Dau Akol

[Dau Akol @Dau_Akol11]

@NealGardner_ Not doing much*

[Dau Akol @Dau_Akol11]

@NealGardner_ Below par performance but he made more risky passes forward to progress the play. Rodri was playing safe passes for the most part and doing much that was productive

[FC Barcelona @FCBarcelona]

On this day, 22 years ago, Leo Messi made his official Barça debut.

The rest is history 🐐

[Dau Akol @Dau_Akol11]

The goal against Mexico at the 22 World Cup. Might be his most important goal, the whole mood of the game and tournament changed for Argentina

[All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 @AlbicelesteTalk]

What's your favorite Messi's goal with Argentina?

[Neal 🇦🇺 @NealGardner_]

When I look back at Messi’s career, it’s almost unbelievable how cinematic it has been.

There are so many layers of complexity to it that I could never fully articulate, but even the rough roadmap reads like a story written in chapters.

Chapter 1: The beginning. Signing for Barcelona on a literal napkin. Moving halfway across the world at just 13 years old, leaving everything familiar behind, while needing treatment just to give his talent the chance to express itself.

Chapter 2: The ascent. From prodigy to getting GOAT shouts at 23. From the boy breaking through at Barcelona, to becoming the gold standard of footballing greatness. I’d argue forever.

Chapter 3: The heartbreak. For all the joy with Barça, the heartbreaks with Argentina were seemingly perpetual. Final after final, loss after loss, and then eventually rock bottom: international retirement.

Chapter 4: The redemption. He came back. Then came the Copa América, then the Finalissima, and finally the World Cup. The one chapter people spent years telling him he needed, done in the most emphatic way conceivable.

This is literally a movie.

[Dau Akol @Dau_Akol11]

@NealGardner_ Spurs doing well this season with Der Zerbi

[Neal 🇦🇺 @NealGardner_]

Messi’s international career-arc could not have been more beautiful.

After all the heart break, the undue criticism, and more pressure than any athlete should ever have to endure, he managed to achieve everything he set out to and more.

And it 39, once again proved that he’s still the best in the world on the biggest stage of all.

It’s been one of the greatest privileges of my life as both a football fan and a Barça fan.

[Neal 🇦🇺 @NealGardner_]

You tell me, Piers. You tell me…

[ESPN @espn]

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS! ARGENTINA ONCE DOWN 0-2 HAVE TURNED IT ALL AROUND TO GO UP 3-2!

THE REIGNING WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS HAVE COMEBACK WHEN IT MATTERED MOST!

[TobyWrites @tobyasky]

I'm sure many people did not see this in real time.

Licha dropping that pass to Messi was planned. Messi is a fucking genius, watch his movements.

He's read the whole C. Verde defence, tells Licha, and they execute it.

Haaland learned from the master

[Guillem Balagué @GuillemBalague]

My take on Leo Messi breaking another record and the victory of Argentina

He is the best goalscorer of the tournament, the best goalscorer of the MLS (while Son has one goal), was the best goalscorer of the world cup qualifiers, so...

I have decided. He will be in the next World cup and will play in the game played in Argentina 😁

And in the supremely intelligent way he plays, with the squad bowing to his knowledge and legendary status...

Why would you not use that? (Oh Barcelona, why did you let him go!!??)

#chocolate #incredible

[Guillem Balagué @GuillemBalague]

There’s nothing more dangerous than a team that thinks as one, like a single brain with different bodies.

That is Argentina, every single players in white and blue in Messi’s head.

Meanwhile he not only affects how the team plays and dictates the tempo, he actually finishes actions too!

We have been so lucky for so long

Now we have a maximum of seven more games with the Argentina shirt to enjoy him

[Dau Akol @Dau_Akol11]

@OfficiallyIce Messi and Ronaldo are bigger than IG. This is a wild take

[Dau Akol @Dau_Akol11]

@NealGardner_ He’s done great for us but never in the world class conversation. Will always get the job done but often gets caught out in the big moments

[TalkFCB © @talkfcb_]

Real Madrid were going to go to the Ballon d’Or ceremony, but unfortunately their plane has been caught offside.

[Dau Akol @Dau_Akol11]

@NealGardner_ Delusional to think a fit Araujo is not starting. He is our best defender. Simple

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Watch this (whole thread), then explain why you’re OK with a man beating a woman in public for your entertainment. This isn’t sport. From the bullying cheat in red all the way up to the organisers who allowed this to happen, this is men revelling in their power over women.

[Selección Argentina in English @AFASeleccionEN]

Not like us, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 🇦🇷

[Dau Akol @Dau_Akol11]

@ScHoolboyQ Q being a football supporter was something I was not expecting. Had to double check this wasn’t a parody account haha

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🥇 UEFA Man of the Match for Spain vs France: Lamine Yamal. 🇪🇸