Nickel

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@InfiniteBruno Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@TDR36740550 @barcessiprop The only thing you can do is insult, you have nothing else to say. It just proves you’re just a h8r

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@AnujDewaliya13 @Ejspeshcreative @tonney_mwe39801 They don’t have any argument, they just talk

[Alẽx💙❤️ @AlexisJuni2119]

My biggest flex is that we don’t have to go back to 2008 before we see Messi drop a performance like this 🔥

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@Adepeter199 @noli_stephan @__richnigga @ChukwumaTv89266 @KalshiSports Yes, Messi scores penalties too. But if you remove his penalty goals, and removes Ronaldo’s penalty goals, Messi has more [non-penalty] goals. Simple as that

[Adika @Adikastakes]

Messi dropped a masterclass for Inter Miami and people are saying he is statpadding in the burgers league. Thank God Messi was arguably the best player at the 2026 World Cup, destroying top defenders in Europe and £100m English midfielders. He has totally rendered your agendas useless on arrival.

[FootyCuler💙❤️ @barca_supremacy]

“How can you actually watch football and still claim Messi isn’t the GOAT?”

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

The contradictions in the way some people discuss football history are astonishing.

Take Pelé, for example. Everyone proudly says he won three World Cups, and rightly so. Yet no one brings up the fact that he missed the 1962 World Cup final through injury. Nobody tries to take that title away from him because the logic is simple: he was part of Brazil’s triumph, so the trophy belongs to him.

But when it comes to Messi, the rules suddenly change. Some claim Barcelona’s 2006 Champions League doesn’t count because he missed the final. The issue isn’t Pelé or Messi—it’s changing the criteria depending on the player.

The same applies to Maradona. He is one of the greatest players ever and led Argentina to World Cup glory, becoming a national hero. But he never won the Champions League or the Copa América, while Messi won the Copa América twice, won the Finalissima, the World Cup, and maintained an elite level for over two decades. That doesn’t diminish Maradona—it simply shows how complete Messi’s career has become.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s case is another contradiction. For years, the World Cup was the ultimate argument used against Messi. The moment Messi won it, many suddenly reduced it to “just seven games.” If the World Cup was the biggest measure before 2022, why did it stop being one after Messi lifted the trophy?

Then comes the excuse that Portugal has “no World Cup history.” But history isn’t inherited—it is created. Spain had never won a World Cup until the generation of Xavi and Iniesta changed that. Argentina’s greatest football legacy was built by players like Kempes and Maradona. The greatest players don’t wait for history—they write it.

Messi didn’t become the greatest because he won the World Cup. By 2022, he already had multiple Ballon d’Ors, four Champions League titles, countless individual records, and was the all-time top scorer and assist provider for both Barcelona and Argentina. The World Cup wasn’t what made his legacy—it was simply the final missing piece.

Pelé has achievements Cristiano doesn’t. Cristiano has achievements Pelé doesn’t.

Messi is the only one who combines the strongest arguments from both sides.

That’s why diminishing Messi’s career has become so difficult. Every criticism seems to require changing the rules, moving the goalposts, or creating new standards that only apply to him.

That’s not a weakness in Messi’s legacy.

It’s a weakness in the argument against it. 🐐❤️🇦🇷

[Juan @socraticjuan]

When they say you only won the World Cup because of penalties, so you take your team to another final without scoring a single penalty, but then they say it’s rigged…

[🇦🇷RestricePlanox❤️💙 @RPlanox]

To build an argument against Lionel Messi, you talk about:

— Pelé for the World Cups
— Cristiano Ronaldo for the goals
— De Bruyne for the assists
— Neymar and Maradona for the dribbling
— Zidane and Iniesta for the playmaking
— Xavi and Kroos for the passing
— Ronaldinho for the magic
— Beckham and Juninho for the free kicks
— Ronaldo Nazário for the individual brilliance
— Cruyff for the footballing influence
— Modrić for the midfield longevity
— Dani Alves for the trophies
— Ramos for the decisive moments
— Pelé and Maradona again for the international legacy

It takes an entire museum of football legends to recreate the qualities Lionel Messi carries in one body.

You bring a different legend for every category.

Messi brings himself.

The debate was over before it began. 🇦🇷🐐

[NoLifeShaq @NoLifeShaq]

Either Lamine Yamal gets his 1st or Messi gets his 2nd. Either way both will have more than …….😂👀 (ragebait) *I didn’t call no names 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

Just take a minute and let all of this sink in.

How on earth does a 39-year-old step onto a pitch filled with players like Bellingham, Harry Kane, Rice, and some of the biggest stars in the Premier League and Europe… and still come out as the best player on the field?

9 successful dribbles.
Most duels won.
2 assists.

Do you realize how absurd 9 successful dribbles in a World Cup semifinal is? Many players don’t reach that total over 3 or 4 games. Messi did it in 1 game—on the biggest stage.

And he didn’t do it while comfortably leading.

Argentina were 1–0 down against England. Messi created the equalizer, then assisted the winner.

With those 2 assists, he also became the all-time leading assist provider in World Cup history.

Take a moment to truly process all of that.

Only then will you understand the greatness of Lionel Messi.

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

No footballer has ever been subjected to the level of denial that Lionel Messi has.

Every time Argentina won, the excuses started.

“The referees carried them.”

“FIFA wants Messi to win another World Cup.”

“Everything is scripted.”

Then came even more ridiculous claims.

“He’s on performance-enhancing drugs—that’s the only reason he’s still performing like this at 39.”

They questioned every trophy he lifted, every goal he scored, every assist he created, every individual award he won. Nothing was ever allowed to be his own achievement.

And yet, despite all of that, reality keeps refusing to cooperate with their narrative.

Every national team they rallied behind to stop Messi ended up going home.

Every plan they made to see him fail collapsed.

Their final hope was Mbappé. They wanted him to overtake Messi in the Golden Boot race, dominate the tournament, and become the new face of world football.

Instead, Mbappé failed to score, Spain eliminated France, and Barcelona’s stars were the ones who sent him home.

Meanwhile, Messi is still here.

One game away from another World Cup final.

One goal away from officially winning the Golden Boot.

Sometimes it genuinely feels as if fate has a cruel sense of humor. The harder they try to write Messi’s downfall, the more the story keeps ending in his favor.

[Abo Salah @abosalaharena]

أنا مش صعبان عليا في العالم كله غير الأربعة دول. 😂

فينيسيوس... هالاند... مبابي... ويامال.

على الورق، كأس العالم 2026 كان المفروض يبقى البطولة اللي يستلموا فيها راية كرة القدم بعد ميسي ورونالدو.

هالاند بدأ البطولة بأربعة أهداف.
مبابي بأربعة.
فينيسيوس بأربعة.
والكل كان مستني الإعلام والصحافة يتكلموا عن بداية عصرهم.

وفجأة...
يطلع واحد عنده 39 سنة، بيلعب في الدوري الأمريكي، محقق تقريبًا كل بطولة وجائزة ممكنة مع ناديه ومنتخبه...

ويقول لهم:
"بونسوار... أنا ��سه هنا."

يخلص دور المجموعات بستة أهداف، ويقعد احتياطي في آخر مباراة، وينزل يسجل برضه من ركلة حرة بالطريقة اللي متعودين عليها.

بصراحة...
الجيل الجديد بيقدم بطولة رائعة، لكن وجود لاعب أسطوري في هذا العمر وهو ما زال قادرًا على صناعة الفارق، بيخلي المنافسة على الأضواء أصعب على أي حد.

كان الله في عون الأربعة... وكان الله في عون أي حد بيلاقي نفسه مضطر ينافس أسطورة لسه رافض يسيب المسرح. 🐐

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@kingsleybrefoo @Kojo_Appoh You can’t fix a flat tyre, how you go fit buy fuel? Park am bro

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@LaidBackMart @ConnorSulivan14 @RONNlE9 @ShadyTimes Just like you said, ‘it’s all opinion based’. So Yh, that’s your opinion. I’m black and in my opinion, Em is better. I won’t try to force my opinion on you. Don’t force yours on others

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@datchuguyy Woman

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@99dejavuu @etlifestyle_web Opinions opinions 🤷🏽

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@do_whats_rite @StJohnsBballPod @garyowencomedy Understanding words isn’t yours either

[Nickel @DeryBiker]

@CristianoXtra_ @grok did you say this?