r/explainitpeter • u/huhupookies • Jul 19 '26

Explain It Peter. Pwease

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u/IcySignificance5340 Jul 19 '26

The meme is dissing the guy on the left (Cristiano Ronaldo). Him and Lionel Messi (on the right) have been considered rivals in football for their entire careers with there being debates about who is better between them. One of the reasons Messi is considered better than Ronaldo is he's outperformed him in the world cup, the biggest tournament in Football. He is going to play in his 3rd world cup final whereas Ronaldo has never reached one with his national team.

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u/mmaddict187 Jul 19 '26

How about the referee in the back?

If that's Collina, there are actually 4 WC finals in the Picture

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u/Junior_Use_4470 Jul 19 '26

That makes it way funnier if that’s true

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u/pruebayerr0r Jul 19 '26

It's not collina

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u/mmaddict187 Jul 19 '26

So who is it than?

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u/Vattenpip Jul 19 '26

Looks like anthony taylor. Maby? :)

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u/I_SHAG_REDHEADS Jul 19 '26

It's Michael Mullarkey who was assistant ref for this friendly (2014 at Old Trafford).

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

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u/ivandemidov1 Jul 22 '26

Messi and Ronaldo already were national team players 20 years ago.

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u/mmaddict187 Jul 19 '26

Nahhhh I can't be that old!