For the eye candy

If only our guys had half that kind of instinct, right? 😬

Just wait for it to load... 🙂

Lionel Messi in action

🙂

We know better, and now ruggednomad2 is going to explain it all to you.

gentlecanyon92 said:If only our guys had that kind of insight, right? 😬

Just wait for it to load... 🙂

Lionel Messi in action

I've been having that in the bag for a week now, but I suppose people just assume it's one of those "You are an idiot" pranks.🙂

Word on the street is it’s totally fake...

People have been talking about this for a while now.🙂

Serse Cosmi said:🙂

We know best, right? I guess ruggednomad2 will have to explain it all to you.

Look, honey—and this is directed at her, not you, Serse Cosmi—the ad is clearly edited. But why is everyone obsessed with those tripods when the guy in that same commercial is pulling off literal magic with the tech? 🙏

gentlecanyon92 said:Man, if our guys actually had that kind of vision, right? 😬

Just wait for this to load 🙂

Lionel Messi in action

I could pull that off better... honestly, your brother could probably jump in front of the net trying to catch it and still fail. 🙂

Of course it’s staged, just like that Gatorade commercial where some American football player chucks the ball all the way to the top of the stands. It’s technically possible, I suppose, but about as likely as seeing penguins wandering through my neighborhood in Chicago.

I mean, come on people, he isn't Ronaldinho the alien.

The biggest hoax, though, was the claim that Ronaldinho supposedly does this at 5:00 AM. 😁

Mr.Ex.President said:Supposedly it's fake...

Obviously. Even though some guys I hang out with totally jumped me when I brought it up. You just can't convince them that it's impossible even if you spent three days straight trying... 😁

Props to the Brazilian, the guy's a genius... but he's not Ronaldinho the alien 😉

Chloe Palmer2 said:I've been having that in the bag for a week now, but I suppose people just assume it's one of those silly "You are an idiot" pranks🙂

First of all—I highly doubt that's the case at all.😉

And secondly, I think I posted that link in the media section about a month ago......
but nobody seemed to notice then.
It's funny how everyone starts commenting once it finally hits the headlines in The New York Times.🙏

James Fisher7 said:Of course it's edited. Just like that Gatorade commercial where some American football player tosses the ball to the top of the stands. Totally possible? Sure, just like seeing penguins in my neighborhood.

That Michael Vick Powerade ad? I've got it on my computer. Looks cool, but it's definitely fake. 🙄 😁

Sophia Rivera402 said:For sure. Though I definitely took some heat from my buddies when I brought it up—you know how it is. You just can't convince them that it's impossible or even worth trying for three whole days 😁

Huge respect to the Brazilian, the guy is a straight-up genius... but he's not quite 😉 Ronaldinho the alien

My crew is exactly the same way. You try to explain that the whole thing is rigged, but they aren't buying it. It’s just like when Lebron James sinks a shot from the opposite end of the court four or five times in a row 😲. They honestly believe he's just doing it naturally 🙄

ruggednomad2 said:Look, kid (and I’m talking to you, Roger Allen3, not the rest of you), the commercial is obviously edited, but I don't get why everyone is obsessing over those tripods when the guy in that very same clip is basically performing magic through technical wizardry. 🙏

Sure, it's all editing, but that misses the entire point. You've got Lionel Messi dancing around the ball, and the ball is practically jumping on its own because the man is a freaking master. 🙏

Lionel Messi stated that it wasn't edited. I don't see any reason for him to lie.

šezdeset u drugoj said:Lionel Messi said it wasn't edited. I don't see any reason for him to lie.

I disagree. Nike probably has him under contract for this.

Why? If Lionel Messi just admitted it was all fake, everyone would forget about it instantly. But because he claims it’s legit, people start questioning it, analyzing the footage, reading up on it... basically, Nike gets a killer ad campaign out of it, and Lionel Messi gets paid big time... 😉

šezdeset u drugoj said:Lionel Messi said it wasn't edited. I don't see any reason for him to lie.

How do you even know he said that? The New York Times reported it, but I haven't seen a single foreign news site pick up the story. Absolute liars.

ruggednomad2 said:How can you be so sure he actually said that? The New York Times reported it, but I haven't seen a single international news site pick up the story. They're just full of it.

The New York Times is a major publication; they wouldn't let a mistake like that slide. This isn't some tabloid like LA News.. 🙄

šezdeset u drugoj said:The New York Times is a major paper; they can't afford to make a blunder like that. It’s not some local "LA News" rag.. 🙄

The New York Times is just pushing this lie on purpose because they need a headline for the back page. Honestly, Ronaldinho was in a league of his own after Saturday. I couldn't care less about Židako or anyone else. One minute Playboy claims Beckham and Zidane are the last masters of football technique, then right after Saturday, they're calling them washed up. If that guy actually knew anything, he wouldn't have ever called Bekonj a technician. And if he followed the sport at all, he wouldn't be saying he's just a player for Qatar since he's been Real Madrid's most useful asset this season. Of course, this is probably the first Real game Židako has watched all year, so he's drawing massive conclusions from a match against their toughest opponent. I'm totally over his takes. 🙂

I was watching this segment on Ronaldinho the other day, and man, the way he handles a ball... 😲 I mean, it’s true—if you spend your entire life doing nothing but kicking a ball around, you’d better be good at it. Honestly, I don't get the people who struggle. Imagine training soccer every single day for 20 years and still not knowing how to trap a pass. It's like spending two decades in electrical engineering and still not understanding Ohm's law. 😁

A neighbor of mine once lost a bet to some local skeptic—he was so sure that from about twenty yards away, a guy couldn't miss hitting a stop sign three times in a row...

😂

I was actually thinking about bringing this topic up here—has anyone else caught that movie😁

I’m honestly not sure if I buy it.😕 😁

It’s probably just some clever editing, though—not that I’d be surprised if it wasn't.