🇦🇷 AT 38, LIONEL MESSI JUST REWROTE WORLD CUP HISTORY!
🐐 The GOAT delivered an unforgettable masterclass:
🥇 Argentina’s OLDEST ever World Cup goalscorer
🥇 OLDEST player EVER to score a World Cup brace
🥇 His FIRST World Cup hat-trick
🥇 Joint ALL-TIME highest World Cup scorer
🥇 FIRST player in history to feature in 6 World Cups
🐐 This is legendary. This is Messi.
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Lionel Messi's goal against Algeria:
🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimovic:
I don't think there's a goalkeeper in the world saving that finish. When Messi decides that's where the ball is going, it's over.
People keep asking how he's still doing this at his age. My question is, how has he never stopped? He looks like a player who has refused to let time touch his football.
Those are the kinds of goals only the greatest players ever score. The technique, the composure, the timing everything about it is elite. It's the same type of finish he was producing as a teenager, and years later he's still reminding everyone why he's different.
Many people will always debate who the greatest is, and that's football. But one thing is undeniable: Messi is one of a kind. Players come and go, generations change, but moments like this remind you that some talents simply cannot be compared.
You don't judge Messi by his age anymore. You judge him by the impossible standards he keeps setting for everyone else.
Leo Messi: "I can't ask for anything more, God gave me too much, now everything is just to enjoy.
"I'm just happy to being considered as one of the best in football history, I'm just grateful to be considered among many great players..."
🚨 Leo Messi: “This is my sixth World Cup, and I still feel like I'm in good shape”.
“Fortunately, I'm doing well, we managed to win a tough match. It's important to start the tournament with a victory in the first game, as that's never easy in a World Cup”.
🚨 Lionel Messi becomes the FIRST & ONLY player in HISTORY to score 800 non-penalty goals!
🇦🇷 Messi - 800 (1157 Games)
🇵🇹 Ronaldo - 790 (1325 Games)
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on Lionel Messi crying after scoring for Argentina:
“People are surprised when they see Messi in tears, but I’m not. That’s what happens when football is part of your soul.”
“Some players score goals and celebrate for the cameras. Messi scores and feels the weight of an entire nation on his shoulders.”
“He has won everything there is to win, yet the World Cup still touches him differently. That is because playing for Argentina is not a job to him, it is a responsibility.”
“The tears were not about one goal. They were about sacrifice, expectation, and years of fighting for that badge.”
“When you see that emotion, you understand why he has stayed at the top for so long. Talent can make you great, but love for the game is what keeps you there.”
“That moment reminded everyone that even legends are human.”
🚨 Leo Messi: “It is a great honor to be able to compete with all these greats, including Ronaldo Nazario, among the players I have watched”.
“He was one of the greatest players of all time”.
🇦🇷 Rodrigo de Paul: “Trust me, Messi doesn’t even know most of the records he’s beating!”.
“I swear to you that he isn't chasing individual records, but he ends up achieving them all”.
❤️🩹 Leo Messi: “I cried after the first goal, yes… but it was something completely unrelated to football”.
“I went through some difficult days, but I’m grateful to the entire delegation and my teammates because they were always by my side, giving me a lot of strength”.
🚨OFFICIAL: Lionel Messi has been named Man of the Match against Algeria. 🐐🇦🇷
He now holds the record for the most Man of the Match awards in FIFA World Cup history. 🤯🏆
Joint-top scorer in @FIFAWorldCup history ✅
200th Argentina appearance ✅
Record-extending 27th FIFA World Cup appearance ✅
First-ever FIFA World Cup hat-trick ✅
A historic night for Lionel Messi! 🙌