We always hear how, if we want to live a good life, a happy life, we should live without regrets. What that means varies from person to person. It could involve always acting on moments of desire, chasing the life of your dreams, or simply visiting the best bakery in every city you visit.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a lot of things to a lot of people: icon, hero, sex symbol, teammate, and, if we are being honest, some might say world-class douchebag.
We don’t particularly agree with this last point but, hey, there are people out there who do. What we would have been absolutely certain of - at least, until approximately yesterday - is that nowhere in the world would someone think of Cristiano Ronaldo and say, “Hey! We should create an entire University class about him!”
What happens when Messi, Suarez, Neymar, Iniesta and Pique get together on the pitch? Magic.
What happens, though, when Messi, Suarez, Neymar, Iniesta and Pique get together for a Qatar airlines commercial? Magic again, but a different kind of magic, the kind that involves cowboys, mimes, ninjas and surfers.
Real Madrid stretched its La Liga lead back to four points (well, until Barcelona won 3-2 over Villarreal Sunday) with a 4-1 home win over Real Sociedad on Saturday.
Most notably during the match, Karim Benzema added the HAMMER OF THOR onto the end of a solid league win. (Note: You’ll want to have your volume turned up before pressing play on the ensuing clip.)
Cristiano Ronaldo is from Madeira, a little island off of the coast of Portugal and it is not surprising that his persona is probably the biggest export to come from the petite island. The Real Madrid goal-scoring machine (who has 25 goals in 15 La Liga matches) has a museum dedicated to his likeness on the island, and this past weekend they added another memento to honor the Portuguese star: A statue.
Except there are two problems with this statue.
#1: It looks nothing like Cristiano Ronaldo:
In sports, having a short memory is often seen as a desirable quality. Players are taught not to dwell on their past mistakes in order to stabilize their confidence and ability to perform.
So we were surprised to hear that Iker Casillas can remember “98%” of the games he participated in. That means he can remember who Real Madrid was playing, the date of the game, who scored, if he was scored on, and what he did wrong in those instances. He is able to recall all of these details as nonchalantly as he would a recall friend’s name.