🚨🇦🇷 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪: Leo Messi is the player with:
• The most goals in World Cup history: 16.
• The most assists in World Cup history: 8.
• The most G/A in World Cup history: 24.
• The most appearances in World Cup history: 27.
• The most World Cup Golden Balls: 2
🚨 Lionel Messi becomes the FIRST & ONLY player in HISTORY to score 800 non-penalty goals!
🇦🇷 Messi - 800 (1157 Games)
🇵🇹 Ronaldo - 790 (1325 Games)
Thierry Henry on Lionel Messi becoming the oldest player ever to score a World Cup hat-trick and the player with the most goals from outside the box in World Cup history:
🗣️ “I honestly don't know what more there is left to say about Lionel Messi anymore. Every time you think he has reached the top of the mountain, he somehow finds another peak that nobody else has ever climbed before.”
“The oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick. Just stop and think about that for a second. At an age when most players are retired, coaching, or sitting in television studios, Messi is still breaking records on the biggest stage in football.”
“And it's not just the hat-trick that amazes me. He now has more World Cup goals from outside the box than anyone in history. That tells you everything about the level of technique, vision, and confidence we are talking about.”
“These are not lucky goals. These are moments of genius. The type of goals where everyone in the stadium knows what he wants to do, but nobody can stop him from doing it anyway.”
“What makes this even more incredible is that this is his sixth World Cup. Six World Cups. Different generations, different teammates, different opponents, yet the same outcome every single time Lionel Messi deciding matches.”
“People always ask what makes certain players special. Well, special players break records. Legends create records. Messi is doing both at the same time while carrying the expectations of an entire nation.”
“I've played against some of the greatest footballers in history, I've watched some of the greatest footballers in history, but what Messi continues to do at 38 years old simply doesn't make sense.”
“This is no longer about talent. This is no longer about numbers. This is football history unfolding right before our eyes, and every single match feels like another chapter in a story that nobody thought was possible.”
Leo Messi: "I can't ask for anything more, God gave me too much, now everything is just to enjoy.
"I'm just happy to being considered as one of the best in football history, I'm just grateful to be considered among many great players..."
🏆 NO team has defended a World Cup title since Brazil in 1962.
64 YEARS of heartbreak. 😱
🇦🇷 Now Argentina gets the chance to rewrite history and go BACK-TO-BACK this summer.
First test drops soon vs Algeria 🇩🇿 — are you ready for the fireworks !