Lionel Messi is the exact reason you should live solely on your own terms.
The man speaks ill of no one. He disrespects neither teammates nor rivals. He is the best to ever do his craft. Yet he has dedicated haters. If ever a man (let alone a player) should have had no haters, it is Messi. Still, on account of nothing but his matchless success, he commands a horde of them.
Do what thou wilt. People will talk regardless.
A life lived minding what people will say is a wasted life.
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: The New York Times has ranked the 10 best players at the 2026 World Cup.
1. Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2. Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷
3. Rodri 🇪🇸
4. Jude Bellingham 🏴
5. Pau Cubarsí 🇪🇸
6. Aymeric Laporte 🇪🇸
7. Erling Haaland 🇳🇴
8. Harry Kane 🏴
9. Michael Olise 🇫🇷
10. Ousmane Dembélé 🇫🇷
I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that a 39 years old MLS player was the best player at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 😭
It’s not talked about enough because his name is LIONEL MESSI. 😭
Greatest quotes of football :
1.“The downfall of the great has always been the joy of the mediocre.”
2. " Ronaldo still has to achieve Messi's failures"
After Messi's temporary retirement in 2016 when Di Maria got handed over the keys of the national side, Argentina were on the verge of missing the 2018 World Cup. It took Messi coming out of retirement and a final-matchday hat-trick to drag them to the World Cup.
A terrifying fact you should know:
Imagine a parallel world where 39-year-old Maradona was the best player at the 1998 World Cup and led Argentina to the final.
Where 39-year-old Zidane was the best player at the 2010 World Cup and led France to the final.
Where 39-year-old Ronaldo Nazário was the best player at the 2014 World Cup and led Brazil to the final.
Where 39-year-old Ronaldinho was the best player at the 2018 World Cup and led Brazil to the final.
Sounds absurd, right?
Yet that’s exactly what Lionel Messi did at the 2026 World Cup.
Messi’s longevity is something football may never witness again and to maintain that level at 39 years old is simply unprecedented. 🐐
اليوم أعلن اعتزالي كرة القدم كلاعب… وليس اعتزال شغفي وحبي لها.❤️❤️
شكراً لكرة القدم على كل لحظة، وكل تحدٍ، وكل درس، وكل ذكرى صنعتها معي. ⚽️❤️
رحلتي داخل الملعب انتهت، لكن رحلتي مع كرة القدم مستمرة, بنفس الشغف، والطموح، والإصرار. 💪🙏🏾