Re: The Lionel Messi Appreciation Thread & Fan Club III

[Thimmy]

That's almost as impressive as his record for missed, gifted penalties!

[Harmonica]

4th goal of the century, or the difference between a great player, and the best player of all-time



Almost goal of the millenia



Some passing

Spoiler:

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[danyjr]

GOAT

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[Harmonica]

Most goals from outside the box in Europe's top 5 leagues the past 5 seasons

33 Messi
24 Fakenaldo
19 Zlatan
...

[BarcaLearning]

Just shows again by far hes the best player in the world. What a goal, and to create for Pacos goal, all round top performance.

CR7 needs to not fluke another CL and Ballon D'or to tie Messi, would be the biggest injustice in football history He bought at one thx for Flo, took credit for another when it wasnt his, etc.

[Harmonica]

Something new that Messi introduced this season, long range bombs. Which could mean that he expects to score even further on average next season.

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[guest_07]

^
thats why barca lose la liga

[Harmonica]

That, and Real Madrid referees. It's interesting that if Suarez and Neymar would have scored just couple of those important ones, even Madrid referees couldn't have lifted Refdrid to fake Liga.

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http://www.soccerinfomania.com/voetbal-international-ranks-lionel-messi-best-in-history-cristiano-ronaldo-not-in-top-five/

Messi ranks first.

According to a publication by the prestigious Dutch magazine Voetbal International, via AS Diario, Lionel Messi is the best player the game has ever seen.

Founded in 1962 Voetbal Internatonal elected the best 100 players in the history of football. And Messi emerged top in their sixth round of voting.

He was ranked above players like Diego Maradona who won the World Cup in 1986. And they was no bias in their rating Dutch legend and national treasure Johan Cruyff was kept off the first spot.

Voetbal International Best 100 Players Ever

1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Pele
5. Di Stefano
...

[Thimmy]

Cruyff ahead of both Pele and Di Stefano?

[BarrileteCosmico]

It's a dutch magazine

[Harmonica]

Here's the full list:

Voetbal International Best 100 Players Ever

100. Cantona
99. Stoichkov
98. Matthaus
97. Van der Sar
96. Neymar
95. Leonidas
94: Preud'homme
93. Van Hanegem
92. Facchetti
91. Giggs
90. Krol
89. Hugo Sanchez
88. Robben
87. Luigi Riva
86. Paolo Falcao
85. Fontaine
84. Rijkaard
83. Dzajic
82. Hagi
81. Denis Law
80. Sivori
79. Jose Andrade
78. Duncan Edwards
77. Masopust
76. Allan Simonsen
75. Bergkamp
74. Sandro Mazzola
73. Florian Albert
72. Teofilo Cubillas
71. Jimmy Johnstone
70. Neeskens
69. Gerson
68. Banks
67. Dixie Dean
66. Schmeichel
65. Keegan
64. Pedernera
63. Passarella
62. Rummenigge
61. Zoff
60. Nordahl
59. Jairzinho
58. Scirea
57. Roberto Baggio
56. Roberto Carlos
54 (joint). Iniesta
54 (joint). Xavi
53. Nilton Santos
52. Rivellino
51. Laudrup
50. Schiaffino
49. Blokhin
48. Kempes
47. Didi
46. Thierry Henry
45. Sindelar
44. Walter
43. Baresi
42. Maldini
41. Gianluigi Buffon
40. Dalglish
39. Djalma Santos
38. Hidegkuti
37. Neuer
36. Rivera
35. Gullit
34. Luis Suarez (Spain)
33. Gento
32. Matthews
31. Ibrahimovic
30. Netzer
29. Paolo Rossi
28. Kopa
27. Moreno
26. Socrates
25. Moore
24. Valentino Mazzola
23. Eusebio
22. Carlos Alberto
21. Giuseppe Meazza
20. Charlton
19. Yashin
18. G. Muller
17. Ronaldinho
16. Platini
15. Zico
14. Puskas
13. Romario
12. Best
11. Garrincha
10. Van Basten
9. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
7. Fakenaldo
6. Ronaldo
5. Di Stefano
4. Pelé
3. Cruijff
2. Maradona
1. Messi

[Hapless_Hans]

Lothar Matthäus at 98 -> laughable list

[M99]

What a shit list lmao

[Valkyrja]

the GOAT

happy 30 !

[Myesyats]

Ahh, time flies...It will be an odd day when Messi retires.

[rincon]

Its weird that Messi is 30. I still remember him as a kid beasting against us at the Gamper.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

The fact he's 30 makes me feel disgustingly old.

I still remember his lobbed goal on debut when he was 16 put through by Ronaldinho.

[Casciavit]

The GOAT.

He would have won even more if he didn't play for a club with such an incompetent board.

[Harmonica]

Lionel Messi has been treating LaLiga like a video game.

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Messi is statistically the best Spanish league player in history

From the 86 seasons of the Spanish league championship, Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been declared as the best player in history, according to a study by the Research Centre of History and Statistics of Spanish Football (CIHEFE).

Former Real Madrid icon Raul comes in at second place, ahead of Cesar Rodriguez, Telmo Zarra and Enrique Castro 'Quini'.

The study analysed a number of factors, including minutes played in each season, goals scored from open play, penalty kicks, own goals and red cards, researcher Jose Antonio Ortega revealed.

"All of the evaluation criteria are marked with a simple and homogeneous scoring system that manages to evaluate all of the players with the same analysis in each season," he said.

Since the start of LaLiga in 1929, a total of 9,280 players have plied their trade in the Spanish top flight, with 854 of those being goalkeepers.

Messi rose to the top of the study for several reasons, including being the only player to vastly exceed 300 goals, currently sitting on 349.

According to Ortega, his final points tally of 545 comfortably put him ahead of Raul (528), Cesar (524), Zarra (493) and Quini (488), with the top 10 being rounded out by Juan Arza (481), Alfredo Di Stefano (481), Paco Gento (467), Carlos Alonso 'Santillana' (464) and Guillermo Gorostiza (454).

In his report, Ortega also pointed out that Messi possesses the "technique, ambition, talent and ability that have made him one of the most valuable players of all time".

[guest7]

"Anybody who is not under a Barcelona contract says that Ronaldo is the best player in the world" - Neymar

[MaraVilla]

lol surely that's a fake quote

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