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Philadelphia Union 1 x {2} Inter Miami | MLS 2026 — Lionel Messi

GOAT

u/doutorx999 — 11 hours ago
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Soldier Boy playing for InterMiami now?[Messi Edit]

You can't tell me he doesn't look like Jensen Ackles here🥵

u/Amazing-Rise7694 — 18 hours ago
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Messi and Barcelona deserved a better ending than this

I know there are plenty of Messi fans here who also support Barcelona. I’m a São Paulo FC supporter, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Barça because of 1992, Fenômeno and Ronaldinho, La Masia, Cruyff and the whole idea of MÉS QUE UN CLUB. That’s why I find it strange that a story like Messi and Barcelona ended the way it did, and that people almost seem to accept it as normal.

I understand those who defend Laporta for his work after Bartomeu, and I know football isn’t charity. Messi himself is a business and a massive global brand. But that’s precisely why I wonder: was it really impossible to plan one final season, maybe two if he was still performing? We’re talking about someone who spent more than 20 years there, scored 672 goals and left crying at a press conference because the club couldn’t register him. In 2023 he wanted to return, but once again there were no guarantees. And if money were really the priority, he could simply have gone to Saudi Arabia...

Barcelona found room over the years for Braithwaite, Depay, Aubameyang, Ferran Torres and many others. Was finding a way to accommodate Messi for one last season really impossible? Imagine the farewell commercially too: his last Camp Nou, his final visit to stadiums across Spain, shirts, sponsors, worldwide audiences, a documentary. I’m Brazilian. Plenty of Brazilians hate Argentina in football, yet we saw Brazilians going to the Maracanã just to watch Messi and millions rooting for him in World Cups. That’s how far his appeal goes.

Now he’s 39. I’m not asking Barcelona to pretend it’s 2012 or expect Messi to carry the team. Football has seen old legends return before. Beckham came back to Europe from MLS. Ibrahimović returned to Milan at 38. Why couldn’t arguably the greatest player-club relationship ever have its own final chapter??

That’s my biggest issue with Laporta. Not Messi leaving in 2021, because the financial problems were real, but treating that ending as something permanent. Messi doesn’t need Barcelona to prove anything, and Barcelona will remain a giant without him. No player is bigger than the club. But no president is bigger than its history or its supporters either.

One of football’s greatest stories shouldn’t end with Messi crying at a press conference!!!

It doesn’t need another Champions League. It doesn’t even need Messi as an undisputed starter...

It just deserves to end on the pitch.

u/vineeeeeera — 2 days ago
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When an entire stadium got emotional watching Messi’s highlights… imagine the day he finally retires

u/ANANDHU07 — 2 days ago
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1v1, 1v10—it doesn’t matter. Messi will dribble them all.The greatest dribbler in football history. No one comes close.

u/ANANDHU07 — 2 days ago
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Could Messi have won 4 world cups in a row?

2014: Lost 0-1 to Germany in the Finals AET

2018: Lost 3-4 to France in Round of 16

2022: Won 4-2 on Penalties against France in Finals AET

2026: Lost 0-1 to Spain in the Finals AET

Argentina has lost pretty close games to the eventual world champions in the last 4 world cups. If they had been a little luckier and maybe had some more Messi magic, is it plausible to say that Messi could've won 4 times in a row? Or am I being delusional? I do think the 2018 one is a bit of a stretch, but I think if Argentina won they could've had a chance to at least make it to the semis against Belgium or even Finals with Croatia. I do think that this is kind of a crazy stat though, I'm not sure if any country let alone player can say that they faced the eventual world champs in 4 straight world cups.

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u/Cute_Growth_7818 — 2 days ago
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Messi's first coach when he was a little kid

First time he played, his grandma convinced the coach to let him play

u/Odd-Heron5704 — 3 days ago
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Arthur Cabral (90') | Atlético-MG 1 x [1] Botafogo | 🏆 Brasileirão Série A 2026 – 15ª Rodada

Gol do empate

u/doutorx999 — 4 days ago
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Seeing him smile after all that's happened recently with him, heals me in a way I never thought

u/sorroo10 — 3 days ago
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Patrice Evra: “In my prime, I would eat you alive. Ask Messi, ask other players when they faced me.” Lionel Messi faced Evra’s teams 5 times, completing 46 dribbles at an insane 9.2 per game and beating him in THREE Champions League finals.

u/ANANDHU07 — 4 days ago
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A giant sand portrait of Lionel Messi was created by a Filipino sand artist on a beach in the Philippines. He combines sand-sculpting techniques with virtual reality tools to design giant artworks on the shoreline. SAND-sational!

u/avantgarde000 — 3 days ago
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One question about 2026 WC Messi

I know Messi was incredible at the 2026 World Cup.

But if you were to rank the greatest individual World Cup performances of all time,

roughly where would you place his 2026 run?

Would you consider it one of the very best tournament performances ever?

Is it possible that his 2026 run can be in top 3? Or is it in top 5, but not in top 3?

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u/Ok-Calligrapher-2309 — 3 days ago
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Imagine carrying an entire team and hopes and dreams of a nation for a month and reaching the World Cup final while your father is sick, at the age of 39. Leo Messi, truly the Greatest of All Time

One of the greatest individual performances in the history of International Football.

u/Lost_Entrance_4545 — 4 days ago
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The Fact that there is still a Goat debate is Hilarious. There shouldn’t be a debate once a player makes this list .

There shouldn’t be a debate once a player makes this list.
Still searching for the others to fill the rows .

Proof That Messi is Miles ahead of Everyone.

And some Self proclaimed Goat fans who are frustrated are going to flood in comment section glazing his ucl performance and League conquering cope… by joining clubs that was already ranked number 1 and was already in a winning streak. 🥀 😭

u/gop1830 — 4 days ago