Messi put in the best performance a 39 year old footballer has ever put in. Don’t care if he gave it away a few times. He was up against the most physical team at the tournament
Messi hanging with Mbappé and Haaland in 2026 is sort of like
Maradona competing with R9 and Zidane in 1998
R9 competing with Messi and James in 2014
Ronaldinho competing with Modric and Kane in 2018
In fact all were younger then than Messi now 😂
@DaleJohnsonBBC Why are you equating two challenges that are not similar? The foul on Martinez is clear, the one on Salah is never a penalty. The article is so biased as you have a vested interest in England having an easier run to the final
It's even more clear from this angle that it was not even a penalty, Salah should have been booked for driving. Julian Alvarez's foot is well planted on the ground, it's Salah who moves forward.
@MiguelDelaney Great injustice? They made it 2-0 soon after the (correctly) disallowed goal.
Then the tackle on Salah and the McAllister incident are never penalties in a million years
@StanCollymore Lol have you ever watched a south american world cup qualifier? Messi has achieved far more than Maradona and has equal levels of talent at least. He’s the goat
2nd match in a row where Messi has moved to the right wing to help provide more balance to Argentina’s attack because playing thru the middle wasn’t working. 39 years old and still capable of world class wing play. Just different 🐐