Emil Panelius

[Emil Panelius @emppulinski]

@someballfacts pretending that Ronaldo's performance vs Croatia was better because it was technically a better opponent on paper? Because that is quite literally the only argument, and even then it's nullified by the fact Cape Verde has actually been GOOD this tournament.

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@someballfacts Why did the weak teams make it so difficult then? Are you allergic to match context or do you look at the quality of the opponent on paper like that actually determines anything? It's merely a predictor for how good a team “should” be, it doesn't mean that they will be.

Are you

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@someballfacts @ExposingPlayerz @redactedfan Scored a penalty, that he did not win, and did practically nothing outside of it, Messi scored a far more impressive goal and was more dangerous on top of that, against a Cape Verde team, that made it extremely difficult for Argentina, no buddy, it's you who lives in lalaland.

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@someballfacts @massimo_1998 @hansidisciple “pre assisted” lol, so the goalkeeper wasn't more at fault?

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@someballfacts @massimo_1998 @hansidisciple the majority of people was a game Argentina was heavily favored in, which would only weaken the argument that, that team was the best team in the world, only convincing win they had all tournament was vs Croatia, (and Poland).

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@someballfacts @massimo_1998 @hansidisciple Argentina lost vs Saudi Arabia, then were desperately trying to score a single goal vs Mexico, which only happened very late into the game thanks to Messi (and him alone), then in the KO's, they barely scraped past Australia 2-1, barely beat the Netherlands which according to

[Emil Panelius @emppulinski]

@someballfacts @massimo_1998 @hansidisciple No they weren't, and no they aren't, there is nothing that suggests that, the only thing they have above everyone else is probably team chemistry and passion for the game, but on overall team quality, not even close.

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@someballfacts @massimo_1998 @hansidisciple 2022 Argentina wasn't even close to being the best team in the world lmao? The only reason they even got to the KO's was because of Messi's goal vs Mexico, "the best team in the world" would never need to resort to such tight/extreme conditions.

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@reae947591 @nnoiittra @ProitpulseX @Tezzathekchen Obviously not every record, but a whole lot of them still.

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@someballfacts @Medicinemoni1 What lie was told exactly?

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@someballfacts @Medicinemoni1 That's most certainly not why they lost but okay..

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@city_trebl69930 @woldeneagle massive, most certainly not 5x.

[Emil Panelius @emppulinski]

@city_trebl69930 @woldeneagle Yeah no, the gap between them in the WC (as of right now) is easily bigger, no matter what metric you are looking at, especially not if it's “memorable performances”, the gap between them in Laliga is also bigger. Also, no..the gap in memorable performances in the CL isn't that

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@cryingonion22 @criminaldo_ @FootbalGalaxy And how exactly do you know that? They pass to Messi because he's arguably still their best player..and because he's often in the right place at the right time. Well, FIFA rankings still give you a general direction on the quality of teams, they are certainly not plumbers.

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@someballfacts @LegoBlinxx @FootbalGalaxy So, you used Maradona's 86 WC campaign, which would make basically every other campaign look poor, this applies to EVERY player, not just Messi. And besides, Messi's currently the WC topscorer so what on earth is your argument.

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@someballfacts @Itz_Weastyy @MchaelSNM1 Memorable in what way? As far as I'm concerned Messi has at least 7 seasons with iconic performances, lol.

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@cryingonion22 @criminaldo_ @FootbalGalaxy “plumbers”, both of the teams he's scored against are within the top 30, Algeria if I'm not mistaken is ranked #28, and Austria #24, on top of that, he scored all of his team's goals, so how exactly is that stat-padding?

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@criminaldo_ @cryingonion22 @FootbalGalaxy How on earth did you even manage to come to this conclusion?

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@Itz_Weastyy @MchaelSNM1 Translation: with time i realized how to not apply any context to anything, and pretend these stats are the end all be all argument, (it's not)

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@someballfax Messi did not stat-pad vs either Algeria or Austria but okay, a brace in a 5 goal win however, is more akin to stat-padding if anything.