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[Peak Football @ukporo1]

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that a 39 years old MLS player was the best player at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 😭

It’s not talked about enough because his name is LIONEL MESSI. 😭

[✰ @lovellywinter]

تنظيم قطر للنهائي ولا غلطة
كل الصور عبالك لقطة من فيلم

[Eniola Johnson @Eni_jjj]

There will never be another Lionel Messi. There will be great players, legends even, but what Messi brought to football was one of one. Some things happen only once.

[H 5.0 🇦🇷 @hoorfromheaven]

The best part of the entire World Cup was Argentina beating Egypt and England FAIR AND SQUARE.

[Messias @Messias30_]

Nos dió un Mundial

Nos dió 2 Copas América

Nos dió una Finalissima

Nos dió una eliminación a Inglaterra

Sos eterno, capitán.

[MessiXtra @MessiXtraHQ]

🚨 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄: Leo Messi is the only player in history to never be eliminated in the group stage throughout his career. 🐐

[Eniola Johnson @Eni_jjj]

This level of consistency over an entire career is almost impossible to appreciate until you stop and think about it.

[𝐏𝐒𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐓 @PSGINT_]

it's absolutely crazy to me how Rodri ROBBED Messi in broad daylight

it was clear for everyone who watched this world cup that Messi was the best

[Kashi @JackSablier]

Creo que este dibujo cambió mi perspectiva de la trayectoria de Messi, cómo si hubiera tenido que perder para completar las etapas en la vida de un hombre con lo que ama.

[Evan @evv821]

My favorite ever version of Messi. In his prime he was just too freakishly good to do anything that surprised you, this tournament actually shocked me

[ROD @CANTCMELO]

This man is a character LMAOOO

[Beno SarkCess @benopaonyx1]

“Ronaldo is yet to achieve Messi’s failure”

This is definitely the greatest FT quote ever.

[𝐻𝑖𝑚𝑖 ☾︎ @heyitshimi]

Greatest quotes of football :

1.“The downfall of the great has always been the joy of the mediocre.”

2. " Ronaldo still has to achieve Messi's failures"

[Gradient Sports @Gradient_Sports]

Lionel Messi was our highest-graded player at the 2022 World Cup AND the 2026 World Cup using our Overall Grade methodology.

Dominant.

#FWC26 🇦🇷

[Messimerize @messimerize10]

At 29 Messi retired from international football. Came out of retirement at 30 and the rest is history.

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

A terrifying fact you should know:

Imagine a parallel world where 39-year-old Maradona was the best player at the 1998 World Cup and led Argentina to the final.

Where 39-year-old Zidane was the best player at the 2010 World Cup and led France to the final.

Where 39-year-old Ronaldo Nazário was the best player at the 2014 World Cup and led Brazil to the final.

Where 39-year-old Ronaldinho was the best player at the 2018 World Cup and led Brazil to the final.

Sounds absurd, right?

Yet that’s exactly what Lionel Messi did at the 2026 World Cup.

Messi’s longevity is something football may never witness again and to maintain that level at 39 years old is simply unprecedented. 🐐

[Promo Joe @PromoJoeYT]

leave it to the professionals

#IJustHadAnOutOfBodyExperience

[Selección Argentina in English @AFASeleccionEN]

The 𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘𝖙 of all 🐐.

[🇦🇷 lucas llach 🇺🇦 @lucasllach]

Duele, sí, pero si nos decían en 2018 que a Messi le quedaban 2 mundiales con un campeonato y un subcampeonato, muchísimas obras de arte en el verde césped y 15 goles lo habríamos tratado de loco.

SOS EL SER VIVO MÁS GRANDE QUE HA PISADO ESTA TIERRA, LIONEL.

[Peter Agboola @baba_Omoloro]

Seven (7) of the fifteen (15) finals Ronaldo lost was to Lionel Messi.

That's 46.7%.