❤️🩹🇦🇷 Leo Messi: “Dad, you kept asking me to play in one last World Cup… just days before it began was when your condition got worse”.
“It was the first time you weren’t going to be there with me at tournament… but Mom kept telling me you were going to get better and that you’d be well enough to travel”.
“I kept telling you we were going to reach the World Cup final so you could make the trip, this was my mission once again”.
“After every match, I waited for and missed your message. That’s when I realized how serious the situation really was”.
“I couldn’t stop thinking about going as far as possible, give you more time and the chance to watch one of the games”.
“We reached the final, but you couldn’t be there. I wanted to win it so I could bring the trophy to you and show you another one. I couldn’t”.
“My legs just couldn’t give me any more”.
“This time I tried to push beyond what my body could handle, but I couldn’t”.
“I never managed to feel physically right”.
“We didn’t become champions Dad, but you have no idea how much we enjoyed every match. Once again, you were right: I had to be there and play in it… as you told me, always”.
@usmnthub@NERevolution Or I guess it's possible they could buy down one of the U22 guys to get Jack as DP. Not sure if you can do that since you need an Ivy League degree to understand league rules
@dontcare11223 @MichaelHeister1 @AlexiLalas Why do people even bother mentioning his name. He's barely a professional these days and will be retired by 25
Marco Veratti ( On Rai1 ) 🗣️: "When we played again Barcelona's second leg in 2013's Champions League, Messi was injured, and doubts surrounded his participation. Our coach in the locker room didn't ask anything but, "Do you have Barcelona's starting lineup? Will Messi play?' The players were wondering the same. I said to my self "I hope he doesn't play today "
We entered the match,we scored, and were qualifying. Suddenly, I heard loud cheers in the stadium. It seemed a goal was scored. Everyone moved, and I saw Messi warming up. I said to myself, "Oh God, he's going to ruin us " , Lucas Moura approached me, saying, " They're cheering looks like they scored !
“I told him, "The goal is coming, that's why they're celebrating. He entered, provided a crucial assist, and they equalized, progressing thanks to him and they qualified , I told Ibrahimović at the end of the match, " Why is football easy for Messi? " He said, "Messi is football's greatest player. If you want confirmation, ask defenders, not forwards."🔥🐐🏆
@kjtfl95@grlrocker0@Jmsdcal@esjesjesj Comment was in response to the argument that this didn't happen in AZ (highlighting it's CA gov that caused this).
Not sure any funding reallocation would have done anything to prevent and unprecedented perfect storm
@grlrocker0@Jmsdcal@esjesjesj Right. Instead of helping Ukraine defend their sovereignty, we should relocate those funds to make sure red rocks don't burn
@ManagerTactical @gsocceropinions This is a big problem with the notion that simply playing in Europe is good for a players development. Many US players have gone to Holland and it was career suicide.
Sure the top 2 or 3 teams have good squads and you can maybe get CL exposure, but the truth is the league is bad
@Loonatic24@tombogert GAM is just budget a team is allowed to spend, but it's still ownership money. So if I trade a player for $1mil GAM, in order to use it I still need to spend $1m of my own money which affects teams revenue streams.
Cash trades would be real money to owners' bank to help cashflow
@tinod1@GavinNewsom What i don't understand is that the LAFD got an additional ~$50M from the city's general fund that isn't delineated on the budget "cut". So technically the LAFD got more funding then they did last year 🤔