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🚨🎙️ Lionel Mpasi-Nzau (DR Congo goalkeeper):
“My parents gave me the name Lionel to honor Lionel Messi. They were huge Messi fans growing up, and we always watched Barcelona and Argentina together at home.
My dad especially admired Messi, and I’m happy the world now knows me because I carry the name of the greatest footballer of all time.”
🚨 Reporter- "Congratulations Harry! You were the oldest English player on the pitch and also the best"
🗣️ Harry Kane- "Well, Lionel Messi is still the best in the world at 39, what excuse do i have? (LAUGHS)"
🚨🗣️ Novak Djokovic: "I met Messi at a restaurant in the United States. He asked me for advice about tennis. I told him: 'Please, Messi, don’t ask me that. I won’t give you any information. You dominated football and now you want to dominate tennis. No, no, play football. When I retire, then you can play tennis.'
"He laughed and told me: 'I’m lucky that football is played with the feet and not with the hands.'
"But the truth is I’m lucky Leo isn’t a tennis player, otherwise I wouldn’t win any titles. He’s the best football player of all time. I love watching him."
Interviewer: You’re here now. The greatest player ever after that award?
Lionel Messi: Well, like I always say, I don’t know if I’m the best or not, and it’s not something I ask myself or, you know, really care about. The fact that people suggest or say I could be among the top, as they say, for me, that’s already a gift. It’s something very special.
Interviewer: What does that recognition mean to you?
Lionel Messi: Football… everyone plays it, right? Everywhere. Since we’re little, all the kids want to be footballers, to go pro. And for them to tell me that I might make it among the best, for me, that’s already an honor, a huge pride. And that’s it, you know?
🚨🗣️ Reporter: "Do you think France are the favourites to win the World Cup?"
Kylian Mbappé: "No. For me, it's still Argentina."
Reporter: "Why?"
Mbappé: "Because they still have Lionel Messi. As long as he's on that pitch, you can never rule Argentina out."
🚨 LEO MESSI ON ROUND OF 32 MATCH AGAINST COPA VERDE 🚨
Leo Messi Said🗣️:
"I'm really happy that we've qualified for the Round of 32. I'm very pleased with the team's performance so far. However, we have no intention of underestimating any opponent. Cape Verde have played very good football in this World Cup, so we're staying fully focused and cautious. As for my personal goal, there's only one I want to win the World Cup for my country."
João Neves on Lionel Messi becoming the first player ever to score in seven consecutive FIFA World Cup appearances:
🗣️ “After our game against Colombia, I sat down and watched Argentina. I wanted to see Messi again, and somehow he still finds new ways to amaze the football world.”
“Two starts, six goals, and now the first player in history to score in seven consecutive World Cup appearances. That's not just consistency that's football immortality.”
“You try to understand how he keeps doing it at this age, but you can't. Every touch, every movement, every finish reminds you why so many players grew up idolising him.”
“Records come and go, but what Messi is doing is beyond records now. He's making history every time he steps onto a World Cup pitch.”
“When you watch him closely, you realise you're not just watching one of the greatest players ever you're watching a player the game may never see again.”
“Players spend their entire careers chasing moments like these, but Messi has turned them into a habit. Every World Cup seems to add another chapter to a story that already felt impossible.”
“I honestly don't know where the limit is anymore. Every time people think he's done breaking records, he creates another piece of football history that may never be matched.”
🚨Jürgen Klopp on Lionel Messi's free-kick against Jordan:
🗣️ "Watching Messi score that free-kick brought back so many memories. Instantly, I was taken back to my time at Liverpool and that incredible free kick he scored against us at Anfield. Even when you prepare for him perfectly, there are moments where you simply have to stand back and applaud."
Seeing him do it again against Jordan reminds you why he's remained at the very top for so many years. The technique, the calmness, the precision... it never fades. Most players lose that magic with time, but Messi keeps producing moments that leave the whole stadium speechless."
That's the mark of true greatness. It's not about doing it once,it's about making the extraordinary look ordinary for nearly two decades."
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi leads the World Cup in:
⚽️ Most goals: 19
🎯 Most assists: 8
🏅 Most Man of the Match awards: 13
💨 Most successful dribbles: 128
🏆 Most Golden Ball awards: 2
Legendary. 🐐
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo against South American national teams:
• 13 games
• 1 goal
• 1 assist
• 1win
• 6 draws
• 6 losses
🚨 Leo Messi against European national teams:
• 39 games
• 25 goal
• 15 assist
• 26 win
• 3 draws
• 10 losses
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
🚨🎙️ 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.”
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