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“IT’S REALLY PAINFUL THAT REAL MADRID SPENT OVER €200M ON PLAYERS… AND NONE OF THEM MADE IT TO THE WORLD CUP. 😳💔

For a club of Madrid’s level, fans expected those big signings to become stars on the international stage too. ⚽🔥

Something clearly went wrong somewhere… Madridistas, what do you think is the reason? 👀🤍

🌍 World Cup 1998:

🇦🇷 Diego Simeone was called up for the World Cup with Argentina.
🇦🇷 Pablo Paz was called up for the World Cup with Argentina.

🌍 World Cup 2026:

🇦🇷 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝟐𝟑, 𝐑𝐖) was called up for the World Cup with Argentina.
🇦🇷 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐳 (𝟐𝟏, 𝐀𝐌) was called up for the World Cup with Argentina.

Fathers and sons representing Argentina at the biggest stage in football. Beautiful to see! 😍

The Cruelest Career in Football History? 💔
​Michael Ballack remains one of the most complete and dominant midfielders of his generation, yet his career is defined by an almost unbelievable string of near-misses.
​In 2002 with Bayer Leverkusen and Germany, and again in 2008 with Chelsea and the German national team, Ballack didn't just lose—he reached the absolute pinnacle of club and international football only to watch the trophies slip through his fingers at the final hurdle.
​Five major finals, two domestic league titles lost at the death. Football can be beautiful, but for Michael Ballack, the years 2002 and 2008 were absolute heartbreak.
​Is Ballack the unluckiest player to ever step onto a pitch? 👇

🔵 Spain’s EUROs 2012: 8 FC Barcelona players.
🔴 Spain’s World Cup 2026: 8 FC Barcelona players.

When Spain’s NT is built on Barca - it’s always success. 👀🏆🇪🇸

🚨 Lionel Messi holds the record for the longest drought without a World Cup KO goal (756 mins).

Cristiano Ronaldo still has 242 mins to score a WC KO goal before Messi.

⚽❤️ Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mané are making history together at Al Nassr! ❤️⚽

🏆 2025
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Nations League
🇸🇳 Sadio Mané won the Africa Cup of Nations

🏆 2026
💛 Cristiano Ronaldo won the Saudi Pro League
💛 Sadio Mané won the Saudi Pro League

Two legendary leaders.
Two world-class champions.

An unforgettable partnership at Al Nassr. ✨🐐

📊 Kylian Mbappe 🆚 Erling Haaland - Career Stats:

🇫🇷 Mbappe:
👕 567 games
⚽️ 425 goals
🎯 153 assists

🇳🇴 Haaland:
👕 429 games
⚽️ 352 goals
🎯 73 assists

Two of the greatest goalscorers of their generation. 😳

🚨 In 2004, a young Dani Carvajal 🇪🇸 was chosen to lay the foundation stone for the Real Madrid C.F. training center in Valdebebas!

💫 Standing right beside him was none other than Alfredo Di Stéfano 🇦🇷🇪🇸—one of the most iconic figures in the club's history.

👋 22 years later, —a six-time UEFA Champions League winner with the club, a leader in the dressing room, and the team captain—bids farewell to the institution that gave him everything, and to which he gave everything in return.

❗️How did the Madrid fans pay tribute to him?

🏟️ With a banner that brought that exact moment back to life...

🚨 Arsenal won the Premier League and are receiving £177.4M.

🔴 Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga and are receiving €83.4M.

🛑 Inter Milan won Serie A and are receiving €70M.

🛑 Paris Saint-Germain won Ligue 1 and are receiving just €30M.

🚨 FC Barcelona won La Liga and are receiving €58M.

Many legendary names in modern football began their journey at 🫡🔵FC Schalke 04 and its highly respected Knappenschmiede academy. 🌟