"I grew up with your matches."
Pakistani actor Danish Taimoor posted a heartfelt farewell message for Cristiano Ronaldo on his retirement.
Ronaldo announced that this would be his last FIFA World Cup.
His team was eliminated in a nail-biting match against arch-rivals Spain recently.
Taimoor had been posting about Ronaldo’s successes throughout the tournament on his social media.
His tribute message read: “I started watching football because of you.
“I grew up with your matches, celebrated your goals like they were my own, and felt every defeat as if it belonged to me.
“I witnessed every comeback, every trophy, every tear, every smile.
“I watched a young boy with an impossible dream become one of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen.”
The emotional message appeared to express genuine admiration and lifelong connection with the footballer.
However, sharp-eyed users on X quickly noticed a significant problem with Taimoor’s timeline.
According to his IMDB profile, Taimoor is currently 43 years old.
Cristiano Ronaldo is only two years younger than Taimoor, making him 41 years old.
This means Taimoor was already 19 when Ronaldo actually started playing professional football.
Netizens found the nostalgic line in his message a bit misleading overall.
They questioned how he could have grown up watching someone nearly his own age.
The timeline made it mathematically impossible for him to have that specific childhood experience.
Users began posting memes and jokes about the apparent continuity errors in Taimoor’s message.
A user said: “Bro pick a struggle.”
Another wrote: “Man, you were 2 years old at the time Ronaldo wasn’t even born.”
One comment simply stated: “Dude be for real.”
The responses were largely humorous, poking fun at the logical impossibility of his account, with one saying:
“Unc, you’re 2 years older than him. Please have some shame.”
A couple of people also found it strange that Taimoor posted his own picture instead.
He had posted a photograph of himself rather than featuring the legendary footballer being honoured.
One user said: “The funniest part about this post is that he posted his own picture.”
Another questioned directly: Why is he posting himself?”
One user incredulously pointed out the song choice on Taimoor’s emotional farewell post:
“Just realised he put Channa Mereya on the post?”
The iconic Bollywood heartbreak song ‘Channa Mereya’ is about unrequited and unfulfilled love.
Danish Taimoor wasn’t the only celebrity to post tributes about the footballer online.
However, he definitely got the most attention for his particular farewell message.
His post has become the subject of widespread discussion across social media.
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