Que en una Copa del Mundo se haya pitado un penalti como este, con toda la tecnología al servicio de los árbitros, es para plantearse muchas cosas.
Esto NO es penalti.
🎙 Piers Morgan: When Lionel Messi won the 2022 World Cup you said Lionel Messi has shaken hands with paradise. What makes him the GOAT over Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele and Diego Maradona?
🗣️ Peter Drury: "Lionel Messi… when he lifted the World Cup in 2022, it felt as though he had shaken hands with eternity itself.
But what makes him the greatest is not a single trophy— it is the totality of his existence within the game.
Show me another— a player who stands with a World Cup beside a mountain of Ballon d’Ors.
Show me one who has conquered the world and, twice, been its most decisive soul.
Show me the one who has claimed Europe with four Champions Leagues, who has dominated its leagues with Golden Boots, who has blended creation and destruction—goals and assists into one seamless language.
Show me the artist who pairs a World Cup with Copa Américas, who is celebrated not just in football, but across all of sport.
Search history. Search every era. You will find legends… but not this. Because Messi does not chase greatness—he defines it.
A left foot that speaks like a wand, a mind that sees what others cannot conceive, a career that does not read like statistics…but like scripture written in motion."
Not just the greatest of his time— the reference point for all time. 🐐✨
🚨 ¡JAMIE CARRAGHER DESTROZA A CRISTIANO RONALDO TRAS LA ELIMINACIÓN DE PORTUGAL! 😳🇵🇹
🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo nunca debió ser el delantero titular de Portugal en este Mundial. Esa es la verdad que nadie quería decir.
Con 41 años, su papel debía ser el de un revulsivo para los últimos 20 o 30 minutos, no el de un futbolista alrededor del cual girara todo el equipo durante 90 minutos. Portugal tiene una generación llena de talento, pero terminó tomando decisiones por sentimentalismo.
Su gol ante Uzbekistán y el famoso ‘¡He vuelto, he vuelto!’ hicieron creer que seguía siendo el mismo de antes. Pero cuando llegó un rival del máximo nivel como España, la realidad fue otra. Carragher asegura que Ronaldo firmó una de las actuaciones más pobres que se recuerdan de una leyenda de su calibre y que, cuando Portugal más necesitó a su capitán, simplemente no apareció.
“Portugal no quedó eliminada por falta de calidad, sino por no atreverse a tomar la decisión más difícil. Las grandes selecciones saben cuándo iniciar el relevo. Portugal no lo hizo y terminó pagando el precio.”
Carragher también lanzó un último dardo a los seguidores de Cristiano:
🗣️ “Ahora que Portugal está fuera, muchos aficionados de Ronaldo dejarán de apoyar a su selección y pasarán a convertirse en hinchas de cualquier equipo que enfrente a Argentina. En lugar de preguntarse por qué Portugal vuelve a fracasar, dedicarán el resto del Mundial a esperar que alguien elimine a Messi.”
"Some people choose Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi because Ronaldo is taller, more muscular, and more handsome. Those are personal preferences, and everyone is entitled to them. But when it comes strictly to football, I don't believe Ronaldo ranks among the top 20 greatest players of all time.
During my time at Chelsea, we never built our game plan around stopping Ronaldo. He was treated like any other top-class opponent because we trusted Ashley Cole to deal with him.
However, facing Barcelona was a completely different challenge. Every tactical meeting, every training session, and every discussion centered on one question: How do we stop Messi? He was the player we feared the most because he could change the outcome of a match in an instant.
The truth is, no single player could mark Messi. It often took several players working together to limit his influence, and even then, he would still find a way to dribble past them, create chances, score goals, and dominate the game. If you found yourself one-on-one with Messi, you were almost certainly in trouble.
This is not meant to disrespect Ronaldo. He is one of the greatest footballers of his generation and has achieved things that few players ever will. But football is about much more than scoring goals. It is also about dribbling, creativity, vision, playmaking, assists, and controlling the rhythm of a game. In all of those areas, Messi has consistently set the highest standard.
That is why, for me, comparing any player to Messi is simply unfair.
— Mikel Obi
El relator brasileño ama más a Messi que el propio Brancatelli. El kirchnerismo consiguió eso: que un histórico rival ame a Messi y los propios no. https://t.co/vsYFT09VfT
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo: “I’ve won 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒 with Portugal”. 🏆 “Before Cristiano, 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆!”
🚨 𝐋���𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈
“The truth is that I am deeply 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐋 to my teammates and I am very happy to compete alongside them” 🫂✨
“Thanks to this team and these teammates, I can be at another World Cup today and I can keep competing” 🥹
🚨🗣️ Ricardo Quaisman on people Calling Argentina’s World Cup run ‘rigged:
“Calling Argentina’s World Cup run ‘rigged’ is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard. Messi missed a penalty, hit the crossbar with a free kick, and his team was still 2–0 down to Egypt in the 79th minute. Then he stepped up with a goal and an assist to inspire the comeback and send Argentina through.
After the final whistle, he broke down in tears. That’s what it looks like when a player carries the weight of his country and delivers when it matters most. Whether you’re a fan or not, it’s time people put some respect on Messi’s name.”
Esta interacción entre Jorge Valdano e Iker Casillas es espectacular:
-Casillas: El nivel está en Europa. Pierden Argentina y Colombia, al final, todos son europeos.
-Valdano: Pero tienen que perder. Luego tenemos a Di Stefano, Pelé, Maradona, Messi y hemos dejado entrar a Johan Cruyff porque… alguno había que poner de Europa, ¿no?
-Casillas: Tambien está Platini, Xavi, Iniesta, Pirlo…
-Valdano: Del segundo escalón tenemos también una veintena nosotros.