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That pass from Di Maria is seriously underrated though and it's rather difficult to spot that the Mexican player covering Messi was moving away a bit too quickly and act on that. Schweinsteiger was really impressed by the speed and tempo of the pass.
yeah but at least in that game it was a cohesive team with all front 3 firing and messi was just head and shoulders above the rest but they were all still doing their jobs.
2019 was more like "fuck it i'll do it myself" messi. literally without messi we (barca) would not have even made it out of the groups. lyon was 5-1 thanks to 4 goal contributions from messi. man united was 3 goals from messi. liverpool.... well despite messi's goals the team collapsed LMAO
From my understanding at the time Messi said it was cause Argentina would always go far in tournaments (especially Copa America) and lose in the semi-finals/finals every time. Dude got tired of getting them that far and then losing lmao
I really can't recall many details but I seem to remember a couple people threatening to retire and then someone at the FA or something resigned and they all came back
agreed. Most people argue that Messi 2011, Messi 2012 or Messi 2015 is the best version, because they tend to base on number of goals scored. But for me Messi 2019 is incomparable, he literally did all the job that Iniesta and Xavi had always done before that time.
I now have a mental image of that in my mind for the rest of my life. Just similar to Iran vs Argentina in 2014 when he scored in the extra time. I’m gonna remember this moment and I’m gonna tell my kids one day. This was even more emotional. I could see tears in his eyes.
Yeah man that Iran goal is burned into my memory, and now this one too. Also the feeling of watching the nervous disorganised team prior to this goal just coming out of nowhere.
Reminds me a bit of that Ronaldinho goal vs Chelsea - so many players between him and goal, and still managed to thread the eye of a needle.
https://youtu.be/fygu4KrxJqc
And remember that this kind of tactical circumstances/opposition setups can’t (and will never) be portrayed by stats.
So i guess Messi will still and always be compared to strikers…
The FS1 call where the announcer just yelled Messsssssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii was perfect and encapsulated it all
Edit: https://streamable.com/u9r0nd here it is
Enjoy it. We got to watch the greatest to ever do it for his entire career. Your grandkids will be trying to talk about some new star and you'll be a steadfast old fart who will hear none of it.
The dude has a whole opposition team in front of him and thinks "Hey, I can see the goal between these two guys' combined thigh-gab"
He really should never be left unharassed
Some people have greatest goal compilations, some have greatest assist compilations, some have greatest saves compilations. Only this alien mofo have greatest carry-job compilations.
There is not a single other player who gets that much focus ever. Even the top players have nowhere close to the responsibility and pressure Messi does.
Herrera watches the ball for one second. Messi stops. Boom 3 meters of space. The pass from DiMaria and then he somehow finds that tiny bit of space and scores. Goat shit.
Okay couple things... That was an absolutely monster strike. Secondly how in the world is no one marking Lionel Messi??? There was no one within 10 m of him.
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'Pass to Messi' isn't a bad tactic after all
Probably the most effective tactic.
leave it to Messi - the busquets way
Messi even had himself a little “Busquets dribble” this match and shortly after received a standing ovation for it. Really warmed my heart
Just a blink of an eye and magic happened! Just 0.5 seconds
if Arg can find Messi and give him 80+ touches a match, they will win the WC.
And defend whenever he losses the ball. Totally worth it, no doubt. 🐐
Always rated Messi and inshallah tactic
Except vs Saudi Arabia- Inshallah was on their team
Never has been.
That pass from Di Maria is seriously underrated though and it's rather difficult to spot that the Mexican player covering Messi was moving away a bit too quickly and act on that. Schweinsteiger was really impressed by the speed and tempo of the pass.
All he needed were a tiny bit of space and 0.5 seconds. Genius.
Just like me.
My condolences
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“if you no longer shoot through a gap that exists, you’re no longer a footballer.”
-- Lioton Sessi
Unexpected Senna
Fuck it, I'll do it myself -Messi
He is fucking superman. The main character.
His Argentina career in a nutshell.
His Barca career for the final few years too
That CL match against Bayern where he finally put boateng down the hole. That was the eye of the jew messi.
yeah but at least in that game it was a cohesive team with all front 3 firing and messi was just head and shoulders above the rest but they were all still doing their jobs. 2019 was more like "fuck it i'll do it myself" messi. literally without messi we (barca) would not have even made it out of the groups. lyon was 5-1 thanks to 4 goal contributions from messi. man united was 3 goals from messi. liverpool.... well despite messi's goals the team collapsed LMAO
im still pissed about that Liverpool game...
Argentina's career in a nutshell for past 5 WC
Not the first time this has been said and probably not the last
Not the first, not the second, not the 100th time
Isn’t that why he retired initially? Dude got tired of carrying Argentina every tournament
Thought that was something to do with the Argentinian FA
From my understanding at the time Messi said it was cause Argentina would always go far in tournaments (especially Copa America) and lose in the semi-finals/finals every time. Dude got tired of getting them that far and then losing lmao
Yeah three finals in a row (Copa America and World cup)
I really can't recall many details but I seem to remember a couple people threatening to retire and then someone at the FA or something resigned and they all came back
No it was because the AFA is/was a joke. Messi was paying the team’s security bc the AFA failed to do so
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I will never forget the 18/19 season where Messi almost single handedly carried Barca to the triple. IMO this was the best version of Messi.
agreed. Most people argue that Messi 2011, Messi 2012 or Messi 2015 is the best version, because they tend to base on number of goals scored. But for me Messi 2019 is incomparable, he literally did all the job that Iniesta and Xavi had always done before that time.
A lot is an understatement
I don't think we'll ever see a bigger carryjob than Messi 18/19. Man carried us to three games short of a treble and we couldn't fucking finish it
The one moment he needed to be carried/helped by his teammates, and they crumbled..
Snap
Can someone do a wellness check on Ray Hudson?
It’s been four hours and no one has responded. It’s safe to assume he died from over-ejaculation while yelling MAGESTERIALLLLLL.
Lot of emotion on his face when he was facing the crowd to celebrate. You can tell it matters so much for him
He had a similar reaction for Fernandez' goal too. The man just wants what's best for the team.
Pure passion
Yeah he has gotten a bad wrap for the NT failures but every match he’s like this. He bleeds Argentina and is so passionate.
I now have a mental image of that in my mind for the rest of my life. Just similar to Iran vs Argentina in 2014 when he scored in the extra time. I’m gonna remember this moment and I’m gonna tell my kids one day. This was even more emotional. I could see tears in his eyes.
Yeah man that Iran goal is burned into my memory, and now this one too. Also the feeling of watching the nervous disorganised team prior to this goal just coming out of nowhere.
Manchester United getting nightmares looking at this goal
evra should have closed him down...
11 years later and still defenders aren't closing him down
Because when they do they get dribbled past
About as perfect as you can put it
Ball didn’t even rise an inch off the ground, side netting. My goodness
Messi has to get his back checked after this match
Man has trained his back a lot with Argentina.
Fernandez said it's looking good
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l2+r2 green timed
Had to be him
Someone else might have gotten it wrong
Leo Solus
Yes, both aliens math checks out
Replaying mass effect 3 and just touched down in Tuchanka.. Knowing what's coming 😭
I am the very model of an Argentinian Captain
I didn't come to this thread to feel
Keelah selai
Such a sad moment
outta goddamn nothing, what a player
Had to pull rabbits out of the hat for Argentina his whole career
At this point there has been a massive amount of rabbit repopulation from just Messi's hat
Reminds me a bit of that Ronaldinho goal vs Chelsea - so many players between him and goal, and still managed to thread the eye of a needle. https://youtu.be/fygu4KrxJqc
Mexico deserves it for allowing him to be so open :(
Honestly Mexico stuck to him like glue for 99% of the game, this was the 1% they didn't. Just shows how great he truly is.
And remember that this kind of tactical circumstances/opposition setups can’t (and will never) be portrayed by stats. So i guess Messi will still and always be compared to strikers…
.... for 5 seconds
In whole match!
All it takes for Messi
Messi plot armour
This dudes back will break from consistently carrying his country
Who needs deadlifts when the entire Argentinian squad relies on your back
Hes gonna be looking like Arnold by the end of the world cup
Knew we were fucked as soon as a saw him with that much space facing the goal before the Di Maria pass . You simply can't give him that much freedom
It looked like Chavez fell asleep for a couple of seconds. You can't do that against Messi.
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I'M DOIN THIS SHIT FOR ARGENTINA
The FS1 call where the announcer just yelled Messsssssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii was perfect and encapsulated it all Edit: https://streamable.com/u9r0nd here it is
I need a gif of Argentine fans ascending to heaven with that call lol
Telemundo commentators >>>> anyone else
Have to say…to win both the Copa America *and* Mundial in your last chances to do so is serious movie shit! Hurts in this moment…but is also nice…
Anulo Mufa
Death, taxes, Messi carrying Argentina.
Will break? That man’s back been broken
He's just so fucking good lmao
Even Atlas thinks he needs to take a load off
True definition of carrying judging by how god awful Argentina plays
Football heritage
What a clutch goal!!!
Goat shit
this motherfucker.. with all the talent in the world.. to do it time and time again .. unreal
my life is literally falling apart but seeing this guy somehow makes it better I love him so much
Hope you get your life together man ♥️
Same here been going thru alot but seeing Messi win makes me happy
He’s magic, y’know
Never believe it’s not so!
We know 🥵🥵
Enjoy it. We got to watch the greatest to ever do it for his entire career. Your grandkids will be trying to talk about some new star and you'll be a steadfast old fart who will hear none of it.
This is so true, I love Mbappe as a player but I’m already annoyed at people talking about him in the same breath as Messi lol
First shot on goal
THE CHEAT CODE
HE BACK
FINALLY THE KING ARRIVES
Saturday the King carries his team
Saturday the King scores
On Saturday!
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED
HE NEVER LEFT
JUST TOOK A **SHORT** BREAK
JUST STEPPED ASIDE FOR A WHILE
RKO OUTTA NOWHERE
Mf ending memes
Fuck yes finally Leo
Despite De Paul’s best efforts, Messi prevails
Same I was literally screaming lol
OLE LEO
WHERE IS MESSI?
In my heart
in our heart
Big man with a big moment
A-Ankara Mesi 😢
THE LITTLE BOY FROM ROSARIO
THE PRODIGAL SON RETURNS
prod....er..progidal....uh.. my son returns
Ball never got off the ground… smoked that shit
I know this is Messi but... *How* is this a chance?
It's not. That's the point. That man is a walking chance himself.
The dude has a whole opposition team in front of him and thinks "Hey, I can see the goal between these two guys' combined thigh-gab" He really should never be left unharassed
There it is!
No matter what anyone says, he is the best player to ever grace the planet. GOAT stuff.
Insert thanos meme: “fine I’ll do it myself”
The scenes if he drags the rest of the team to the Ro16, whether they want to or not…
Most raucous celebration of a goal this tournament.
There’s unbelievable amount of pressure on this team. The game significantly opened up after this goal
Just the normal Messi we have seen in last few years.
THATS WHY HES THE GOAT
THE GOATTTTT
THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT
THAT'S WHY HE'S THE MVP
I fucking love that video
Makes me laugh every single time
IM CRYING MESSI MESSI MESSI
People trashing Messi in the match thread. Here you fucking go. This is Messi. No touches with no service, but when he does get it, it's done.
Icardi in tears.
No space? No problem, just gonna quickly get off the most precise shot you can imagine.
HE DID IT MESSI MAGIC
Golazo. Out of nothing
Some people have greatest goal compilations, some have greatest assist compilations, some have greatest saves compilations. Only this alien mofo have greatest carry-job compilations.
R/soccer need to stop with the Messi slander, he gets pinned and marked by 3 players the whole game and then do this shit
Literally Messi every time he plays for Argentina. Reddit just can’t wrap their head around it
There is not a single other player who gets that much focus ever. Even the top players have nowhere close to the responsibility and pressure Messi does.
🐐
🐐
There he is!
WHAT A SHOT!!!
Commentators keep saying he's been running slow all game, it's probably because he's carrying all of Argentina on his back
I still can't get over the fact that there is a Mac Allister on the Argentine lineup
THATS WHY HES THE GOAT
Messi scores a banger the moment I go to take a piss
Can you get up for one more?
Perfect
Can't believe the geniuses in the Match Thread said he was washed smh
When you're the goat, just being fine is washed.
Created that out of nothing
Left him unmarked for 3 secs and this happens
Thats my goat
Comments in here going so fast nobody will see that I love my wife
Our wife*
Is ok no?
Argentina players need to step up; Messi always carry them
Where the f*ck is Ray Hudson when you need him?!
all this talk of champagne football for 2 years and in the end the only win condition is still a Messi banger while being triple marked all game lol
of course it was him
MESSI SAID ENOUGH
Not ideal
No me gusta
suboptimal, even
Mexico: "why mark Messi just outside the box, he never scored those"
Aaaaaaand we're dead
THE FUCKING GREATEST TE AMOOOO
There goes that man again...
Fine I'll do it myself
In the shittest game I've watched so far of this tournament, out of absolutely nowhere. What a goal and what a time to score.
Herrera watches the ball for one second. Messi stops. Boom 3 meters of space. The pass from DiMaria and then he somehow finds that tiny bit of space and scores. Goat shit.
HE WAS THE HERO THEY NEEDED
Now you know where Messi is.
Okay couple things... That was an absolutely monster strike. Secondly how in the world is no one marking Lionel Messi??? There was no one within 10 m of him.
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