This was on the front page of Reddit earlier, that's an impressive feat for a football video.
Lionel Messi
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Surely it's admirable to see a player stay up despite being fouled repeatedly as often as he does though?
He don't half get the shit kicked out of him though
Can you make a 30-second clip featuring the you know who he is doing the same?
I suppose you can credit him for that, but the title of the video is Leo Messi never dives, which is false, because he has dived before, making the whole thing a bit pointless.
I think you took the title a bit too literally, Wayne.
Anyone who has seen Messi play would be hard pressed to say he's a big diver. A lot of the tackles on that video would be bookings if he went to ground, even penalties. If anything that's too honest, if it was my team and that happend i'd say, feck that just go down, it's a stone wall penalty.
Considering just how often he gets kicked I'd say his dive-to-stayonfeet ratio is pretty damn good overall.
I reckon Cal has worn his penis down to a stub over Ronaldo.
I'd say he's the least offender on that team.
Though, he's not beyond putting the ball in the net with his hand.
indeed, so's scholes
Although honesty IS a part of it, it's not really all about honesty. It's also about self-confidence and self-belief.
When Messi keeps going despite being tackled, it's because he has enough confidence in himself that he can keep going and beat everybody ahead of him. He would like his chances having the ball on the run better than having a freekick, or even a penalty, most of the time! He's the best player in the world, and he is playing like one.
While on the other hand, some other player seem to be more confident in his acting abilities, than his ability to run with the ball! "Oh! A freekick! I'll take it!"
But don't worry, he is still better than Messi in taking penalties...
When Messi keeps going despite being tackled, it's because he has enough confidence in himself that he can keep going and beat everybody ahead of him. He would like his chances having the ball on the run better than having a freekick, or even a penalty, most of the time! He's the best player in the world, and he is playing like one.
While on the other hand, some other player seem to be more confident in his acting abilities, than his ability to run with the ball! "Oh! A freekick! I'll take it!"
But don't worry, he is still better than Messi in taking penalties...
awaits this comment being sweeped under the carpet.
Haha I had forgot all about that. Amazing that it went right in the top corner too.
haha that's what happens when an Englishman tries to cheat, he is too blatant. Messi does a classic maradona, makes the head movement as if he's trying to head it. Scholes could have been a cracking volleyball player though, it was a smash!
But he is an amateur at that profession. So he don't count. Lets stick to Henry, Raul and the legend of it all Maradona
there was a great video from a couple years ago where someone edited Scholes' goal against Barca together with his 'goal' against Zenit
But he is an amateur at that profession. So he don't count. Lets stick to Henry, Raul and the legend of it all Maradona
Aguero's was most blatant of them all imo. His handball goal wasn't even in head height and he swung the hand a bit. Was kind of like a goalkeeping save towards a the goal.
But he is an amateur at that profession. So he don't count. Lets stick to Henry, Raul and the legend of it all Maradona
Consummate professional against Poland (3.19 or 3.59 for a good enough replay)
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this goes to the ones that talk about the different reactions after scoring a hand of god goal
Scholes is also a nutter. What's your point?
It's a non praise really. I'm not going to praise a player for not going down most of the times. That's just sad. What he get's for doing that is not being criticizes when he does dive because most of the times he doesn't.
The Messi-ism is actually pathetic. Why is Scholes handball actually relevant here?
Yes Scholes tackles badly and yes Scholes handballed that against Zenit, does that somehow make Messi's handball right?
Marcos likes to have a dig a Cal for his Ronaldo fanboism, but he himself is not less pathetic than him for Messi.
Yes Scholes tackles badly and yes Scholes handballed that against Zenit, does that somehow make Messi's handball right?
Marcos likes to have a dig a Cal for his Ronaldo fanboism, but he himself is not less pathetic than him for Messi.
Again amusing to see "you know who" being in the discussion. How's he relevant here?
People who blame others for derailing the thread are themselves to blame for derailing.
If Cal would've raised Messi in the Ronaldo thread, it would've been ridiculed and rightly so but somehow indulging in Messi fanboism is less pathetic than Ronaldo fanboism.
Oh and before anybody says "OMG Look another Ronaldo fanboi", look and search my post history and see how I rate the two.
It's not relevant at all. But at least Marcos is queer and Argentinian so he has more "right" to be talking about Messi as such. I'll probably be similar in a few years when Iceland manage to finish 3rd in a qualification group.
you can blow me from delhi to buenos aires, non stop
my point is that there are double standards
thats all
you can blow me from delhi to buenos aires, non stop
my point is that there are double standards
thats all
My point is there's no double standards at all. Scholes and Messi both did that out of character but it was still wrong anyway. No need to justify it by bringing irrelevant comparisons.
And the first line of your post is exceedingly creepy.
come on!!!
and about double standards, when giggsy scored against lille we all cheered and rightly so, but when messi scored yesterday, a very few caftards, said it was a sneaky goal
come on!!!
and about double standards, when giggsy scored against lille we all cheered and rightly so, but when messi scored yesterday, a very few caftards, said it was a sneaky goal
Well it is, and it was when Giggs did as well, and when Beckham did it against Blackburn.
ok, if you think they are all sneaky, i can live with that, what i can¡t is when some people cheer giggs but point at messi
imo both goals are perfectly legit and it's the oponents fault to let it happen
I wonder why the Messi-haters want to avoid comparisons...
At least comparing him to other players makes much more sense and put things in perspective better than comparing him to the virtual perfect player/prophet.
At least comparing him to other players makes much more sense and put things in perspective better than comparing him to the virtual perfect player/prophet.
Wasn't there only like one person who thought something wrong with that goal?
Wait, what was wrong with yesterday's goal? Everyone who's ever played football knows that with a free kick around the box you immediately put a few guys just a couple of yards away from the ball so that the opponents will tell the ref to move it, thus being forced to wait for the whistle.
Everyone who's ever been on a team that's conceded a goal like that, anyways Regardless, nothing wrong with the goal at all!
Everyone who's ever been on a team that's conceded a goal like that, anyways
Regardless, nothing wrong with the goal at all!That goal was genius
It's more the people who use certain examples as a stick to beat a player with or belittle. It's been done to death about the Messi handball goal. Less so with Scholes. More so with Henry...
It's blatantly double standards, it's who is done wrong by the goal. Since a lot of posters are Irish it makes sense for Henry to be castigated. Since a lot of posters are United fans it makes sense for Scholes to not be treated as such.
But in Messis case i don't see a lot of getafe fans. And taking into consideration all the above evidence i think you can quite clearly see that double standards are at play. It's the nature of football, the unbiased impartial individual is a rarity in this sport.
His goal recalled me. Anyone noticed how many times Nani stood on the ball when our opponents had similar situation from free kick, like that one Messi scored? And how many boo's he got from opposition crowd for doing it.
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