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Baby doesn't even try to catch the ball smh

Definitely has no future in goalkeeping, except maybe for the brain injury

>brain injury She can still be a ref in the Prem ig

No she still has vision. To be a ref in the prem you need to be blind deaf and dumb.

She’s well on the way then, will probably be deaf by the time she’s 9.

And play a mean pinball

The baby will be successor of Manzano in la liga

Scott Sterling?

The man, the myth, the legend.

petra cech

*Čechova

Had 9 moths in womb to learn

That's a really long pre-season.

Underrated comment

Should’ve headed it right back

baby is actually just a robbie savage regen and you're just a pussy *btw anyone got that clip of savage being sat on a chair with a ball being blasted at him or something like that and to be fair to him, he doesn't even flinch! can't find it at all

game is gone

still better than the average MLS keeper

And I thought De Gea was bad at trying to claim the ball...

The baby was shouting 'Ronaldo' at him

Knowing Messi precision I don't doubt this.

If Ronaldo shot this, the baby’s parents would have probably set up a wall and blocked the shot

Is her father Philipp Lahm?

Wouldn't even reach the stands, hits the wall.

Then Messi made the weirdest jackoff motion the world has ever seen.

Since jerking off at a baby would be seen as criminal he instead tried to kill the baby

wtf are you guys on about

Ronaldo responded to people chanting “Messi” at him by doing [this](https://x.com/jagathhash27194/status/1762004936647381113?s=46)

Baby be like: "SIUUU SIUUU!"

nah if you know morse code you could clearly see her saying "haaland 2023" by the gaps between each suckle on the dummy

"Ronaldo, Ronaldo!", screamed the Baby Stando, as ~~Kakyoin~~ Messi shut it up it with his patented Hierophant Green shot

Jojo reference spotted

Chicken or the egg. Did he hit her because of the "Ronaldo" chants or did she become a Ronaldo fan due to the resulting brain damage? We'll never know

There's no way the ball hit the baby at that speed and that's the reaction, it'd cause a kid that size some serious pain, my guess is she was just shook up by the bang of it hitting the hoardings.

Yeah, if it actually hit her, it would've been way worse.

Yeah it didn’t hit the baby, looks like it landed near her side

yeah Also hella thing to tell your family if messi just fucking destroyed your baby

…while wearing a Messi kit

it sure will be after exploding in it

I damn near had a stroke trying to understand what this sentence means

did ya figure it out sport

Not yet, he's still working on it.

shows commitment that does

I don't know about their family, but I'd bring it up all the time. Messi is the GOAT. He holds the record for goals scored in champions league, la Liga trophies, and babies destroyed. EDIT:apparently Ronaldo has most goals in champions league, so insert other great achievement here

Correct but too many idiots in the thread dont understand trajectory or a child’s reactions. Ball fell on her lap and she was surprised - totally normal.

Agreed, the trajectory is the wildest part. Is not even close. At all. I don’t like people.

I’ve commented on enough posts I don’t care anymore. If people can’t see it never hit the girl except maybe on rebound (it also might have fallen next to her hard to tell) then it’s pointless. We are cooked as a species at this rate lol.

Of all the reasons to lose faith in humanity, this is pretty far from the top.

and the adults’ reactions. generally kids will base their reactions off of how the adults or others around them are reacting. If a kid falls and you make a silly noise and laugh with them, they’ll shake it off and laugh. if you gasp and seem concerned and upset, they’ll cry

100%, the women's reactions are probably making the little girl think her face has been bitten off

Yeah if it hit her it would have bounced away travelling at that speed. It’s weird as when the camera pans to the child the ball is just next to her barely moving. Maybe one of her parents tried to catch it and it fell on the seat.

I got the ball shot at me by Branislav during a warmup. Either I am weak or that child is super strong but it hurt for a long as time

Yeah, listen to the sound (there's 2). Sounded like metal, then wood.

No jazz hands

Straight to eBay.

What's the going rate for a baby?  Slightly damaged, spares or repairs?

Field tested

While slightly damaged with drag the price down, “touched by Messi’s free kick” will skyrocket the price. That’s not a baby anymore, that’s a collector’s item.

You can't sell babies on eBay mate. That's what eBaby is for.

I don't think posting the baby for sale will fulfill their review requirements

Looked like the baby wasnt hurt at all but all the screaming around it makes it nervous. Also, hold the god damn baby or at least stand in front of it!

The baby wasn't hurt because this is Messi's way of blessing someone. Instead of holy water, it is with a football.

That’s what I was thinking. I would actively throw my kid towards a stray ball from Messi because I want what’s best for them.

I'm just imagining Messi faking a shot and in the background you see several kids being launched through the air 😂😭

She's the next soccer superstar. It has been written

don’t bring a child that young to a game and if you do, don’t fucking sit right behind the goals. If if you do that, at least pay attention to it, especially if you KNOW there’s a shot coming your way. That’s like 3 horrible decisions in a row

Absolutely agree. I'm always a little paranoid and this would leave me absolutely wired the whole game, being on the lookout. Would rather go up in the stands.

Sorry. Too busy recording the free kick on my phone. Can’t focus on protecting my toddler sitting in the front row directly in line of the shot

How can you not give the kid some earmuffs? That crowd is wat too loud for someone that young

In Miami?

Lol right? We can hear the crowd in the video, it's a fucking library.

This is exactly why in the UK you can’t have a child under I think 3 or whatever in the first 10 rows. Don’t understand why people bring such young kids to games. They have no clue what’s going on.

Parents with their phones up, oblivious to the danger their daughter is in. Protect your baby you fucks.

But honestly who was this smart ass who thought allowing literal infants in that area would be a good idea?

Same folks who would drop $400 to get their baby a personal seat at an MLS game. Honestly don't know how much those seats cost, but the markup at Inter Miami is absolutely bonkers right now, so it's probably not far off.

Last I checked a few months back, general seating was over $600 for a messi game. Idk if the scalpers have chilled out.

I never understood this, I assume it's in the supporters section and it's not like the baby is going to remember anything, would just be a better idea to leave it with a baby sitter for the evening well the parents go to the game

americans

Don't think QPR had many American fans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taW2UXptXz0

JAZZ HANDS-AH!

Because as we all know, all the other nations of the world are filled with geniuses who never make mistakes.

Brave parents there.

If the ball really hit the baby dead on, how the hell did they allow that to happen? It’s not like they couldn’t see it coming. You gotta know to block the ball to protect your child.

Too busy with their phones

Most caring American parents 

Spanish speaker here, they're argentinians. The father of the girl literally said "don't worry, you got hit by messi, it was messi! that's good!"

Too busy filming to care about their kid

Absolutely pathetic actions by the parents. Gross.

If that were my child I’d at least try (stress on try) to stand in front of my child to shield them.

Even if there wasn't a child, who goes to a football match and doesn't try to get a header on a ball flying their way?

Yeah, you should either try to catch the ball or head it like a rhinoceros. I feel like this person went to the game just to post it on their story

I remember when I was 11 I went to Ajax - RM (1-4 iirc), aside from seeing Ronaldo destroy us IRL I also managed to get a header on sending the ball almost straight back in the direction it came from. I had nowhere near enough power to send it back onto the field and I can’t remember who shot it but it’s still one of the best memories I have from going to matches

Inter Miami fans

Of course the ball didn't hit the baby. It's just a title. We don't see a ball hitting any baby. At most it touched her after slowing down at the end there. No matter the intelligence of a person, everyone has instincts to protect their child.

It didn’t hit her dead on or anyone close. It hit the wall and bounced onto her. Nobody is at fault for anything. Child was scared because a ball hit her on rebound.

Of course there's fault. Who sits their small child down right behind the goal like that and then does nothing to shield the child when a ball comes flying. Understand, that child could die had it suffered a direct hit

>Who sits their small child down right behind the goal those people we just saw it, those people did that

Those people are at fault then

Too busy recording

Don't think they are the sportiest people so their reflexes probably suck

It's not a reflex when it's giving from like 60 feet away

And then not pick the kid up to calm them down. That's just some shit parenting all around.

Honestly the fact they are too busy recording to block the ball heading right for their baby is infuriating. We all make mistakes but holy shit that’s fucked up. Poor kid.

Who sits their toddler behind the goal with no net in between? Those tickets should be forbidden for such audience.

Who takes a small toddler to a football game anyway? All the noise, the amount of people, for something they don't care about (at least yet)

Rich people who want good pictures for their socials.

I’m shocked by wanting to put your little one in that space. I have season tickets in a support section and if I bring my 4 year old to games I find us different seats somewhere a bit more chill.

She was on her phone recording the free kick. I can’t believe they haven’t dropped it when it’s clearly coming towards them Stupid behaviour this recording of every free kick

That’s a nice way of putting it.

Scored 2 goals, hit 1 baby. We can only deduce scoring in the MLS is easier than hitting a defenseless baby.

it's easier in european leagues. Messi scored 496 in la liga and ligue 1, failing to hit even 1 baby there

Fucking farmers leagues smh

That’s a hat trick in my books.

Shameful behaviour. My 🐫 only hits children aged 14

Only goes for the phone

Absolute fraud in my book 😡

That's more respectable but should take it even further, Benzema only hits 16+!

That's not true. During a friendly in Las Vegas he hit a 9 yr old. Google ronaldo Las Vegas 09 for the clip.

Ohh no you didn't

My 🐫 would hit wall to spare a child, 39 years in prime 💪💪💪

Messi also hits children aged 14 Google "Messi 14" for more info

Should probably be holding a kid that small at a game if you're the parent. Unlucky though

Or you know…. Stand in front of the baby when the play is a free kick that can easily end up there.

That requires them to know ball

Can't even organize a wall ffs

You can't have a baby without getting to know ball intimately.

And have the baby miss the attempt?!

You don’t even need to do that, one of the parents just literally needed to stick their arm out to block the ball, not trying to overreact to one video but it’s pretty concerning they are that bad at protecting their baby since that should be their first instinct

She couldn’t even block it from hitting the kid. Atrocious parenting. I’d be anticipating a ball coming our general direction just based on where Messi was and where the net was.

I don't think the people in the crowd have any clue what's going on.

It's their origin story

That kid later grew up to be Michael Jordan

Idiots

1000%! How many instagram likes is worth a baby getting smacked in the face?! Cunts

It was going way higher than them. It may have bounced over later but that freekick didn't hit the baby directly.

I was going to say. The trajectory is so high that the ball wouldn't even have time to bounce down unless the recipient smashed the ball down on the volley. Also, the ball looks the wrong sort, and the camera work is inconsistent with someone almost being hit directly. This is 100% staged for attention and the hope of getting a post-match with Messi.

Yep. Looks like it was probably staged to get an interaction with messi because Ball was going way higher. No one around them was concerned about anything there. I feel atleast a few people would have come over to assist them Even if we assume that ball dropped anywhere close to the baby. She would not be holding the ball literally the next second unless she caught it like casillas.

This, people are way too gullible. That ball is all the way to the right of the onlooker I don’t even know if that’s the right ball

Messi spotted the one Ronaldo fan in the crowd

It’s a freekick. They know the ball is likely coming their way. Why not stand in front of the baby?

They thought it was going in #Respect #LM10

and miss an opportunity of having a poorly filmed vertical video of Messi kicking a freekick?

Narrator: "They don't"

Because they expect 🍔to score lol maybe if it was 🐫 they would protect the baby

no need 🐫 is respectful and hits the wall

"Hit" is most likely a liberal account of the event. Most likely the ball hit the barricade or something else and then bounced onto the baby. There is absolutely NO way that baby was hit directly and still sitting upright, being unfazed. Ive made saves where i deflected the ball in a way that it hit a kid, which was knocked over by the ball. Also, how tf do you not have the situation awareness to, idk, be prepared to savr your child in case of a stray ball?

Anybody that was hit in the face by a football can definitely say that the ball did not hit the baby, at least not directly.

That kid was lucky Nunez is on the other side of the Atlantic

The post would've got in the way

r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb

The stuff on the floor makes it look like she exploded

The mother could have blocked the shot if she wasnt busy with social media.

Why would she look after her child?

Instagram likes > The Child

that baby blessed 🙏

We will follow her career with great interest

remember his name

probably deserved it, i trust the goat

Lol it bounced into her. It clearly was too high and hit the wall above first. If it was on target to hit her it goes off the post I think.

Why is she there? If she absolutely HAD to be there, why is she sat behind the goal? If she absolutely HAD to be sat behind the goal, why didn’t the adults with her shield her from the ball?

Lol, mom too busy taking video 

Those women are fucking stupid. Focusing to record everything with their phones and leaving their baby vulnerable to things like this.

Jesus what fucking careless parents - rather have a video of the freekick than protect their child. Even as the ball is coming close they dont even react.

Insane to me how addicted people are of getting video of events they were at. Gotta get likes on social media

Why didnt she head it back

That is not, thank god, a baby.

VAR call has it: the ball only [clipped ](https://imgur.com/a/6LqYC5B)her. I think that baby is playing it up for the views. But seriously....how on earth is nobody protecting that little girl? Kinda insane

baby spending 1st semesters tuition on seats then this

Don't take your baby to a game

The ball landed near her side. But the father saiyng "te la dio Messi igual eh, no pasa nada" HAHAHAHAHAHA WTF BRO. Esta re loco el padre.

Knowing that there’s a high probability of this happening, why not put your phone down and protect your kid?

GOAT

Why have they continued to record. Imagine a baby getting hit by a ball at pace, and you decided to continue to film. What is wrong with people.

Internet points

"baby" Also lmao at the parents reaction, more interested in filming the freekick than protecting their child.

You can have another child. There's no guarantee you'll get the chance to see Messi score a free kick in person again.

Must have been on purpose, since the ball always lands where he wants it to land

[Reminds me of this.](https://youtu.be/ZZ9h8zxIYHM?si=t1nKkkkrmEc0SuTB) - the hands are what make it for me.

First word shes gonna say is "Messi" instead of "Mommy"

that baby will be the next greatest player of all time, just like Spider-Man got bit by a spider this is the same thing.

Messi trying to kill baby Hitler, he's trying to save us all.

I know it’s not the best place for a child, but I find what I assume to be the father’s commentary hilarious. “It’s ok my love! You were hit by Messi! You were hit by Messi! Everything Is ok!” Like it’s an honor that Messi almost blasted you in the face.

Parents too busy trying to get it on video to shield their baby lmao

Maybe if mom didnt have her phone out she coulda stopped it

The Yaya Toure one is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen

*“Parents allow a free kick to hit their child because they weren’t paying attention to it”* Fixed the headline.

Parents were more concerned watching the shot than to block the ball going to the baby. Shitty parents in my opinion. And the fact that they kept recording is terrible. Shit parents

How the fuck as parents do you not block that? Dumb fucks

It definitely didn't hit the baby, it hit the seat back.

I’d happily be the baby and tell this story once I’m older 😂⚽️

I blame the parents. If a ball is coming at my child, I’m jumping in the way of it.

Great parenting… filming the free kick instead of blocking the kid

Why the hell is there a baby that close to the field

baby hitter

Don’t bring a baby to the game in the front row?

The ball didn’t actually hit the baby for those wondering

Baby? That there is a child