At 39, Lionel Messi has a real chance to recreate one of the greatest achievements of his career.
Back at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he won both the Golden Ball and Golden Boot, finishing with 6 goals and 2 assists in 7 matches, including a match-winning brace in the final against Nigeria.
Lately, it feels like Messi has been reliving the best chapters of his career.
Will he complete the story by taking home both individual awards once again at the 2026 FIFA World Cup? 🐐🏆
My guy told me about this lady he boarded a bike with, they got talking and he told her he is from Oyo, then she kept on saying "Oyo a yo omo le" repeatedly, he said he didn't understand till she kind of disappeared when they got to their destination.
🇦🇷🗣️ Messi in the documentary about the reason for his smile when France equalised:
“I felt like football was telling me, this cup was not created for me to be its champion. I felt that the 2014 scenario would be repeated and I would be sad, but something inside me told me, ‘Wake up, you fool. This is no longer your dream. It has become the dream of the world.’ And indeed, I stood on my feet again and said, ‘Nothing will stop me.’ Realizing my dream this time”
Did you know 😏
He rubbed lemon juice on his face. Robbed two banks. Smiled at the cameras. Got caught in an hour. And changed psychology forever.
In 1995, McArthur Wheeler walked into two banks in Pittsburgh and robbed them with no mask, no disguise, and lemon juice on his face. He believed that because lemon juice works as invisible ink on paper, it would make his face invisible to cameras. He smiled directly into the security cameras. Police aired the footage on the evening news and arrested him within an hour.
When shown the tape, Wheeler stared at the screen and said, "But I wore the juice." He had tested the theory with a Polaroid selfie and didn't appear in the photo — because lemon juice got in his eyes and he aimed the camera at the ceiling.
His case inspired Cornell psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger to publish their 1999 paper defining the Dunning-Kruger Effect — the cognitive bias where people with low ability drastically overestimate their own competence.
I think it is just due that I spin a 🧵for ambitious/career/beautiful women currently making their bread.
Take this from a brother.
There's a strain of men who deploy a particularly psychological tool, you should discern against.
They won't like this tweet but I'll explain.