Erling Haaland on Lionel Messi after his masterclass against Austria and becoming the all-time World Cup top scorer:
🗣️ “I don't think people fully understand what they just witnessed. Breaking the all-time World Cup goalscoring record is already historic, but doing it with a performance like that against Austria makes it even more unbelievable.”
“Everyone in the stadium knew what was at stake. The fans knew it, the defenders knew it, the entire football world knew it. Yet Lionel Messi still stepped onto the pitch and played as if the pressure didn't exist.”
“What amazed me most was not the record itself. It was the way he controlled the game. Every time he touched the ball, something happened. Every attack felt dangerous. Every Austrian player looked worried whenever he got possession.”
“Most players become nervous when history is waiting for them. Messi looked completely relaxed. It was almost like he had already seen the script before the match even started.”
“As a striker, I know how difficult it is to score goals when everyone is focused on stopping you. Now imagine doing it at the World Cup, against elite defenders, with an entire nation expecting greatness from you. That is a different level.”
“The scary thing is that he didn't look like a player chasing a record. He looked like a player enjoying football. And somehow, while enjoying football, he ended up becoming the greatest goalscorer in World Cup history.”
“When I was watching him, there were moments where it felt impossible to get the ball off him. Austria were trying everything, but he always had an answer. One touch, one turn, one pass, one finish everything looked effortless.”
“People talk about talent, but what separates Messi is consistency. Anyone can have one magical tournament. Very few can dominate World Cups across different generations and different eras.”
“I honestly believe that decades from now, fans will still be talking about this performance. Not just because a record was broken, but because of how it was broken. It felt like football history bowing to the greatest player of all time.”
“And if you ask me what I saw, my answer is simple: I saw Lionel Messi turn the biggest stage in football into his own masterpiece and leave it as the undisputed king of World Cup goalscoring.”
Lionel Messi on the 100-year-old fan holding the “100 YEAR OLD MESSI FAN” banner:
🗣️ “When I saw her in the stands… I honestly had to hold myself together. In that moment, football disappeared for me. It wasn’t a stadium anymore, it wasn’t noise, it wasn’t pressure it was just emotion.”
“Someone who has lived a whole century of life… through wars, through generations, through everything the world has endured… and she is still here, smiling, holding my name in her hands. I don’t even know how to explain what that feels like.”
“It made me think about everything my first steps in football, the dreams I had as a child, the sacrifices my family made… and somehow, through all those years, my name reached someone like her. It’s overwhelming.”
“I don’t deserve something like that. No player does. Because this goes beyond football. This is love from a lifetime, not just a moment.”
“I looked at her and I just wanted to stop time for a second… to say thank you properly. Not as a footballer, but as a human being who understands how rare it is to be loved like that for so long.”
“There are goals that make noise, trophies that make headlines, but this… this was something completely different. Pure, unconditional connection between two lives that were never meant to meet, but somehow did through football.”
“If I could give her anything, it wouldn’t be a shirt or a photo. It would be time. Because the fact she spent part of her life supporting me… I will carry that forever.”
“When I retire, I will remember nights like this more than anything else. Because at the end of everything, football is not about records… it is about hearts that connect without even speaking.”
“And in that moment, I realized something very simple… I am not just playing for trophies. I am playing for people like her.”
🇳🇴🥁🚣🏻♂️ Uma das melhores imagens da Copa do Mundo!
Jogadores e torcedores da Noruega remando juntos após a vitória por 3 a 2 sobre Senegal.
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Quem tá falando de derby em final de Libertadores quer no mínimo aparecer.
Quer suprir alguma carência emocional, a falta de algo da infância...
Não existe isso. É utopia, é distorção de realidade, é coisa que não se pode imaginar de jeito nenhum.
Eu explico o porquê:
como eu tenho memória curta, única partida de futebol que consigo acessar é Flamengo 0x3 Palmeiras.
qualquer outra, sinto muito, mas não me recordo.
ótima noite!