Chris David

Just a Common man

[Ballon d'Or @ballondor]

SIMPLY... THANK YOU, LEO. 🇦🇷✨

Lionel Messi has played his final World Cup match. 💔🏆

It was a journey filled with records, goals, and glory. Your legacy and your 8 Ballons d'Or are eternal. 🌕

🔗 More about his golden career on https://t.co/qkKEZsNOIB!

#ballondor #worldcup #argentina #messi

[FIFA World Cup Stats @alimo_philip]

🇦🇷 ABSOLUTE MADNESS IN NYC RIGHT NOW!

🗽Times Square is completely overrun by Argentines — they shut down every street around it because the crowd is INSANE!

🔥 What’s going on?! This energy is next level!

[Regista @RegistaM10]

Ben hayatımda bu kadar birlik olmuş takım görmedim, adını bilmediğim 1 dk oynamamış yedek kaleciler, formalite maçı hariç oyuna girmemiş Barco ve Paz, yedek kalmış De Paul, oyuna girmemiş Almada, Medina, ilk kez oynamış Simeone, çocuk gibi sevinen Messi…

[𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐎 𝟕𝐆ꫂ❁ @bigmilano_01]

How did Messi even manage to scan the crowd and notice this little boy crying? 😭🤯🐐

[Johns. @CricCrazyJohns]

- 3 goals & POTM in 1st match.
- 2 goals & POTM in 2nd match.
- 1 Goal in 3rd match.
- 1 Goal & POTM in Round of 32.
- 1 Goal, 1 Assist & POTM in Round of 16.

MESSI AT THE AGE OF 39 IN WORLD CUP 🥶

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Heroic 🐐

[Selección Argentina in English @AFASeleccionEN]

LIONEL ANDRÉS MESSI 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[' @Mci_tony_]

messi’s respect moment..🫡

[Anabella💙❤️ @AnabellaMarvy]

Fabián Vargas 🗣️: “ I was playing for Almería and we were facing Barça. Before the match, some friends called me asking for my jersey to auction and raise money for victims of the severe floods in Colombia.” 🇨🇴

“So I decided to speak to Messi before the game, explain the situation, and ask if I could have his shirt after the match.” 👕

“But we lost 8–0, I was upset, and I forgot to go get it at full time.” 😔

“Then Almería’s kit manager came into the dressing room and said someone wanted to see me.” 👀

“I went outside and saw Messi standing there with a small bag. He said, ‘Here are some shirts for your fundraiser.’” 🐐

“I hugged him and thanked him. When I opened the bag, I saw not only his shirt, but also shirts from Iniesta, Piqué, Alves, Xavi, and Puyol.” ❤️

“I will never forget his incredible gesture.”

[' @Mci_tony_]

speed found himself alone in this thing ..😭

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Each member of Argentina's World Cup team is wearing a personalized shirt with a picture of them and Messi for his birthday 🥹

This team loves their captain ❤️

[Unpopularfootyx @Unpopularfootyx]

🚨🎙️ ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ ON LIONEL MESSI'S INFLUENCE ON ARGENTINA AFTER THEIR WIN OVER AUSTRIA:

“I'm obsessed with watching Messi.

Not because he's my friend.

Not because of nostalgia.

Because after all these years, I'm still trying to understand how one player can control a football match without touching the ball every minute.

I watched Argentina today and the first thing I noticed wasn't the scoreline.

It was the way Austria reacted whenever Messi moved.

One step to the left, defenders follow.

One drop into midfield, the entire shape changes.

One glance over his shoulder panic.

That's not football.

That's psychological warfare.

And that's why I laugh when people reduce him to goals and assists.

They don't understand what they're watching.

Messi isn't just Argentina's best player.

He's Argentina's system.

He's their confidence.

He's their belief.

He's the reason every teammate walks onto the pitch thinking the impossible is possible.

People ask me about the GOAT debate.

What debate?
Seriously.

What debate?

For me, there isn't one.

The debate exists because television needs content and social media needs arguments.

When I watch football, I don't see a debate.

I see Messi.

Then I see everybody else.

That doesn't mean other legends weren't incredible.

It means I've never seen another player influence a match, a team and an entire generation of football the way Messi has.

And today was another reminder.

He didn't need a hat-trick.

He didn't need to score from 40 yards.

He just needed to be Lionel Messi.

And suddenly Argentina looked like a completely different team.

That's greatness.

Not when everything depends on you.

When everybody becomes better because you're there.

I've played against great players.

I've played with great players.

But Messi is the only player I've ever watched and genuinely thought:

'This isn't normal.'

The scary thing?

Opponents know exactly what he's going to do.

And they still can't stop it.

That's why I don't waste my time with comparisons anymore.

Some players become legends.

Some players become icons.

Messi became a category of his own.

And after today's performance, if you're still asking me who the greatest footballer of all time is...

You're asking the wrong question.

The right question is:
Will football ever produce another one like him?”

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🇦🇷 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lionel Messi during training today.

[K E Z Z 🐐 @y3naware]

Messi’s respect is so special. You don’t tell the Goat to go and warm up😂

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

👀🎾 Leo Messi: “I’m watching Rafa Nadal’s documentary now and I identify with him a lot. We are very similar.”

[Inside Reality Football @RealityLfc]

🚨Pep Guardiola on Messi opening the scoring with a screamer outside the box in their 2026 World Cup opener.

🗣️“Anytime Messi scores and you ask me I will probably say it’s another day in the office for him. He’s the greatest ever to play football, he is always in his prime.

Creative player at all cost of what football needs, the momentum he brings in the game is incredible making History anytime he steps into the pitch.

90min of football from Messi is a therapy for me, I always inform any player I manage how incredible and inspiring Messi is as a player, he is the only player you can’t predict. Arguably the greatest player to ever live on earth.”

[Johns. @CricCrazyJohns]

- Age 38.
- Hattrick in World Cup.
- Joint Top Scorer in World Cup.

MESSI IS SCRIPTING NEW LEGACY IN FOOTBALL 😍

The Messiah of Football, Greatness ever.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

He’s back.

#FIFAWorldCup

[Major League Soccer @MLS]

Make it official. 🌎

[Major League Soccer @MLS]

June 16, 2006: Lionel Messi scores in the World Cup.

June 16, 2026: Lionel Messi scores in the World Cup.