Re: The Lionel Messi Appreciation Thread & Fan Club IV

[El Gunner]

Sometimes I wonder if he does these things on purpose.

cryin

[BarrileteCosmico]

@EG nah he will be another Kaka. He is great, no doubt about it, but he will ve promptly forgotten. Even today people hype up Salah much more even though KDB had a much more solid season.

[Harmonica]

With Messi PSG progessed +16 points to titulero.

[Harmonica]

[Harmonica]

Another insane NT-performance, too bad the 80 yarder didn't go in.









FIFA World Cup u20 2005
-Golden Ball
-Golden Boot

Copa America 2007 runner-up
-Best Young Player

Olympic Gold 2008

FIFA World Cup 2014 runner-up
-Golden Ball

Copa America 2015 runner-up
-Golden Ball

Copa America 2016 runner-up

Copa America 2021
-Golden Ball
-Golden Boot

Uefa Conmebol Super Cup 2022
-Man of Match

[Myesyats]

I love this pass

[El Gunner]

@Harmonica just waiting for that Qatar WC titulero

[Myesyats]

5 goals in one game vs Estonia, @Harmonica needs gifs

[BarrileteCosmico]

Chill messi, save some for psg...

[Harmonica]

Imagine Messi in Uefa against these Estonias and Andorras every year.  

[_LMG_10_]

Imagine Messi in Uefa against these Estonias and Andorras every year.  

Don't forget San Marino

He'd have at least double the amount of int'l goals he has now lol

In Comnebol there are no easy matches. Playing at Bolivia in altitude or in Venezuela is no easy task. The atmosphere in those venues is more hostile, the pitches are usually worst, and the teams are far better.
Not to mention the rugged South American football mentality and tactics.

But anyway Messi is not judged on goals, especially for Argentina. He's always played far deeper for Argentina than he ever did for Barca, even in his later Barca years.

[Harmonica]

Yeah Bolivia at home is never a joke. It's also harder to travel half the world for every NT-game to completely different time zone, than play in your backyard.

Cronaldo has 20 games against Andorra, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Luxembourg and Lichtenstein alone, that's 100 goals for Messi with 5 goal average he has against those midget states. Or in other words:

NT goals (games, ga) vs top 5 EU/SA (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Uruguay)

24 (57, 0.42) Messi (playmaker)
18 (47, 0.38) Suarez (striker)
16 (43, 0.37) Neymar (playmaker)
7 (32, 0.22) Cronaldo (striker)

Nowadays Cronaldo's NT-career is a joke compared to Messi's.

[Harmonica]

PSG sold over one million shirts for the first time last season with 'Messi 30' accounting for over 60 per cent of that figure, which is the record for any player. It means the Argentine's shirt sales surpassed that of Cristiano Ronaldo – who returned to Manchester United last summer from Juventus – and that the English giants are no longer the club that sells the most replica shirts.

[Harmonica]

Honoring 35th birthday, top 5 dribbles against Bilbao, two of which were Puskas nominees. I always wondered why Messi has so many great dribbles against Bilbao?

[El Gunner]

if Messi ever had a threesome.. the other person besides messi's wife would be Harmonica

[Harmonica]

Lolz

Presses per 90 21-22

Kane 10.93 +67%
Benzema 10.91 +67%
Depay 10.44 +60%
Lewandowski 9.68 +48%
Moreno 9.66 +48%
Messi 9.41 +44%
Zapata 8.67 +33%
Suarez 8.13 +24%
Mbappe 8.09 +24%
Ronaldo 6.54

[halamadrid2]

Benzema

Man QSG has the laziest front 3 in Europe

[Harmonica]

Nobody ever expected this photo to happen

RaMeN

[Harmonica]

[Myesyats]

that pass to Neymar... intentional or not?

ويجي واحد يقول لك غير مقصودة ، و الله أسطورة pic.twitter.com/dhb3JW2yqc

— Achraf Ben Ayad (@Benayadachraf) August 6, 2022

[FennecFox7]

He’s still got it

[El Gunner]

intentional of course...

revenge season incoming, Ronaldo fanboys must pray he doesn't win the WC

[halamadrid2]

The difference in Ronaldo and Messi's PR is actually insane... pic.twitter.com/iH4FyLgAdu

— The United Scoop (@TheUnitedScoop) August 6, 2022

[Harmonica]

Imagine thinking Cronaldo doesn't have the biggest pr-department in sporting history. That's why his bicycle is brought up couple hours after Messi scored. They literally invented Dubai d'Or for him ffs...

[titosantill]

It's like messi lives rent free in cristiano and his family's heads. But let's be completely fair, his sister's post is no different from the way fanboys/fangirls of various players act on this forum.

No difference at all. In fairness to her, she knows the player personally and is blood related. If any of the fanboys encountered any problems, their 'man-crush' who they champion relentlessly more than they do anyone in their immediate family wouldn't even notice.

It was the kind of post i would expect from some here, but hell this isnt her first. Tbh I didn't think that "bycicle" kick warrants the attention it garnered

[Harmonica]

Career fastest and Ligue 1 fastest assist, 8 seconds.

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