Cristiano Ronaldo (40 years old) bicycle kick vs Al Khaleej Saudi Pro League

McTominay still wins if you factor stakes, record height, all that, but pure aesthetics I think this one is right there with it.
 
I saw someone say this is just another acrobatic tap in and it is exactly the kind of joke Ronaldo haters and fanboys will fight over for weeks.
 
The keeper is getting cooked online but imagine seeing a bicycle at that angle from a 40 year old, I would probably panic too.
 
Whole Saudi versus MLS debate jumped out again instantly, like clockwork, as if that changes how insane it is to do a bicycle at that age.
 
What kills me is he lands and instantly looks at the net, like he already knows it is in, that confidence is just ingrained.
 
However you rate the league, that is the kind of clip kids will be copying in cages and school yards tomorrow, that stuff travels everywhere.
 
Every time he scores something like this the GOAT wars wake up again, people cannot just say nice goal and move on.
 
If you play amateur ball you know how hard it is to just get your feet off the ground like that, never mind connect clean and keep it down.
 
McTominay doing it for Scotland then Ronaldo answering with one for Al Nassr really feels like they are having some long distance crossbar challenge.
 
I get some people are tired of his personality stuff, the interviews, the drama, but on the pitch he still gives moments no one else really does at that age.
 
Tap in merchant jokes aging like milk every time he pulls out something like this, people forget the guy has done every finish in the book.
 
Interesting to see neutral fans more impressed by the age than the finish, for me even at 28 I would still call that outrageous technique.
 
Feels like we are getting a different flavour of bicycle every week now, Scotland, Saudi, maybe next week someone tries it in Ligue 2 or something.
 
The way the crowd explodes for it shows you they know it is special too, even if the league itself is still finding its level.
 
If this gets nominated for Puskas there will be full threads arguing keeper error, but the award never cared much about context anyway.
 
Honestly I am more impressed that he still has the courage to try it so late in the game, most players are thinking about the shower and dinner by then.
 
You can tell some fans are salty he is not doing this in Europe anymore, they would praise the exact same goal if it came against a big Champions League side.
 
Objective take, the ball goes quite close to the keeper, but he also generates crazy power and angle, both things can be true at once.
 
What a weird week of football though, McTominay, Scottish kid, now Ronaldo, feels like the algorithm decided everybody had to go for acrobatics.
 
For betting stuff it means nothing, but as a football fan you just sit back and enjoy that the sport gives moments like this from players we grew up with.
 
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