Lionel Messi
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That would be amazing!
Do you predict 8 in a row or is that too perfect
Technically, 8 in a row would make more sense, but I suspect he'll miss out one year and come back even stronger.
The only thing that might stop him of winning it over the next 4-6 years is a serious injury IMO.
Ronaldo must rue the day Messi was born.Remind we when this was??
what the heck happened there? What year was that?
It could only improve his marketing power is all I'm saying.It's not that there is something broken, it's about improving things even more.
I wonder if he has ever slept with them? I would
That was about 12 months ago if I recall correctly, and he was only out for about 3 weeks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/19/lionel-messi-injury-barcelona-atletico-madrid
Why should he want to improve things though? Over the last few years, he has proved that he doesn't need the money. He has all the money in the world, he has the success, and he is a humble person so, why would he want to be greedy? It makes a change to see a humble footballer in the Scholes mould.
Thats what you call 'sprained ankle ligaments'? What the feck that looks like a broken ankle.
What the feck that looks like a broken ankle.Michael Owen would have probably tried to make babies with them.
It's not necessarily about getting greedy.Learning another has other benefits than just money.Think of possible international charity (UN ambassador or something honorable like that).He has a great image worldwide, improving it wouldn't a bad thing
Remind we when this was??
I believe he won it in that same year, did he not. It will take a really, really serious injury to stop him. As far as Fergus'son goes, I am not so sure at 8 Ballon D'Ors. He is a great player, but people will get bored sooner or later and this has been reflected in the percentages. If he does win 8, then great, if not, he will have done enough to earn a status of some kind.
Well a serious injury would be a broken leg or a cruciate rupture, essentially something that puts him out for at least half a season.
Messi though has shown that he is extremely resilient when it comes to injuries.
We'll never know but I seriously doubt that a fit Ronaldo would have been as good as Messi is.
It's true we'll never know and the same would have applied had Messi suffered debilitating injuries before he reached his prime. Ronaldo was better at age 20/21 than Messi was at the same age. But they are nowhere near the same type of player and near impossible to directly compare for various reasons.
At age 20 Ronaldo dominated Spain then at age 21 he scored 25 goals in the uber-defensive Serie A when it was by far the best league in the world. He also was quite good in setting up teammates especially for an out-and-out striker. Then it went downhill with the injuries. Had Ronaldo remained in Spain there's no doubt he would have went on top his 34 goal haul over the following seasons without injury interrupting. He would have been a routine 30+ goal scorer in Serie A setting records galore.
http://backpagefootball.com/ronaldo-luis-nazario-de-lima-a-tribute-to-o-fenomen/37372/
"...Sir Alex Ferguson made a formal enquiry for the Brazilian in the summer of 1996, as a back-up option for the proposed purchase of Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers. Ferguson, though, was put off by Ronaldo’s proposed £50,000 wages..."
I can't begin to imagine what he would have achieved playing for United in the late 90s into the mid-2000s. What could have been.
At age 20 Ronaldo dominated Spain then at age 21 he scored 25 goals in the uber-defensive Serie A when it was by far the best league in the world. He also was quite good in setting up teammates especially for an out-and-out striker. Then it went downhill with the injuries. Had Ronaldo remained in Spain there's no doubt he would have went on top his 34 goal haul over the following seasons without injury interrupting. He would have been a routine 30+ goal scorer in Serie A setting records galore.
http://backpagefootball.com/ronaldo-luis-nazario-de-lima-a-tribute-to-o-fenomen/37372/
"...Sir Alex Ferguson made a formal enquiry for the Brazilian in the summer of 1996, as a back-up option for the proposed purchase of Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers. Ferguson, though, was put off by Ronaldo’s proposed £50,000 wages..."
I can't begin to imagine what he would have achieved playing for United in the late 90s into the mid-2000s. What could have been.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/19/lionel-messi-injury-barcelona-atletico-madrid
Why should he want to improve things though? Over the last few years, he has proved that he doesn't need the money. He has all the money in the world, he has the success, and he is a humble person so, why would he want to be greedy? It makes a change to see a humble footballer in the Scholes mould.
As much as you claim to know him like a best mate, using your Chales Xavier powers, he probably would be better off learning English given how much exposure he gets. Like many foreign players and managers, he probably is aware of that and will do it soon or maybe is already. He's only young.
Look at Pep for example, avb or Pele. And hasn't Ronaldo just taken up a job in England with some top marketing company. He could well do with sorting his English too!
i'm worried he is declining, he is scoring only one goal a game
here's todays goal
here's todays goal
He's just incredible. It's an honour to watch him play.
it is, an as an argie, I think you should pay me for getting that honour
i have a paypal account
...and, as a British person, I have no money. That should be obvious, Mr marcos. 
...and, as a British person, I have no money. That should be obvious, Mr marcos.
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I agree, this is my favourite ever clip of the boy.
ho ho ho, there's something sick in me that absolutely adores seeing the best footballer in the World for once being made a fool of, some of his own medicine if you will. We're a sick race us human beings, well I am!
What a pass! Like Anderson's, but even tighter and perfectly weighted. Too bad it was wasted by Alexis.
Yeah, that's a peach of a pass...who is that missing the chance? It kind of looks like Sanchez, but its tough to tell
It reminds me of some of those clips in the Laudrup pass comp that was posted on here a few days ago. I actually got frustrated watching the number of chances that were created with beautiful passes by Laudrup and then subsequently spoiled by horrible finishes
It reminds me of some of those clips in the Laudrup pass comp that was posted on here a few days ago. I actually got frustrated watching the number of chances that were created with beautiful passes by Laudrup and then subsequently spoiled by horrible finishes
it was sanchez
Sanchez is shit.How many good chances he misses each match ?
What a pass! Like Anderson's, but even tighter and perfectly weighted. Too bad it was wasted by Alexis.
What an awful miss.
Great build up in the goal but the defending in the box was absolutely appalling. He just stood back and left him the opportunity to curl it into the corner.
Easy to say, especially when you overlook the fact that he loves to cut to his left for the majority of his goals and the defender runs the risk having him skip past him if he overcommits to his right
He doesn't need to overcommit to his right though. Just don't stand back and say "right, shoot. I dare you...".
Everyone stood still, including Kameni, which is what happens when Leo runs at you in space with pace. You commit to one side or another and he will glide the other way so you play the percentages if you have no help and are on your back foot - 99/100, Leo glides left.
I know it doesn't seem like it but there were teammates to pass to, as well. Even goal shy Sanchez
The comical part of that defending was also before he was in the box, the dope seems to trip over his own legs with Messi right behind him!
The defender right outside the box has the ball but then randomly decides to just give it to Messi?! Very strange behaviour for a footballer, he could be on the take.
Messi could play in centre midfield and still be the best player in the world.
?? He had a miscontrol and Messi stole the ball away, like he does often.
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