Messi lost the 2007 Copa América final.
He lost the 2014 World Cup final.
He lost the 2015 Copa América final.
He lost the 2016 Copa América final.
Back then, nobody was calling him “FIFA’s favorite.” They mocked him, said he was finished with Argentina, that he only performed for Barcelona because of Xavi and Iniesta.
Then he won the 2021 Copa América, the 2022 World Cup, and the 2024 Copa América.
Suddenly he’s “FIFA’s favorite.”
The hypocrisy is obvious. Losing? He’s a failure. Winning? It’s because he’s protected. The goalposts never stop moving.
💣🚨BREAKING: Zlatan To Ronaldo After Portugal Wass Eliminated From The World Cup.
Listen carefully. I’ve Patiently Waited For This Day….
🗣️Cristiano set the rules himself: “You’re not a legend until you win with your country.” Boom straight at Messi after 2014. The world cheered. Social media crowned him.
Then Zlatan watched.
Messi came back, won Copa América… twice. Suddenly: “Euro is bigger.”
🗣️Messi lifted the World Cup. New rule: “Only seven games, doesn’t count.” Cristiano even said a legend’s career can’t be defined by seven games. The same man who once said the World Cup would fulfill him.
Now he is 41. Portugal exits. New quote: “World Cup doesn’t define me.”
Zlatan laughs.
🗣️By your own law, Cristiano, you fall short. Five Ballons d’Or. One Euro. No World Cup. While Messi? He took everything, danced through generations, and never once needed to diminish anyone.
That is the difference.
One talked like a king.
The other played like a god… and left as the greatest.
Ibrahimović has spoken.
🅾️🅾️ Wayne Rooney: On Lionel Messi performance against Austria:
“I’ll say this now, what we’re witnessing right now is just completely mental. I’ve played at the absolute highest level, I know what the physical toll of this game is, and Messi scoring twice today to break the all-time World Cup goal record? It’s just insane.
How are we all sitting here acting like this is normal? The man is 39 years old. At 39, most lads are sitting on a beach, or struggling to get out of bed for a Sunday league kickabout, let alone dominating the biggest tournament on Earth. It defies logic.
He’s out there gliding past players, reading the game three steps ahead of everyone else, and finishing like he’s still in his mid-twenties.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: anyone who still doubts Lionel Messi as the greatest to ever play the game simply is not mentally OK. It’s that simple.
There’s no footballing argument left to have. Even if your brain has been completely disconnected, your eyes alone just sitting there watching what he is doing on that pitch should tell you absolutely everything you need to know. You don't need a tactical breakdown. You just need to look at the screen. To do what he’s done throughout his career was incredible, but to reach the pinnacle of the World Cup record books at 39?
We will never, ever see anything like this again. We just need to stop trying to analyze it and appreciate that we're looking at the absolute best to ever lace up a pair of boots”
🎙️| Lionel Messi on Enzo Fernández’s potential move to Real Madrid
“I spoke to Enzo and I told him to think very carefully before making a decision like that.
Chelsea is a huge club. People talk about trophies as if Chelsea cannot win them, but history says otherwise. Sometimes players don’t realise what they have until they leave.
I even mentioned Eden Hazard to him. Hazard was one of the best players in the world at Chelsea. Then he went to Real Madrid and things didn’t work out the way anyone expected. Football can change very quickly.
Enzo has become a leader at Chelsea. The fans love him, the club trusts him, and he has the chance to build something special there. Not every move to a bigger name on paper ends with a better career.
At the end of the day it’s his decision, but if it was me, I’d stay. Chelsea can give him every trophy he wants if the project is given time. Sometimes loyalty is worth more than another transfer.”
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on the Messi vs Ronaldo GOAT debate:
“Every week, every month, every year, somebody asks me the same question.”
🗣️ “‘Zlatan, who is the GOAT? Messi or Ronaldo?’”
🗣️ “Honestly? I get tired of hearing it.”
🗣️ “Not because they aren't great players. They are.”
🗣️ “But because people talk about football as if it is a video game.”
🗣️ “One player scores a goal and suddenly he's the GOAT.”
🗣️ “The other wins a trophy and suddenly the debate is over.”
🗣️ “Football is bigger than that.”
🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest athletes football has ever seen.”
🗣️ “The goals. The mentality. The discipline. The longevity.”
🗣️ “Nobody can take that away from him.”
🗣️ “Over 900 career goals.”
🗣️ “League titles in different countries.”
🗣️ “Champions Leagues.”
🗣️ “Records everywhere.”
🗣️ “Cristiano created a legacy that may never be repeated.”
🗣️ “But then there is Lionel Messi.”
🗣️ “And this is where people get angry with me.”
🗣️ “Because for me, Messi is not normal.”
🗣️ “Cristiano mastered football.”
🗣️ “Messi became football.”
🗣️ “When I watch Messi, I don't see a player following the game.”
🗣️ “I see a player creating the game.”
🗣️ “The goals.”
🗣️ “The assists.”
🗣️ “The dribbling.”
🗣️ “The vision.”
🗣️ “The intelligence.”
🗣️ “The World Cup.”
🗣️ “Everything.”
🗣️ “People ask me how I compare them.”
🗣️ “Sometimes I don't understand the comparison.”
🗣️ “It's like comparing a lion to a shark.”
🗣️ “Both are killers.”
🗣️ “But they hunt differently.”
🗣️ “Cristiano is the greatest goalscorer I have ever seen.”
🗣️ “Messi is the greatest footballer I have ever seen.”
🗣️ “There is a difference.”
🗣️ “And before Ronaldo fans get angry, listen carefully.”
🗣️ “Being second to Messi is not an insult.”
🗣️ “Most players would dream of being second.”
🗣️ “Cristiano is a legend.”
🗣️ “A football icon.”
🗣️ “A player who changed history.”
🗣️ “But if you lock me in a room and force me to choose one player...”
🗣️ “One player for one match.”
🗣️ “One player for my life.”
🗣️ “One player to represent football itself.”
🗣️ “I choose Messi.”
🗣️ “Every time.”
🗣️ “Because goals can be broken.”
🗣️ “Records can be broken.”
🗣️ “Trophies can be matched.”
🗣️ “But what Messi does with a football?”
🗣️ “That cannot be taught.”
🗣️ “That cannot be trained.”
🗣️ “That is a gift from God.”
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🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in history.”
🗣️ “Lionel Messi is history.”
🏴🫣 Paddy Pimblett calls Ilia Topuria ‘Quitney Houston’:
“Oh my God you quit, you little b*tch. My face was worse than yours, you little p*ssy.
Everyone gave my sh*t for getting beat by him. What now? I took every f*cking shot that he threw at me and kept walking forward.
Ilia you quit on a stool… Quitney Hluston.”
🎥 @PaddyTheBaddy / YouTube
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