Happy birthday to the Greatest there is, there was and there’ll ever be.
The UNDISPUTED GOAT🐐
The King of Football👑
The Greatest Athlete to ever work the surface of earth.
Absolutely nothing has remained the same since you came into football.
You came, you saw, and you have conquered!!!
Lamine Yamal has surpassed Messi and is now the 8th-youngest goalscorer in World Cup history 😲👏
Youngest World Cup scorers:
1️⃣ Pelé – 17 years & 239 days
2️⃣ Manuel Rosas – 18 years & 93 days
3️⃣ Gavi – 18 years & 110 days
4️⃣ Ibrahim Mbaye – 18 years & 142 days
5️⃣ Michael Owen – 18 years & 190 days
6️⃣ Nicolae Kovacs – 18 years & 197 days
7️⃣ Dmitri Sychev – 18 years & 231 days
8️⃣ Lamine Yamal – 18 years & 343 days 🆕
9️⃣ Lionel Messi – 18 years & 357 days
🔟 Julian Green – 19 years & 25 day
In a night full of records and achievements for Lionel Messi, here's another that slipped under the radar...
Messi's 3rd was his 8⃣0⃣0⃣th career non-penalty goal, becoming the first player in history to hit that milestone! 🏅✨
🚨📲 Leo Messi on IG: "Happy with the start, grateful for the affection, and very proud to see this group competing again the way it has been doing all these years.”
No mention of him becoming the top goalscorer in World Cup history.
Leo Messi: "I can't ask for anything more, God gave me too much, now everything is just to enjoy.
"I'm just happy to being considered as one of the best in football history, I'm just grateful to be considered among many great players..."