Hero is putting it very mildly mate.
Lionel Messi
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Has anyone actually seen Messi sweat in games? He just seems to get through them effortlessly. By the way he is on 299 goals for Barcelona. And he is only 25.
The adoration for Tendulkar is ridiculous, I don't think people are nuts about Messi in the way some cricket fans are for Sachin. In sheer numbers, Messi will surpass if he hasn't already the number of fans that Tendulkar has due to being the best player of the most popular sport in the world and dare I say it putting himself in the top 3 of all time bracket.. but Tendulkar is seen as a god in India.
Me personally I've seen more Cristiano Ronaldo fanatics than Messi fanatics, it's not necessarily about how good the player is but more about the style/charisma i.e. there's not anyone on this forum who could wank off harder for Messi than say what Cal? does for Cristiano.
Me personally I've seen more Cristiano Ronaldo fanatics than Messi fanatics, it's not necessarily about how good the player is but more about the style/charisma i.e. there's not anyone on this forum who could wank off harder for Messi than say what Cal? does for Cristiano.
The hell?! 
That is quite astonishing.
Thing is for all Messi's greatness, Ronaldo is still arguably the more marketable player. Regardless really where you go in the world, it's the young kids that want to be and look like Ronaldo more than they want to be Messi. The boots, the hair etc, he's effectively built an image for young footballers everywhere. It could also be that Ronaldo's skill set is slightly more attainable. It is one that alot of people can replicate at their own level where as Messi's dribbling etc is alot harder to try and show.
Attainability is a good point. Look at Bale, attempting to replicate Ronaldo in every way. No one can or will replicate Messi, once in a lifetime player.
No one can replicate messi, unless he gets hormon shots since kindergarten off course...
The hell?!
It's a great word, a play on the word, "impresionante," but I'd never heard it before so I had to investigate.
Apparently, it was chosen by Sabella, who'd made a comment that, "there aren't enough adjectives to describe him," from a list suggested by Pepsi who sponsor the dictionary. Brilliant marketing.
http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20130...diccionario-santillana-pepsi_54365205070.html
This, and I'm glad I don't have to agree with your copy pasted PMs anymore. Welcome to the mains.
Not sure about that. When I was a kid everyone wanted to be Brazilian Ronaldo. I don't remember any of my mates saying they'd rather be Peter Beardsley because it was more attainable!
that line tickled me somehow.It's obvious that a young Lionel Messi was inspired by Beardsley
Lionel Messi
Peter Beardsley
It's obvious that a young Lionel Messi was inspired by Beardsley
Lionel Messi
Peter Beardsley
Indeed he was, but not even Beardsley won this many Ballon D'Ors:
Another day, another 2 goals.
To put Messi's scoring feats into perspective: he's currently "only" 8th on the all-time top scorer list in La Liga, but already 2nd in amount of away goals (5 behind Hugo Sánchez).
To put Messi's scoring feats into perspective: he's currently "only" 8th on the all-time top scorer list in La Liga, but already 2nd in amount of away goals (5 behind Hugo Sánchez).
What's his current total for this year?
36 apps, 48 goals, 13 assists in all competitions (24-37-9 in the league)
He should have scored a hat trick but it wasn't meant to be. His finishing was actually poor and twice he didn't receive a pass for a simple tap in either that would have gotten him that third. I reckon he's not super happy with himself. Barcelona happy that they got the three points but they made it unnecessarily hard for themselves today.
I meant it for the calendar year, i.e. 2013 so far.
13 goals and 4 assists in 10 games. Scored in all games except the cup game vs. Real.
He's on 301 career goals, CR on 306 - he could overtake him in the coming month
Messi's already won it all at Barcelona multiple times.
You would think that as time goes on, his enthusiasm will start to wear thinner and thinner over there.
Bit like the Celtic players, they all end up getting bored eventually.
You would think that as time goes on, his enthusiasm will start to wear thinner and thinner over there.
Bit like the Celtic players, they all end up getting bored eventually.
Or like Ryan Giggs?
Giggs said it's not really winning that keeps the drive high, it's hating the feeling that comes with losing.
I doubt you can ever really get fed up with winning things.
Wouldn't that mean we all our fans would sooner or later stop supporting United because they were fed up with the club winning so much?
If anything I guess you would want to have that feeling again.
Wouldn't that mean we all our fans would sooner or later stop supporting United because they were fed up with the club winning so much?
If anything I guess you would want to have that feeling again.
One of the worst performances I've seen of him.
Kind of reminded me of one of the knockout rounds last year where he walked around deep in midfield for a good 25-30 minutes not wanting to get involved.
Not really sure what to make of that to be honest.
Kind of reminded me of one of the knockout rounds last year where he walked around deep in midfield for a good 25-30 minutes not wanting to get involved.
Not really sure what to make of that to be honest.
Aye it was off game for sure. This doesn't happen often though, I guess he cant be at the top of his game every single week.
Masterclass from Milan.
Everyone should study it.
Everyone should study it.
He was invisible, the entire Barca team was poor
Milan roughed him up a bit, everytime he looked dangerous he just got surrounded and slide challenged.
It's games like this (2 - 0 vs Milan) that will be cited by those making a case against him being the best player ever. While I have no opinion either way, I also can't imagine Maradona, Ronaldinho or Zidane would have been as anonymous in such circumstances.
That said, only Iniesta showed up for Barca anyway.
That said, only Iniesta showed up for Barca anyway.
they've been anonymous in tens of matches or more..people are clutching at straws
Milan's midfield worked their absolute bollocks off to crowd him every time he got the ball. Not once was he allowed to turn and run at them.
That's crap. Zidane and Ronaldinhio most definitely had plenty of off days, even in big games.
Fully expect him to score 4 in the return leg.
Bottler.
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