Cuando Messi debutó en la Seleccion Argentina:
Paredes tenía 11 años
De Paul tenía 11 años
Lo Celso tenia 9 años
Senesi tenia 8 años
Julian Alvarez tenía 5 años
Cuti Romero tenía 7 años
Almada tenia 4 años
Nico Paz tenia 1 año
Barco tenia 1 año
Eso es Messi.
🚨 Thierry Henry compares Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after the latest World Cup matches:
🗣️ "A few days ago Cristiano Ronaldo looked into the cameras and said, 'I'm back.' Those are big words, and when you say something like that, the football world expects an even bigger performance in the next match."
"Against Colombia, I kept waiting to see that version of Ronaldo. He played the full 90 minutes, but the performance never arrived. He struggled to influence the game, couldn't find a rhythm, missed one of Portugal's biggest chances, and by the final whistle, the 'I'm back' statement had completely disappeared."
"Then I watched Messi. He didn't need the whole game. He came off the bench, played around 30 minutes, scored a brilliant free kick and completely changed the conversation. That's what the greatest players do—they let their football speak."
"This is the biggest difference for me. One player tells the world he's back. The other doesn't say a single word. He simply walks onto the pitch and proves it with his football."
"I've always believed that football doesn't care about speeches. Football only respects performances. If you say 'I'm back,' you have to show it every single match, especially at the World Cup where every game is another test."
"Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players this sport has ever seen, and nobody can erase what he has achieved. But tonight, the words were much louder than the performance. Meanwhile, Messi didn't need a microphone. One free kick was enough to remind everyone why he's different."
"For me, actions will always be louder than words. Messi doesn't spend time telling people who he is. He lets his left foot do the talking. That's why, whenever the pressure is highest, people keep waiting for a Messi moment—because more often than not, he delivers it."
🚨🎙️ Pep Guardiola was asked:
“Who is the GOAT between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo?”
🗣️ Pep Guardiola smiled:
“Honestly, I don't like this debate anymore because people always want a five-second answer for a question that deserves five hours.”
🗣️ “The moment you say Messi, Ronaldo fans get angry. The moment you say Ronaldo, Messi fans get angry.”
🗣️ “Football is not social media. Football is not about choosing a side in ten seconds.”
🗣️ “To understand greatness, you have to understand football first.”
🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest competitors I have ever seen in any sport.”
🗣️ “His mentality is unbelievable. His discipline is unbelievable. The way he transformed himself from a winger into the greatest goalscorer football has ever seen is something that should be studied.”
🗣️ “You don't score that many goals by accident.”
🗣️ “You don't dominate England, Spain, Italy and international football by accident.”
🗣️ “Cristiano earned every single achievement he has.”
🗣️ “But then there is Messi.”
🗣️ “And this is where the conversation changes.”
🗣️ “When I coached Messi, I realized very quickly that I wasn't looking at a normal football player.”
🗣️ “I was looking at football itself.”
🗣️ “There are players who score goals.”
🗣️ “There are players who create goals.”
🗣️ “There are players who control matches.”
🗣️ “Messi does all three at the same time.”
🗣️ “People see the goals.”
🗣️ “I see the passes nobody else sees.”
🗣️ “I see the spaces nobody else understands.”
🗣️ “I see the decisions that change games before anyone realizes what happened.”
🗣️ “That's why I always laugh when people compare football only through statistics.”
🗣️ “Football is much deeper than statistics.”
🗣️ “If football was only about goals, then maybe the debate would be different.”
🗣️ “But football is also creativity.”
🗣️ “Football is intelligence.”
🗣️ “Football is influence.”
🗣️ “Football is making everyone around you better.”
🗣️ “And for me, nobody has ever done that better than Messi.”
🗣️ “Can Ronaldo be called one of the greatest ever?”
🗣️ “Of course.”
🗣️ “Without any doubt.”
🗣️ “But if you ask me personally, if you ask me honestly, if you ask me as somebody who watched Messi every day…”
🗣️ “Then my answer is Lionel Messi.”
🗣️ “Not because Ronaldo isn't incredible.”
🗣️ “He is.”
🗣️ “Not because Ronaldo didn't change football.”
🗣️ “He did.”
🗣️ “But because Messi changed the way football is understood.”
🗣️ “That is a different level.”
🗣️ “And maybe some Ronaldo fans will criticize me for saying this.”
🗣️ “That's okay.”
🗣️ “I respect Cristiano enormously.”
🗣️ “But I cannot ignore what my eyes have seen.”
🗣️ “For many years I watched Messi do things that should not be possible on a football pitch.”
🗣️ “Things that coaches cannot teach.”
🗣️ “Things that defenders cannot stop.”
🗣️ “Things that only belong to geniuses.”
🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in football history.”
🗣️ “Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer I have ever seen.”
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🗣️ “Sometimes the hardest answer to give is also the simplest one.”
Reporter: “were you actually giving Lionel Messi instructions?”
Scaloni: “Are you seriously asking me that? What am I supposed to teach him?” 😂
Reporter: “Maybe tell him, ‘Move here… step back… when the ball comes from this side, do this?’”
Scaloni (laughing): “That’s crazy. By then he’d already watched 55 minutes of the game and understood everything happening on the pitch. He doesn’t need that.”
“Of course, we discuss tactical adjustments. whether we’re changing shape or attacking a certain way. so he knows how to manage the game. But teaching Lionel Messi how to play football? Absolutely not. Zero.” 🐐🇦🇷
🗣 Zlatan Ibrahimovic – "Cristiano was shouting 'I'm back' after scoring against Uzbekistan. That's nice. But against Colombia he played the whole game, had one shot, scored zero goals, and finished with a 0-0 draw."
🗣 "Then I watched Messi. He didn't even start the match against Jordan. He came on after 60 minutes, looked at the free-kick, and did what only geniuses do.
Goal, Match won."
🗣 “Another record broken. Seven consecutive World Cup matches with a goal.That's the difference."
🗣 "Some players tell the world they're back. Messi never left."
🗣 "While others are busy making announcements, Messi is busy making history. At 39 years old, he walks onto the pitch and treats football like it's a training session.Free-kicks, records, trophies, goals — just another day at the office."
🗣 "Greatness doesn't need a microphone.
Greatness wears No.10 for Argentina." 🐐🇦🇷👑🔥