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[¶rince @iamblacksaint1]

@iambolar Lol..
Nah Super Falcon collect 3 o!

[EEZZEE @EEZZEE_001]

WE ALL KNOW WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE MESSI AND LUCKY TO EXIST AND WITHNESS HIS FOOTBALLING ABILITY

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE IS LUCKY TO HAVE US AS HIS FANS, ESPECIALLY HERE ON TWITTER

WITH THE NUMBER OF AGENDAS AND LIES ABOUT HIM, WE DEFENDED EVERYTHING AND WE ARE STILL DEFENDING

MOST OF US DO NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTION (NATIONALITY) WITH HIM APART FROM THE FACT THAT WE WATCH AND ENJOY HIM PLAY FOOTBALL

REAL LOVE ISN'T MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE SHOWN TO HIS POOR AND SHY SOUL AND I'M PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS DEFENDED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND I'M SURE HE IS PROUD OF US TOO

WE ARE ONE FAMILY, THE MESSI'S FAMILY.

[POOJA!!! @PoojaMedia]

This is bigger than winning the World Cup. Wow

[All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 @AlbicelesteTalk]

Ángel Di María's letter to Leo Messi:

“Thank you for being Argentine. Thank you for carrying our flag to the very top of the world.

"Thank you for being an example, both as a player and as a person. You are the greatest in history.

"YOU ARE ETERNAL. 🏆🏆🏆🏆”

[Osita Chidoka @osita_chidoka]

Watching Lionel Messi at the 2026 World Cup, I found myself turning over one of the oldest questions a working life presents.

We are often told: leave when the ovation is loudest. It is sound advice. But I no longer believe it is the whole truth.

I believe that there is a time to step aside, when others must be given room to lead, or when we can no longer serve as we once did. But there is also a quieter danger: leaving too soon, not because we are finished, but because we are afraid of what a stumble might do to how we are remembered.

A stumble in the second act does not erase the first, and an exit timed to applause is no guarantee that history will remember you at all.

Messi could have walked away after 2022. Trophy in hand, story complete, the perfect close to a perfect career. Instead, he came back.

He risked comparison with the man he used to be, the possibility of falling short in front of a watching world, the chance that this second act would dim what the first had built. Argentina did not lift the cup this time.

But at thirty-nine, his composure and his experience still carried his country to a final. That is not a small thing.

His legacy was not diminished by trying again. If anything, it was enriched.

That is the deeper truth.

Do not retire from your purpose because you fear failure more than you love the work.

If your work remains honest, your contribution still matters, and you still have something left to give, then keep going.

A life well lived is measured as much by the courage to continue as by the wisdom to know when to stop.

Conquer fear. Keep playing the game of life.

Osita Chidoka
20 July 2026

[Selección Argentina in English @AFASeleccionEN]

Forever grateful 🩵🤍

[Oku @oku_yungx]

To the Albiceleste and every fan who bled blue and white this tournament…
Tonight hurts. Losing a World Cup Final in extra time, by a single goal, after a battle that went the distance that’s the kind of pain only real love for this game can produce. Lionel Messi gave everything he had, again, the way he’s done for two decades…carrying a nation’s hopes on his back, wearing the armband like it weighed nothing even when it weighed everything.

Emiliano Martínez was a wall. This squad fought Spain to the final whistle and beyond and came up just short.

But finals aren’t the whole story. Getting here through every round, every pressure moment was its own kind of triumph, built by a generation of players who gave Argentina years to be proud of. Heads up. This team, and this captain, don’t need a trophy tonight to have already given us everything.

TO THE GOAT, WE LOVE YOU ❤️

Vamos Argentina. 🇦🇷

[Selección Argentina in English @AFASeleccionEN]

Forever grateful, Lionel 🩵

[Major League Soccer @MLS]

Legend.

[¶rince @iamblacksaint1]

Greatness at its very best!

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

Leo Messi’s letter to all Argentinians the night before the World Cup Final. 🩵🤍💌

“The most beautiful thing about all these years was 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲”.

“Sharing day-to-day life with this group, competing together, picking ourselves up in the difficult moments, and 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩”.

“Thanks to each one of my teammates, to the coaching staff, and to all the great people who work every day to keep this National Team as a 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲”.

“Whatever happens tomorrow, this group has already written 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 and that no one will be able to erase”.

“𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒔, 𝑨𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂”.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

Leo Messi’s letter to all Argentinians the night before the World Cup Final. 🩵🤍💌

“The most beautiful thing about all these years was 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲”.

“Sharing day-to-day life with this group, competing together, picking ourselves up in the difficult moments, and 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩”.

“Thanks to each one of my teammates, to the coaching staff, and to all the great people who work every day to keep this National Team as a 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲”.

“Whatever happens tomorrow, this group has already written 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 and that no one will be able to erase”.

“𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒔, 𝑨𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂”.

[OFootball @ofootball__]

First and Last

[Adedotun @Aderoboyedotun1]

Six World Cups, two finals lost and one ultimate glory.

Along the way, he claimed two Golden Balls, delivered more assists than anyone in the tournament's history and scored the second-most goals ever seen on the world’s biggest stage.

That is not just a career. That is the definitive masterpiece of Lionel Messi.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Greatest of All Time.

[Ped @PedTalksSports]

Guy carried his team to the World Cup final with 8 goals and 4 assists but doesn’t win player of the tournament yet is also apparently fifas boy at the same time. Messi haters are the most low I.Q people I’ve ever seen

[🅱🅸🅲🅷⚽️🆈 @Messi_TheGOAT]

Alexi Lalas: “Messi's performance in the 2026 FIFA World Cup at 39 years old was a gift to us all 🐐”

Thank you for endless World Cup memories, Leo 🐐🫡‼️

Thank you, no matter what's next 🩵❤️‍🩹💔

Even in defeat, nothing can diminish Messi’s 🐐 legacy‼️

The greatest there is, the greatest there ever was and the greatest there ever will be‼️

🇦🇷 Lionel Messi bid farewell to the fans with an image that moved the world after the 2026 World Cup final 🐐❤️‍🩹💔🫡‼️

The Argentine captain left the field amid applause and emotion, leaving the big question open about his future‼️

At 39 years old, Lionel Messi 🐐 still had opponents on string‼️

Messi 🐐 led Argentina to a HISTORIC COMEBACK against England — The GOAT assisted Two Goals in Second Half, ADVANCING Argentina to the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final‼️

Messi 🐐 now holds the record of most goal contributions in the history of World Cup with 2️⃣1️⃣ Goals ⚽️ and 1️⃣2️⃣ Assists 🅰️ = 3️⃣3️⃣ Goal contributions‼️

Messi’s 🐐 impressive stats with Argentina (2005-2026) 🇦🇷‼️

👕 2️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ Games
📈 1️⃣9️⃣0️⃣ Goal Contributions
⚽️ 1️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Goals
🅰️ 6️⃣5️⃣ Assists

2️⃣ Copa America ✅
1️⃣ FIFA World Cup ✅
1️⃣ Finalissima ✅
1️⃣ Olympics Gold ✅
1️⃣ FIFA U-20 World Cup ✅

1️⃣1️⃣6️⃣3️⃣ Games

1️⃣3️⃣3️⃣7️⃣ Career Goal Contributions ✅
1️⃣1️⃣4️⃣7️⃣ Club Goal Contributions ✅
1️⃣9️⃣0️⃣ Country Goal Contributions ✅

9️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ Career Goals ⚽️ ✅
1️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Goals for Argentina ✅
7️⃣9️⃣4️⃣ Club Goals ✅
6️⃣7️⃣2️⃣ Goals for Barcelona ✅
3️⃣2️⃣ Goals for PSG ✅
9️⃣0️⃣ Goals for Inter Miami ✅

8️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ Non-Penalty Goals ✅
1️⃣1️⃣4️⃣ Penalties ✅
1️⃣0️⃣9️⃣ Outside the Box (Excluding Free-Kicks) ✅
3️⃣1️⃣ Headers ✅
7️⃣2️⃣ Free-kicks ✅
6️⃣1️⃣ Hat-tricks ✅
1️⃣8️⃣1️⃣ Braces ✅

4️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ Career Assists 🅰️ ✅
6️⃣5️⃣ Assists for Argentina ✅
3️⃣5️⃣3️⃣ Club Assists ✅
2️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ Assists for Barcelona ✅
3️⃣4️⃣ Assists for PSG ✅
5️⃣0️⃣ Assists for Inter Miami ✅

4️⃣6️⃣ Countries Scored Against
1⃣2️⃣3️⃣ Clubs Scored Against

Lionel Messi 🐐 has so far won 4️⃣8️⃣ trophies and over 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ individual awards in his professional football career!

📈6️⃣ 🏆 TROPHIES WITH ARGENTINA
2️⃣ Copa America ✅
1️⃣ FIFA World Cup ✅
1️⃣ Finalissima ✅
1️⃣ Olympics Gold ✅
1️⃣ FIFA U-20 World Cup ✅

📈3️⃣5️⃣ 🏆 TROPHIES WITH BARCELONA
1️⃣0️⃣ La Liga ✅
4️⃣ UEFA Champions League ✅
7️⃣ Copa del Rey ✅
8️⃣ Supercopa ✅
3️⃣ UEFA Super Cup ✅
3️⃣ FIFA Club World Cup ✅

📈3️⃣ 🏆 TROPHIES WITH PSG
2️⃣ Ligue 1 ✅
1️⃣ Trophée des Champions ✅

📈4️⃣ 🏆 TROPHY WITH INTER MIAMI
1️⃣ MLS Cup ✅
1️⃣ Leagues Cup ✅
1️⃣ Supporters Shield ✅
1️⃣ Eastern Conference Championship ✅

EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
1️⃣4️⃣ Argentine Footballer of the Year ✅
9️⃣ La Liga Best Player ✅
8️⃣ Pichichi Awards ✅
8️⃣ Ballon d'Or Awards ✅
8️⃣ FIFA Best Player Awards ✅
6️⃣ World Soccer Player of the Year ✅
6️⃣ European Golden Boot Awards ✅
3️⃣ UEFA Best Player Awards ✅
2️⃣ FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Awards ✅
1️⃣6️⃣ FIFA World Cup Man of the Match Awards ✅
2️⃣ Laureus World Sportsman of the Year ✅
2️⃣ MLS MVP
1️⃣ MLS Golden Boot
1️⃣4️⃣ MLS Player of the Matchday ✅
5️⃣ MLS Player of the Month ✅
1️⃣ Leagues Cup Best Player ✅
1️⃣ Leagues Cup Top Scorer ✅
1️⃣ MARCA America Award ✅
1️⃣ CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers Top Scorer ✅
1️⃣ Princess of Asturias Award ✅

#FIFA
#FIFAWorldCup
#FIFAWorldCup2026

#Argentina                    

#Messi𓃵
#Messi
#LeoMessi
#LionelMessi
#GOAT

[Sage @Sage_FCB]

🎙Thierry Henry on Lionel Messi winning the Golden Ball award before the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and Spain:

🗣“For me, it was never a debate. Lionel Messi has been the best player at this World Cup, and the Golden Ball is awarded for what you've done throughout the tournament, not just the final.

At 39 years old, he's produced eight goals and four assists. That's extraordinary. What he's doing at this stage of his career is something we may never see again.

People talk about numbers, but it's also the way he controls games and makes everyone around him better. No player has had a bigger impact on this tournament than Lionel Messi, and he fully deserves the award.”

[Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 @Alex_Oloyede2]

Dragged Argentina to 3 world cup finals, hate him or love him, he's the greatest football player of all time.

I don't think any Argentine should feel sad, the last 5yrs have been a wonderful spectacule. An honour it has been to watch him. 🇦🇷❤️

[𝗠𝗕𝗥. @absolutkylian]

🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Lionel Messi not winning the World Cup Golden Ball:

🗣️: “What else did Messi have to do to win it? I genuinely don’t understand the criteria anymore. If you look back at 2018, Luka Modrić won the Golden Ball without winning the World Cup. So what changed now?

“Messi carried Argentina throughout the tournament, delivered when it mattered most, and was once again the player everyone feared. If that wasn’t enough, then tell me what is.

“It feels like the standards are always different when it comes to Messi. Every other player gets judged one way, but with him, people suddenly move the goalposts. It’s always against Messi.

“I’m happy for Rodri, but from a football perspective, I don’t think anyone had a stronger case than Messi.”

[Franklin @FranklinEzeudu]

There will be more Ballon d’Or winners.
More World Cup winners.
But another Lionel Messi? That feels like a once-in-a-lifetime story. 🐐🇦🇷

[Michael @LaLigaMichael]

This is where it all started for Spain, with Luis Aragones.

He pissed people off by pushing Raul out, then shook the world by making Xavi the face of a revolution from La Furia Española to tiki-taka.

Now Luis de la Fuente is adding to the legacy. 😍🇪🇸