Is anyone else feeling like.. off ?? Idk how to explain it, just.. different?? Not tired but not well rested, not sad but not happy, not bored but not occupied?? Idfk what’s going on
🎙️ Jamie Carragher on "Why Lionel Messi Started Receiving Hate at the World Cup"
🗣️: "Forget the noise, because football always tells the truth. The reason Lionel Messi suddenly became the target wasn't because he was poor, it was because he was brilliant.
At 39 years old, most people expected him to fade into the background. Instead, he dominated games, scored decisive goals, created chances, and reminded everyone why he's been at the top for nearly two decades. That's what changed the conversation.
When a player performs at that level on the biggest stage, opinions shift naturally. Some fans accepted that; others couldn't. Rather than appreciating what they were witnessing, the focus became conspiracy theories, officiating debates, and anything that could distract from Messi's football.
The irony is that none of those arguments change what happened on the pitch. Messi let his football do the talking.
Whether Argentina lifted the trophy or not, his performances reinforced what many already believed that greatness isn't decided by social media campaigns or fan wars. It's decided by what you produce when the pressure is highest.
That's why Messi's legacy remains untouchable. The game remembers performances, not propaganda."
i think this WC was a test to see how fucking stupid human beings can be and how you can shove anything down their throat and they will take it without any hesitation
But wait, you mean out of all the big Nations in the world.. you came to a conclusion that it’s Argentina a third world country that has the capacity to rig the world cup? Not England or USA but Argentina? Do you know how stupid you must be to believe something like this? 😂
Messi did this on purpose but people didn't catch on, he's subliminally saying to all of us by missing these shots, we're gonna throw this game. If anyone on here knows our squad and Messi and didn't just start watching us this world cup, you'd know that we didn't play that day.
As a black person, cheering for France, England, Belgium, or Portugal while demonizing Argentina supporters because "Argentina is a racist country" is peak hypocrisy and intellectual laziness. Mental insanity.
Also bitching about Argentina's squad not having Black players while ignoring the fact that many African national teams have no White players either is pure madness and idiocy.
Applying one standard to Argentina and another standard to everyone else is hypocrisy.
Leave your politics out of this beautiful sport of football and shove it down your anus.
First let’s not take anything away from the fact that Spain deserved to win. But :
- The team with the most goals in the tournament couldn’t have one shot in 90 minutes?
- Messis family did not come to the stadium.
-Argentina's President was expected to attend out never showed up.
- Diego Simeone was seen in the stands during almost every Argentina match, yet he was absent from the final.
-and as you can see the video, Spain had 21 fouls in the match, and zero cards
i cannot take 16years old whosd first interaction with football was writing a fanfics about haaland and bellingham calling messi "fraud" or "rigged"
this was messi for 20 years in a row
The amount of lies and hate Argentina received throughout this World Cup still baffles me, man. People were believing the most obvious lies and even falling for AI-generated videos. It got to a point where you could see how badly some people wanted to believe anything that made Argentina look bad.
The hate Argentina got this tournament made me realize how easy it is to brainwash and program people. Would love to see someone publish work on this some day as it’s a very interesting case study.