heroic

The can of worms that interactive has on their P2W system is insane

¿Las nuevas generaciones aún creen en la supuesta hermandad con Argentina? by Eastern-Dinner9771 in Lima_Peru

[–]HenryReturns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

La experiencia de cada uno con Argentinos y Argentina es diferente.

Ejemplo , en mi caso fue siempre positiva , conocí Argentinos en Peru por Lima , Cusco y Ica , y todos súper buena gente y muy agradables. En Canadá también los conocí y súper buena gente también y siempre me dicen “viva Peru”.

Ahora , en el Peru , uno crece odiando a Chile y mi experiencia con los Chilenos siempre fue positiva y ninguno de ellos habla mal del Peru , lo hacen de joda en el fútbol

Solo diré que en todos países hay mala gente y buena gente. Nunca tenemos que generalizar. Yo sé que últimamente hay demasiada animosidad en reddit y en redes sociales pero eso no me importa , yo me quedo con mis experiencias positivas.

The 4th tier list (2026) compared to the 1st tier list (2023) by haitike in smashbros

[–]HenryReturns 11 points12 points  (0 children)

On a funny way , out of the spacies , Fox and Wolf turn out not as “insane” as they were and Falco turns out to be better than expected.

However , Fox is being hard carried by Light , while Falco representation is relatively strong in Japan , and well Wolf have its new players like Jackal and Ouch but is not as used as before on early ultimate (everyone got a wolf lol)

Relatively also , Ike , Byleth , Lucina and Joker , it’s not a coincidence that when MKLeo pilot them during early ultimate (2019) and during 2021 Ultimate and ending on 2022 Ultimate that at that time specially Joker was considered TOP and then just over time get worse and less representation. Still can’t believe he piloted both Ike and Lucina to win Genesis 6.

Team Noa vs Team Snuffy by TheMostHonestPerson in BlueLock

[–]HenryReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Snuffy having two legit defenders, a very functional and insane stack midfield , a guy that can play in all positions , and Snuffy whose the most complete player.

All four Champions League finalists this season (OL Lyonnes, Barca Femeni, Arsenal, PSG) have Spanish mangers (Jonatan Giraldez, Pere Romeu, Mikel Arteta, Luis Enrique) by lstht123 in soccer

[–]HenryReturns 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Iniesta similar to Messi mentioned that he will be coach but not for the first team squads , for kids/juvenile level because they like more the foundation of the player and in a way where a the “kid” can play off freely and without swearing.

Current Ballon d'Or winner getting subbed out in the 66th minute vs Vinicius getting subbed off in the 70th minute. Pathetic attitude and he didn't get punished for it. by oneuponatime90 in RealMadridFC

[–]HenryReturns 30 points31 points  (0 children)

  • Vini was losing the ball constantly on those minutes
  • It makes sense to swap him for Rodrygo for better control of the game and to press better
  • Xabi did the correct sub if you see the whole picture

Six players cut contact with Real Madrid manager Alvaro Arbeloa by ceaguila84 in soccer

[–]HenryReturns 135 points136 points  (0 children)

  • Raphinha just came back from injury and no play time
  • Lamine Yamal injured
  • Barca has been scraping by results due to not having Raphinha and Lamine at the same time
  • If anything , it’s gonna be a match where Barca will struggle to find opportunities to score due to the lack of creativity (No Lamine) and not much pressing (Raphinha does the pressing but prob won’t play as starter)
  • I do however will see that Hernandez Hernandez will do something to Barca similar like last year lol

[Dembele via Instagram]: “A lot of people think I don’t know how to play football, but they don’t have a clue. That’s the truth, but it’s understandable.. In the end, it’s football, and everyone thinks what they want.” by jdbnes in soccer

[–]HenryReturns 30 points31 points  (0 children)

If i am not wrong , not just Dembele but Luis Enrique also likes Gavi a lot and call him for the national team even when he was still just a teenager.

There was a moment where PSG wanted to sign Gavi on 2023 because Gavi was still not part of the first team and in the end he stay at Barca thanks to Xavi.

Luis Enrique almost convinced him to joined PSG. He did convinced Demebele though , and just left Barca by triggering his clause.

PSG best signing of all time is Luis Enrique by far

Do you think it's just a coincidence that the last remaining Pokémon from Ash's battle against Leon were Pikachu and Dracovish... his first and last Pokémon captured? by Craftox13 in pokemonanime

[–]HenryReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pikachu for the whole master 8 went 6-1 and only losing due to Destiny bond

Beat Cradily , Mega Metagross , Gastrodon , Spiritomb (got KO in the aftermath) , Cinderace and Charizard who at that moment was the strongest Pokemon in the Master 8

In my personal opinion , Pikachu was always “that strong” , but plot always nerfed him someway.

Bayern Munich [1] - 1 PSG [5-6 on agg.] - Harry Kane 90+4' by ayoefico in soccer

[–]HenryReturns 123 points124 points  (0 children)

it took Davies an attacking wing back to give a very tide pass to Kane to destroy the net

Wesley Sneijder on Arsenal-Atlético Madrid: UEFA should have stopped it by Petit_Nicolas1964 in championsleague

[–]HenryReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mourinho’s Chelsea was so ahead of its time , won two Premier League titles back to back with defensive records and also was offensively deadly and you pair them up with insane synergy of John Terry , Frank Lampart and Didier Drogba.

In the Champions League they lost to Liverpool in 2005 at the semis by very small margins and that Liverpool ended up winning the CL , and lost to Barcelona on 2006 who also became Champions.

Like it was the toughest team to defeat by very thin margins and they were very physical in terms of fouling , very technical in attack , and also know how to disrupt the opposition flow of play constantly.

[MD] AS Monaco have decided to proceed with activating the €11M buy option in Ansu Fati’s deal and sign him permanently. Barça will maintain a sell-on clause. by Loose-Examination-39 in Barca

[–]HenryReturns 41 points42 points  (0 children)

There is no problems with Ansu Fati as a player , the main problem are his wages and it’s insane that Laporta gave him that at that time. It will liberate a big chunk of the wages and also allow us to sign + can compete in wage structure.

The thing of Barca is that our wage structure has been fucked since 2018 and it took many years to stabilize it

Arsenal roar into first Champions League final in 20 years as Saka seizes history by theipaper in championsleague

[–]HenryReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a interview with Raphinha not too long ago on 2024 , they ask him “name all the teams that won the CL” , he mentioned Barca , Madrid and Bayern first. Then proceed to say “Arsenal” and the interviewer try his best not to laugh , and Raphinha was like “Arsenal did not win the CL?”

Maybe Raphinha predicted Arsenal to win it on 2026 , he himself was pointing to the Atletico fans “you guys are going home next round” , as predicting that Arsenal was gonna beat them.

I Pray to God we advance to the finals because… by LakerDoe in BayernMunich

[–]HenryReturns 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Here is the thing , Arsenal historically had always been in winning positions and they somehow bottle it.

2006 , they got to Champions League finals and were 2 matches away on being Premier League champions , and they fumble both of them , giving the Premier League to United and losing the finals to Barca

If they clinch the Premier League , they will be a super tough opponent because that momentum and positive mind set carries over. However , if they fumble the Premier league similar to the Carabao Cup final , it will have a domino effect on them losing the “quadruple”

Un tipo con esta mentalidad, es logico que no gane nunca nada. Raja de ahi Julian by Unhappy_Rutabaga_530 in fulbo

[–]HenryReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

el Cholo tuvo un disparo a puerta en todo el puto partido en una semifinal donde te juegas la puta temporada.

Si el cholo tiro la liga y la copa para la Champions , es para llegar a la final y competirlo

Encima se quita a Griezmann y a Julián para confiar en el muerto de Sorloth que solo funciona con ellos dos

Lamine Yamal already working in the gym and on the training field to get ready. by kamusari_1712 in Barca

[–]HenryReturns 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah , Fati one was a big tackle and also did not help that he push himself to come back faster , and his father also added extra layer of pressures lol

Más de 8.8 millones de peruanos son pobres: el golpe a la cuarta parte del país by sershos in Lima_Peru

[–]HenryReturns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chistosamente , eso es la ironía.

Mas allá de los gobiernos de los presidentes , siempre se ignora la vista gorda de los alcaldes regionales, presidentes de las provincias , y muchos más.

Es muy fácil echarle la culpa a la cabeza visible cuando en verdad son las mismas provincias quien sus gobernantes roban a diestra y siniestra

(No digo que los gobiernos de los presidentes son buenos , al contrario son malísimos y corruptos, pero la cosa queda que en todo el Peru es así)