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[. @ZikkoWrld]

Spain vs Argentina

World Cup final!! U saw it here first.

[RUTH 🇨🇦 @it_Rutie]

Vozinha couldn’t even walk in peace… the fans showed him so much love. 🥹

[J. 🇵🇸 @Messilizer0]

Messi telling everyone to put their heads in the game after his goal and Mac Allister still went for a quick hug😂😂

[Elvis Tunde @Tunnykvng]

Mbappe scored yesterday, Haaland will probably score tomorrow, but the football world deserves a Lionel Messi World Cup Golden Boot.

[. @ZikkoWrld]

@Kepa_Dotmors @Daveculer_ @DrDanny2030 Why won’t he?? Tell me why won’t he?? Aside dembele none of them won anything aside league and mbappe won nothing. Make Messi win World Cup first una go explain tire or make Lamine win am.

[♡ @Bonmatimessi]

French player Kimpembe wearing an Inter Miami Messi shirt via his IG 💗

[ᜰ @socetyhatesjay]

jollof rice tastes nice but jollof rice doesn’t beat rice and stew on a good day.

rice and stew with beans.

[Neal 🇦🇺 @NealGardner_]

Both Deschamps and De La Fuente have said this btw, and it’s genuinely common sense. The outcry was baffling beyond belief.

[Mod @CFCMods]

Put Mbappe in this Argentina team and he will struggle, put Messi in this France team and he will do even better than Mbappe. He has created more big chances than Olise yet he has 1 assist and Olise has 5.

It’s ridiculous he’s keeping up at 39 without a superteam like Mbappe.

[BARZEY @theatlz]

HE REALLY IS BECOMING THE VILLAIN OF FOOTBALL AND I LOVE IT

[MAZI OF BARCELONA💙❤️ @Bigi_Chima]

Yes Adeyemi😂😂😂

[Abja🇯🇲 @AbjaFCB]

"The world is finally seeing how favoured Messi is"

"Messi's career has been exposed"

Meanwhile professional coaches and players:

[𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐲𝐆𝐑𝐍 @AsakyGRN]

The moment an itel user challenged an iPhone 14 Pro Max user to a water test by dipping both phones inside water. What happened next left everyone speechless. 😂

[Fran 🇸🇪 @soydeboquitaJRR]

No me paran de saltar edits de la amistad entre Messi y Mbappé. Uno no es de fierro.

[Odunlade Adekola @Odunomoadekola]

Legend himself 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[Adika @Adikastakes]

Maybe in another life🥀

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🇪🇸🇦🇷 De La Fuente: “Messi looks like he’s 19 or 23 years old. He’s performing at an exceptional level. It’s not just his maturity anymore, but above all his commitment”.

“He’s tireless, he’s never satisfied. He always wants more, every single day. He’s an example for all of his teammates, for football lovers, and for everyone who’s just starting out in the game”.

[DrSonido @DrSonidoEc]

ERAN LOS ÚLTIMOS 15 MINUTOS DE MESSI EN UN MUNDIAL. Pero es Messi.

[Oku @oku_yungx]

Portuguese officiating Argentine game and all of a sudden people don’t have words anymore.

[Ray Touchline ⚽ @RayTouchline]

This take sounds nice, but it dodges the real issue.

Appreciating Ronaldo’s greatness is not the same thing as manufacturing “two GOATs” to protect him from comparison.

Nobody serious denies Ronaldo is one of football’s greatest ever players. The problem is that some people only became comfortable with “two GOATs” when Messi completed football and the argument became harder to sustain.

There is also a difference between respecting greatness and moving the goalpost. When Messi had no international trophy, it was used aggressively against him. When he won Copa América, it became “not enough.”

When he won the World Cup, suddenly the World Cup became “just six or seven games.” Ronaldo himself questioned whether one World Cup should define the best player in history, saying it is “6 games, 7 games” and asking if that is fair.

Then we heard the Euros being placed on the same level as the World Cup. Ronaldo said Portugal winning the Euros was “equivalent to winning a World Cup,” according to Fox Sports/AP. That is not neutral appreciation of greatness; that is clearly reframing the debate around what favours him.

So no, the issue is not that Ronaldo fans are “sensible” because they appreciate two legends. The issue is that many of them spent years reducing Messi’s legacy, then started preaching balance when the evidence no longer favoured their argument.

Ronaldo is an all-time great. That part is settled. But the “two GOATs” argument often feels less like fairness and more like damage control.

[. @ZikkoWrld]

@Zynix07 @FCB_Xabhi Fr, I’m scared.