You will never see Messi playing and scoring as a sole striker without needing 50+ touches and without dropping deep.
Why? Because he is a limited footballer who needs a certain system to cater his limited abilities + teammates sacrifice themselves to hide his weaknesses.
i hate this “playing for messi” stuff so much
you will think they are spoon feeding messi chances
negga your man ain’t got it like that anymore, send in that retirement letter or sit out the world cup
There have been worse tackles than the Messi one yesterday that did not get a red card lmao .. why the uproar? Let’s celebrate the greatness of the hattrick instead of backhanding because your ties are with another footballer but you are using “objectivity” as cover
I’m from that generation of football fans that used to argue with absolute retards who said Messi needed Xavi and Iniesta to perform at the highest level.
Those were the days. Those were the days. 😂
As brilliant and utterly irrepressible as Lionel Messi is, there have been a few occasions during his illustrious career when opponents — and certainly opposition fans — have suggested that he has received “special treatment” from referees.
What is certain is that, between scoring his first and second goals against Algeria, he got lucky. A challenge on Algeria captain Aissa Mandi, who was caught by Messi on his right calf and Achilles tendon, could have earned at least a yellow card — and plausibly a red card — but Polish referee Szymon Marciniak was content to award a free kick.
It was a strange incident. Mandi was in control of the ball, going nowhere fast, and there was little prospect of dispossessing him from Messi’s position. To make a lunge like that, with his studs up, seemed incomprehensible, never mind dangerous.
Special treatment? At the very least it was lenient refereeing. A yellow card would perhaps have been the most widely expected outcome — a red card second — but Messi was certainly lucky to get away scot-free.
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Hypocrisy is too much. You watch your club player against Burnley make the same tackle, get away with it, and it’s not a red card. Even Hakimi made a bad tackle on Vinícius a few days ago and no card was given, but because it’s Messi and you’re a Ronaldo fan, you call it a red card. I understand your game. When Messi scores, you tweet, “Let’s enjoy them together, don’t compare him to Ronaldo” 🤣 but when Ronaldo scores, the hype starts. We know all of you. The problem is that Messi is simply too big for Ronaldo to overshadow, very very big, and you all know it, so you guys have to look for something else. Now everyone is a FIFA referee, acting like they know better than the referee on the pitch.