Why was Messi out?
Messi in Miami
- Thread starter Bastian
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To give the other team a chance.
He had a slight injury, not worth risking anything before Copa.
I expect him to play another 2-3 games before being off to Argentina NT camp early June for Copa preparations. He'll probably play his next game mid-July for Inter Miami after Copa. The MLS play-off system is good for him in the sense that he can skip certain games to rest.
The foul that originated the injury deserved a yellow, but since it was not given, the MLS has a rule where if there is no card present and the player "shows" signs of needing treatment, it's in "pain", etc has to be 2 minutes outside the pitch being treated to avoid fake injuries and time wasting...
Yet that rule in that situation was silly as fvck, Messi couldn't returned for 2 minutes while Miami was loosing by two goals, the foul deserved a card, was real, and a free kick happened that was luckly scored by Rojas.
Miami could have been trully perjudicated with THAT man out for 2 minutes.
Yet that rule in that situation was silly as fvck, Messi couldn't returned for 2 minutes while Miami was loosing by two goals, the foul deserved a card, was real, and a free kick happened that was luckly scored by Rojas.
Miami could have been trully perjudicated with THAT man out for 2 minutes.
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I can remember remember someone said it was cringey how the fireworks go off whenever Messi scores a goal and thought it was metaphorical for commentators wanking themselves silly untill i saw this.
I assume they do the fireworks whenever a Miami player scores. This is fairly common in USA sports. The Chicago White Sox have been doing fireworks for their players home runs in baseball for decades for example.
Same at some NFL stadiums: you score a touchdown, they light fireworks. I don't know for sure, but I don't think they only do it for Messi at Miami.
That goal was very similar to the Mexico one in the WC.
Miami still is crap defending in transitions. Thiago Almada took a couple for a ride with a move "a la Messi" and he afterwards left a mate alone ina flank without marking for ages in one of the goals, the scorer had time to even sit down and have a cup of coffee.
PD: BTW, side note, I don't know why Thiago it's still in MLS, he needs to rough up his game and go to some big club in SA or in Europe, even if the transition regarding rhythm might take him some time.
Miami still is crap defending in transitions. Thiago Almada took a couple for a ride with a move "a la Messi" and he afterwards left a mate alone ina flank without marking for ages in one of the goals, the scorer had time to even sit down and have a cup of coffee.
PD: BTW, side note, I don't know why Thiago it's still in MLS, he needs to rough up his game and go to some big club in SA or in Europe, even if the transition regarding rhythm might take him some time.
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Just looking at their twitter, it's basically Messi FC. Defensively they're pretty shocking, Atlanta missed the easy chances in the box and scored the bangers from outside.
They'll likely be crushed by any half decent opposition like they were v Monterrey.
They'll likely be crushed by any half decent opposition like they were v Monterrey.
They should play Brazil every week
Miss watching him in Europe week in, week out. Ridiculous how easy he makes it all look.
Scary part is you could probably put together a 1 hour compilation of him just doing that
This is not the Messi v Ronaldo thread, so no Ronaldo comparison discussion in here.
That one got locked though and while I understand that some people found that thread tiresome, the ignore thread option is really handy. Then the comparisons don't keep spilling over into other threads.
Ignore thread isn't an option for whoever has to mod it. Let me see what the thoughts are about a new version, the Saudi and US years.
Yeah it was as baffling as the drafts and wrestling threads.
Scary part is you could probably put together a 1 hour compilation of him just doing that
The video was deleted, what was it about?
Messi.
10 min of Messi through passes
10 min compilation of his vision/through balls/passing, basically.
I reckon he won this Copa nearly by the volition of his own powers(Joking)
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Crazy that he’s winning all these int’l trophies so late in his career. No one will care later though when looking back on his record. 2 Copas and one WC. Not too shabby.
To think that he had retired from international football (after one of the Copa defeats against Chile I think) only to reverse that rather odd decision and win three tournaments in a row.
Clearly his presence on the sideline inspired Lautaro Martinez for the winning goal. Great leadership, great mentality, siuuu.
My guess is he will retire from the NT (maybe even football) after the World cup 2026, same as Ronaldo
They forced 5 Copa Americas in 9 years to give Messi more chances to win. Embarrassing really.
We went from Messi can't win anything with Argentina to Messi can't lose anything with Argentina. I'm so happy. 
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We went from Messi can't win anything with Argentina to Messi can't lose anything with Argentina. I'm so happy.
That’s not true though. Spain have won four major trophies in this time whereas Argentina have won three.
Copa between 1987-2001 - 8 times in 14 years
Copa between 2007 - 2024 (during Messi's time) - 7 times in 17 years
they must have rigged it even more for R9, Roberto Carlos, Batistuta, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo etc.
too bad Maradona lost twice against Uruguay missing these chances..Ronaldo won the Euros in 2016 and they had 5 Copas in the following 9 years. Weird behaviour.Copa between 1987-2001 - 8 times in 14 years
Copa between 2007 - 2024 (during Messi's time) - 7 times in 17 years
they must have rigged it even more for R9, Roberto Carlos, Batistuta, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo etc.
They created the Nations League to give to give Ronaldo another trophy? Am I doing this right?
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This is not correct, why are you spreading wrong info and involving irrelevant Ronaldo?
They had a Copa in 2016 and three more in the following 8 years (2019-2021-2024).
They had 5 Copas in 9 years between 1995-2004.
5 Copas in 8 years between 1989-1997
5 Copas in 8 years between 1987-1995.
5 Copas in 8 years between 1991-1999
5 Copas in 8 years between 1993-2001
is this weird behavior too?
They also expanded no of teams in Euros from 8 to 16 first, and then 16 to 24 specifically to give more chances for Ronaldo to qualify for Euros and giving 3rd best teams to qualify for knockout rounds which is how Ronaldo's Portugal qualified for knockout rounds in Euro 2016. do you agree?
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You know, not everything revolves around Cristiano.
Really? How did we reach 5 in 9 years from 2016 if it's 2024 now?. There was a copa in 2019, 2021, 2024. Where is the 5 in 9 years?
They expanded the Euros to 24 teams meaning 3rd spot in group stage can qualify. That helped Ronaldo alright. Weird behaviour.
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