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His 40 year old, 5'6" ass was beating these early 20's, 6'4" to all the 50/50 balls and the putting his crosses on a dime. While they were couldn't get their crosses off the ground.
He was pocketed before the first goal. It wasn't until Tuchels terrorist plan which involved 8 people in the box and absolutely no one pressing the wide players that they could spray the box. Messis crosses were incredible, but he didn't even have to break a sweat to get them in
I wouldnt call that getting pocketed, that's just how it usually plays when it comes to him (both his playstyle and how opponents are usually more wary of him at the beginning of the match than later)
imagine saying a guy who had 10 successful dribbles, 2 big chances created, 4 key passes and 2 assists was pocketed at any point in the game. Messi's standards are that high.
argentina dominated england for the whole second half. when you see the "match momentum chart" they had the advantage even at the moment that england scored
Yep, even when England went ahead I said to my spouse I thought Argentina was dominating and the statistics would catch up. How many headers did they have that just went right at the keeper or just to the side of the goal. This game could have easily been 4-1.
The commentator for Argentina TV said "la mierda el arco de los Ingleses esta hecho de sequoias!" or "fucking shit, England's goal posts are made of sequoias!" Literal, after the 3 hit on goal post lol.
Everyone forgot about Tucheliban because they played attacking football against weaker teams. Bro lived up to his namesake as soon as they met someone in their league
Also on the goal, a little overlooked fact is thar Spence had slightly hurt himself in the box and took time to recover and run outside, so nobody was on Messi until he got closer and had time to evaluate and perfect his cross unchallenged.
There really is no debate. Heās the greatest to ever play the game.
39 years old and he single handedly takes the momentum on his shoulders and gets two assists. Despite England doing their best to gift it, he looked dangerous every time the ball went near him.
I don't think they'll burn - definitely a drop off from 3 world cup finals in the past 4 tournaments, but they'll get back to it again as they did before.
They won 2 before he arrived, so the country clearly has history of producing talent, so I'm sure there's a few Argentinian kids out there who's names we'll know quite well in 8 or 12 years.
Doubt. Will they be number 1, unlikely. But Argentina still have talent, and will likely still be around the top 10-15 teams like they have for almost their entire duration before Messi.
Not giving up creates a lot of opportunities. Trust in your teammates. Point fingers after the game if thatās your style. Argentina was locked in and knew they could do it
I was rooting for England. But I acknowledge and admire the GOAT that is Lionel Messi. As long as he plays for Argentina, they will look like juggernauts
He played his best and left everything else to fate.
And as fate would have it, Tuchel parked the bus and gave up.
Argentina played really well but England were better til the first goal.
I hate him and I love Ronaldo. Pepsi played this game and a couple previous ones just fucking perfect. He really is out of this world and Iām afraid we wonāt see anyone better than him, Iām just glad we could watch him during his prime.
When messi assisted 1st goal - he was offside, FIFA didn't even show a replay or any check for offside.
When messi assisted 2nd goal - he first stepped on England's defender, Spence. Again, no VAR check, close replay, anything. For the same situation, Egypt got their goal disallowed.
Rigging is so obvious, this is getting pathetic. I am not even talking about how aggressive Argentina played the whole game, they should have had 2 red cards. Simeone massaged Spencer's eye from inside with his finger but nothing was done.
Bro single handedly assisted every goal by Argentina. I think the talk with Bellingham during the half time riled him up and then there was no turning back. Many have already said this before, you do not mess with Messi, he will turn on a beast mode that wouldnāt like to see. And mind you, he is close to double the age of many young players around him, but he beat them at their youth and stamina.
I honestly thought he was going to retire after getting his first one to finish on a high note. Now here he is on the verge of getting another one. Wow.
I don't even like that team. Some of the players play dirty and are arrogant. but the ones that play well- play with a lot of passion and run very fast. The English were tired by the second half and did not have the same passion. The Argentine team can light up on fire at any random time usually by the end lol
People love to go credit Ronaldos mentality as if he was perfect in that sense, I think itās the opposite. It ended up hurting hin in the latter stages of his career. Messis mentality and how he captains this Argentina team are incredible.
Heās an amazing player but his attitude is awful, along with the rest of his team. To me, heās not celebrating for himself there heās goading the losing team, like so many of his teammates did.
His blatant fouls during the game were disgraceful. If this is his last World Cup he could have shown class, for me he hasnāt. The way he bosses around the referees is also shocking.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the GOAT. Iāve heard people saying Messi is so much better than Ronaldo this tournament. Of course he is! Ronaldo is 41. Messi 39. People told me hitting 40 is like a switch being flipped and your body starts changing. I didnāt believe it. It didnāt hit me at 40. It hit at 41. I feel itās the same for Ronaldo. Itās sad to see such an amazing player come to the end of his career.
I means more to him because his legacy will be remembered and not of his team mates who on paper have the same number of international trophies. GOAT debate with 2 world cups titles is stronger than with one world cup when others have more.
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