Es impresionante como el Pollo, Latorre, seguramente todos ustedes y yo gritamos “no” cuando enganchó y no le pegó un fierrazo.
Qué cosa hermosa el balonpié.
🚨🗣️ Thierry Henry on Lionel Messi's hat-trick vs Algeria:
“WAIT. STOP. HOLD ON.”
🗣️ “I thought people told me Messi was finished?”
🗣️ “I thought people told me age had finally caught up with him?”
🗣️ “I thought people told me the new generation had taken over?”
🗣️ “Then Lionel Messi walks into a World Cup match and scores a hat-trick.”
🗣️ “This is exactly why football fans should be careful before writing off great players.”
🗣️ “Because the truly special ones don't disappear.”
🗣️ “They remind you.”
🗣️ “Again.”
🗣️ “And again.”
🗣️ “And again.”
🗣️ “Three goals. One night. One message to the entire football world.”
🗣️ “‘I'm still here.’”
🗣️ “The scary thing isn't the hat-trick.”
🗣️ “The scary thing is how easy he made it look.”
🗣️ “No panic. No rush. Just football intelligence at a level very few players have ever reached.”
🗣️ “At 38 years old, most players are talking about retirement.”
🗣️ “Messi is talking with his feet.”
🗣️ “And trust me, football is listening.”
🗣️ “Now people will ask me about the Ballon d'Or.”
🗣️ “Can he win it?”
🗣️ “Of course he can.”
🗣️ “If Argentina continue winning and Messi continues producing moments like this, why wouldn't he be in the conversation?”
🗣️ “People act as if greatness has an expiration date.”
🗣️ “Messi has spent twenty years proving that it doesn't.”
🗣️ “And let's talk about Argentina.”
🗣️ “The rest of the tournament should be worried.”
🗣️ “Because when Argentina have confidence and Messi is playing like this, they become a completely different animal.”
🗣️ “World Cup?”
🗣️ “Yes, they can win it.”
🗣️ “Ballon d'Or?”
🗣️ “Yes, he can win it.”
🗣️ “GOAT debate?”
🗣️ “For me, there is no debate.”
🗣️ “Every time people think the story is ending, Messi writes another chapter.”
🗣️ “And somehow, the chapters keep getting better.”
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🗣️ “Lionel Messi isn't chasing history anymore.”
🗣️ “History is chasing Lionel Messi.”
Tomense un momento para leer la declaración del DT de Argelia, rendido a los pies de Messi, pero con conceptos que no suelen escucharse.
🗣️ Vladimir Petković:
“Llegamos a este partido con un plan, con disciplina y con convicción... pero a veces el fútbol te pone enfrente a un jugador capaz de destruir la mejor preparación con un solo toque de pelota.”
“Lo que produjo Lionel Messi esta noche no fue solamente una gran actuación; fue una clase de fútbol dictada por una de las mentes y talentos más grandes que haya visto este deporte.”
“Les decís a tus jugadores que se mantengan compactos, concentrados, que no le den espacios... y aun así encuentra la forma de crear magia donde no debería existir.”
“Lo más frustrante es que podés hacer muchas cosas bien en defensa y aun así terminar sufriendo, porque ve pases, movimientos y oportunidades que nadie más en la cancha es capaz de ver.”
“A los 38 años, la mayoría de los futbolistas hablan de retirarse, administrar minutos o bajar el ritmo. Messi sigue definiendo partidos de Mundial, rompiendo récords y haciendo que defensores de élite parezcan impotentes.”
“Miré a mi banco después de su tercer gol y había una sensación de incredulidad en todos. No porque estuviéramos perdiendo, sino porque estábamos presenciando algo especial que quizás no vuelva a repetirse.”
“La gente hablará del hat-trick, de los récords y de las estadísticas, pero lo que más me impresionó fue la autoridad. Controló el partido como si el juego se moviera a la velocidad que él decidía.”
“Me tocó enfrentar a grandes jugadores a lo largo de mi carrera, pero esta noche fue diferente. Esta noche se sintió como si la historia del fútbol se hubiera detenido durante noventa minutos para recordarle al mundo exactamente quién es Lionel Messi.”
🚨🎙️Zlatan Ibrahimović on Lionel Messi’s World Cup hat-trick masterclass as Argentina beat Algeria 3-0:
🗣️ “Let me tell you something… this is what happens when the greatest of all time plays football.”
“Messi didn’t just have a good opening game… he arrived at the World Cup like he still owns the damn thing.”
“People talk about age, about the end of an era, about pressure at 38 going on 39… but he doesn’t feel any of that. He creates pressure for every defender in the tournament instead.”
“Algeria tried to sit deep, they tried to frustrate, they tried to compete… but when Messi gets the ball anywhere near the box, the game is basically over.”
“A hat-trick on the opening night of the World Cup? That’s not normal… that’s a statement. That’s a warning to every team left in this tournament.”
“And this is why Argentina won so comfortably — because when you have a player like him, you don’t need ten chances. You need one moment of magic… and he gave them three.”
“Now people will start talking again… ‘Is he still the best player in the world?’ I don’t talk. I show. And tonight, Messi showed everyone.”
“This was not just three points for Argentina… this was a message to the entire World Cup. The king is still here.”