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Everything we see from Messi now is just bonus. He will soon retire or move to mls. Even if they crash out today, 2 goals and 1 assist in 2 matches is pretty good considering how mediocre several of his team mates have played.

Sometimes I fantasize if Messi had played for Spain instead.
 
SerendipityNow said:
Everything we see from Messi now is just bonus. He will soon retire or move to mls. Even if they crash out today, 2 goals and 1 assist in 2 matches is pretty good considering how mediocre several of his team mates have played.

Sometimes I fantasize if Messi had played for Spain instead.
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Given that he'd be sitting on World Cup and European Championship winners medals (as well as having a much better chance of going all the way in this current tournament) I'm sure Messi himself wishes the same!
 
I'm just feeling sad for him. People just waiting for him to crash out so that they can claim he was never the goat. He's 35 ffs.

Probably the greatest footballer we've ever seen at the club level.
 
Scottynaldinho said:
I'm just feeling sad for him. People just waiting for him to crash out so that they can claim he was never the goat. He's 35 ffs.

Probably the greatest footballer we've ever seen at the club level.
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Innit, same with Ronaldo for the record, if they drop out it ain't going to be on a 35 year old Messi. He won't win a world cup and that is fine, hardly a massive blot on an absolutely incredible career.
 
Anyone saying what him and Ronaldo are doing re moving to the US (possibly) and Saudi respectively will tarnish their legacy need to remember how maradona / best etc finished their careers - no one really cares about the crazed US World Cup maradona we saw or who best finished his career with - we look back at their peak years and how amazing they were

We’ll do the same with these two legends of the game for sure
 
We need an rvn said:
Anyone saying what him and Ronaldo are doing re moving to the US (possibly) and Saudi respectively will tarnish their legacy need to remember how maradona / best etc finished their careers - no one really cares about the crazed US World Cup maradona we saw or who best finished his career with - we look back at their peak years and how amazing they were

We’ll do the same with these two legends of the game for sure
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Also, whilst I think both have tribal fans who refuse to accept this, neither has really been that incredible for at least a few years now. They both masked their decline very well, essentially playing in teams that catered massively to them but they’ve earned it. Their legacies are secure, they were genuinely playing football on a different planet for the best part of a decade. We were lucky to have them. Maybe one of them will lift the WC, would be nice to see.
 
Morty_ said:
Does it matter? They will go through anyway.
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I don't know about that, if Saudi go 1 up the pressure will be on in the second half.

The team is playing fairly well so far, good save for the pen too.
 
Penalty aside (and how many has he missed now in his career?) he's been lively. He might still have to come up with something in the second half.
 
Irwin99 said:
Penalty aside (and how many has he missed now in his career?) he's been lively. He might still have to come up with something in the second half.
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Agree he's been good apart from the pen.
 
The way people bang on about his penalty record just highlights the obscenely fine margins at this level.... he's shite at them with a 78% conversion record, Ronaldo isn't with an 82% record. Wayne Rooney was also commonly known as a bit shit with a 75% record.

Bit mad, but finding that Ramos taker requires you to casually decide for them to start taking at some point. Doing it in practice is one thing. Di Maria for instance has a record of 3-4 :lol:
 
Zen said:
The way people bang on about his penalty record just highlights the obscenely fine margins at this level.... he's shite at them with a 78% conversion record, Ronaldo isn't with an 82% record. Wayne Rooney was also commonly known as a bit shit with a 75% record.

Bit mad, but finding that Ramos taker requires you to casually decide for them to start taking at some point. Doing it in practice is one thing. Di Maria for instance has a record of 3-4 :lol:
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Yeah and if anyone else had taken it and missed he would have taken absolute pelters for it too.

I'd say it takes some balls to step up and take a pen like that personally and I don't think very many on the team would be desperate to take that responsibility on either.
 
Zen said:
The way people bang on about his penalty record just highlights the obscenely fine margins at this level.... he's shite at them with a 78% conversion record, Ronaldo isn't with an 82% record. Wayne Rooney was also commonly known as a bit shit with a 75% record.

Bit mad, but finding that Ramos taker requires you to casually decide for them to start taking at some point. Doing it in practice is one thing. Di Maria for instance has a record of 3-4 :lol:
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I think its just 3 seasons in a row where he's fecked up an important penalty. Copa miss before that too.
 
Gehrman said:
I think its just 3 seasons in a row where he's fecked up an important penalty. Copa miss before that too.
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They are winning today, so turns out this one wasn't really that important.
 
Massive Spanner said:
He’s been really good apart from the penalty. I just love watching the man play. The best I’ve ever seen.
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Yeah he has , rolled back the years with that run a couple of minutes ago but fluffed the shot.

I'll miss him once he's gone.
 
I think it's a mixed game for him, good all around but really hit and miss in front of goal, but the fact that no one compares this performance with Lewandowski's performance in the same game tells you a lot how people watch Messi's performances :lol:

I mean, we are talking about player who left him dead for Ballon d'Or last year, and he did absolutely nothing today, and yet people only watch what Messi is doing entire game and analyze his every pass and move.
 
Being a bit greedy, but overall he's been great imo.
 
Unbelievable tonight, no way should he go to the MLS, just behind the strikers and he will have plenty of joy
 
The amount of abuse Ronaldo would be getting if he missed a pen in a game like this....
 
Missed a penalty and didn't score, but, was involved and central to absolutely everything. If I could pinpoint a game in which stats don't tell the story of influence, this'd be a good one. He didn't let his head drop and instead kept pushing the game forward and Argentina got their just rewards. This Argentina team have got character in abundance.
 
Still takes terrible penalties but very good game otherwise. The good thing about this current Argentina team is that someone does step up if Messi doesn't.
 
His best game of the tournament

Was excellent
 
He's back to being the best in the world, we just take his greatness for granted. He alone contributes to a match as much as two players do combined.
 
I have completely turned on Ronaldo now after the interview.

So I am now fully on board with Messi waiting for Ronaldo to sign up for Saudi, and immediately penning a new PSG contract and breaking his CL record:drool:
 
BerryBerryShrew said:
Given that he'd be sitting on World Cup and European Championship winners medals (as well as having a much better chance of going all the way in this current tournament) I'm sure Messi himself wishes the same!
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That's ridiculous. Messi after living since age 13 at spain speaks the most argentine accent I've ever heard. I don't think he would be completely happy if he did that. He's as argentine as you can get.
 
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