Their game was postponed due to poor air quality conditions in the Chicago area, but Thomas Müller and Robert Lewandowski still managed to meet up again in Chicago [📸 IG/esmuellert]
Messi is so great that an entire fanbase has to convince people the World Cup is rigged for him instead of accepting that a 39-year-old has 8 goals in 5 matches. 😭
🇮🇷 Iran's late winner against Egypt ruled out by VAR... but it's rigged for Messi.
🇨🇴 Colombia's stoppage-time winner against Portugal ruled offside... but it's rigged for Messi.
🇬🇭 Ghana denied what looked like a clear penalty against England... but it's rigged for Messi.
🇪🇨 Germany's controversial goal against Ecuador allowed to stand... but it's rigged for Messi.
🇺🇸 Balogun's red-card suspension overturned before the knockout stage... but it's rigged for Messi.
🇭🇷 Croatia's last-minute goal against Portugal ruled out... but it's rigged for Messi.
🇦🇷 Messi is 39 years old and has scored 8 goals in 5 matches... but it's rigged for Messi.
At some point, maybe accept that controversial refereeing decisions happen in football.
Argentina had won two World Cup (in 1978 and 1986) before Messi's debut, and had won about 14 Copa America titles. It took the national almost 40 years to win another trophy, fourty good years in 2022. Now despite all Messi's accomplishments since his debut, that is, 35 titles in 17 seasons, Messi also won his first major international title in 2021 which was the Copa America, taking 16 years into his career, and almost 17 years to add the World Cup trophy to his collection.
Now during his years of Int'l trophy drought he was heavily criticized even by Argentines, especially after missing the crucial PK in 2016.
Messi lost four international finals back to back, almost quit the team, and had to struggle to win his first Copa America and World Cup, but all of a sudden it was rigged for him? Be serious.
🚨 𝗭𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖:
🗣️ “I am seeing so much moral policing about respecting Ronaldo after the match.”
🗣️ “I will say this: I will not respect a guy who can’t respect the greatest football spectacle. He is comparing the World Cup with the Euros just because he did not win it, and calling the World Cup just a 6-7 game tournament is even more embarrassing.”
🗣️ “What a sour personality. He got what he deserved.”
🗣️ “No one will remember him once he retires, for God’s sake. But he won’t retire until Messi does because he is too insecure to lose the only thing he has above Messi — goals, due to playing more games.”
🗣️ “He will keep playing in Saudi and farming penalties because he can’t score open-play goals anymore.”
If you watch Messi and still think he achieved everything because of corruption, then I’m sorry—we all have eyes.
It’s either pure hate or zero football knowledge. That guy is simply too good at this game. The least we can do is appreciate greatness.