Nancy Maina

Lead, follow or get out of the way. Goonerette❤️ Messi❤️ Saliba❤️

[SethOfficial @UTD_Seth001]

🚨Lionel Scaloni on Lionel Messi after Argentina’s comeback against Egypt:

🗣️ Reporter: “Scaloni, people always say this team is trying to win the World Cup for Messi. Do you feel that pressure?”

🗣️ Lionel Scaloni:

“I actually think people have it the wrong way around.

Today, it looked like Leo was trying to win it for all of us.

We were two goals behind. The game was slipping away. He never complained, never pointed fingers. He simply asked for the ball.

He created our first goal.

Then he scored the equaliser.

That is what leaders do.

After the final whistle, I saw something people rarely see. Leo was emotional. Not because he had scored, but because he genuinely carries the responsibility of this team on his shoulders. Sometimes I think he worries more about letting his teammates down than any of us worry about letting him down.

That’s why this dressing room respects him so much.

People admire Lionel Messi because of the goals and the trophies.

We admire him because, even after everything he has achieved, he still feels responsible for every player wearing the Argentina shirt.

[Mod @CFCMods]

This is what it means to have a team that loves you https://t.co/N0miB7gGmI

[All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 @AlbicelesteTalk]

MOST GOALS IN WORLD CUP HISTORY.

MOST ASSISTS IN WORLD CUP HISTORY.

GREATEST EVER.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

👑🇦🇷 Leo Messi and Argentina players lifting him after the game.

[Berneese @theberneese]

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH MESSI😭❤️

[B/R Football @brfootball]

LIONEL MESSI GOAL AND ASSIST.

WHEN ARGENTINA NEEDS HIM.

OF COURSE 🐐

[MC @CrewsMat10]

THE GREATEST THERE IS
THE GREATEST THERE WAS
THE GREATEST THERE EVER WILL BE

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

Argentina pull it back late to secure their spot in the last eight! 👏

#FIFAWorldCup

[Tekkers Foot @tekkersfoot]

🚨🚨 LIONEL MESSI HAS EQUALIZED IN THE 84TH MINUTE FOR ARGENTINA! THIS IS UNREAL! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Argentina 2-2 Egypt.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

😘🏆

[ESPN UK @ESPNUK]

Martin Ødegaard recreating this Andrés Iniesta's photo against Brazil 📸😮‍💨

[Mod @CFCMods]

Thank you for never ever disappointing me.

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, save this post and read it later. If you’re a night owl like me, this is a good late-night read.

Do you know the worst thing about Cristiano Ronaldo?

It’s that he set the standards for what defines a legend… and in the end, he couldn’t even live up to the standards he created himself.

After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo said:

“You can’t become a legend until you win a trophy with your national team.”

It was an obvious dig at Messi.

Argentina had just lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany, and Messi was going through the toughest period of his international career. Those words only added fuel to the fire.

Where was the respect for a rival, Ronaldo?

The surprising part was that social media completely embraced that narrative. Messi was labeled a bottler, while Ronaldo was declared the winner of the rivalry—at least in the media, not on the pitch.

Then Messi retired from international football, came back, won the Copa América, and suddenly they were level in major international trophies.

What happened next?

Ronaldo fans started saying that one Euro is worth more than a hundred Copa Américas, claiming there was no competition in South America. Not true—but that became the excuse.

Then Messi went on to win the World Cup.

This time, the excuses changed again.

They claimed FIFA had fixed the tournament for Messi. That the World Cup was scripted in his favor. They simply didn’t know what else to say.

Then Ronaldo himself came out with one of the strangest quotes imaginable:

“A legend’s career can’t be defined by just seven games.”

At first glance, it sounds reasonable.

But beneath it was another attempt to diminish what Messi had achieved.

Before the World Cup, they insisted it would be Ronaldo’s tournament. On paper, Portugal had a fantastic squad. If the manager couldn’t get the best out of them, that’s Portugal’s problem—not Ronaldo’s.

Yet that same Portugal squad wasn’t any weaker than the Argentina team Messi led to the 2014 World Cup final—the same team people mocked Messi for not carrying to the title.

Just a couple of days ago, Ronaldo said:

“The World Cup doesn’t define my career, whether I win it or not.”

A statement that directly contradicts what he had said years earlier, when he admitted that winning the World Cup would make him feel completely fulfilled.

Now you’re 41 years old, Cristiano.

By your own standards:

* You have 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8.
* You have one European Championship, not two Copa América titles.
* You never won the World Cup.
* You have four European Golden Shoes, while Messi has six—even though you’re an out-and-out striker.

So what now?

Will you keep playing until the next World Cup and become the first player to appear in one at 45, hoping to finally win it?

If we judged you by the standards you created, you wouldn’t qualify as a legend.

Of course, nobody actually judges you that way. Everyone still recognizes you as one of football’s greatest legends.

The real mistake was comparing Ronaldo to Messi in the first place.

That rivalry was exaggerated from the beginning by the media and figures like José Mourinho.

Messi conquered every major trophy available to him, shattered records that once seemed untouchable, and at 39 years old he’s still competing with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland—the stars of the next generation—for the Golden Boot. And honestly, he could still win it.

What made Messi beloved by so many fans is that he never tried to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements.

Ronaldo, on the other hand, repeatedly made comments that many interpreted as attempts to downplay his greatest rival’s accomplishments—and that’s never an admirable trait.

Cristiano helped create a generation that thinks belittling other people’s achievements while constantly glorifying your own is a way to establish dominance.

Good bye. Ronaldo.

[tesadventure @tesadventure]

Wow he gave an order, teammates didn’t even push back a bit

[BeksFCB @Joshua__Ubeku]

From hating Messi to tears! All of you will cry one after the other!

Jesus is King!

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

You can always rely on Mikel Merino.

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

2026 World Cup. Norway captain. Three games. Three assists.

Martin Ødegaard. It’s what he does.

Our skipper. 🇳🇴🫡

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

Battled like a warrior. We’re so proud of you, Takehiro. Forever one of us. ❤️

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Equalizer assisted by Gabriel Magalhães and winner scored by Gabriel Martinelli.

A Brazil win brought to you by Arsenal's Gabriels 🤝

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

When Brazil needed a hero.

#FIFAWorldCup