“Why everyone suddenly hates Messi” is genuinely the most misguided take of all time.
I’ve seen so many posts similar to this lately. Painting Argentina and Messi as the ‘victims’ of a big hate campaign. Pull up whatever irrelevant algorithmic data you want. Blame paid accounts. Quote psychological theory. At the end of the day… it’s pretty simple.
Barcelona allegedly paid off referees for 2 decades, spanning Messi’s entire career…
The Argentinian FA are being investigated for money laundering. We’ve all seen the blatant refereeing favouritism across two World Cups now. We all saw their violent, aggressive and petulant behaviour all tournament. We aren’t blind…
Inter Miami, disproportionate to the rest of the MLS, hoarded old European talent and walk the league as soon as Messi arrives. Somehow qualifying for the Club World Cup without actually meeting any criteria for such qualification. This is a plastic club, with no history and purchased success…
While you can’t blame all of this on Messi, obviously. He is clearly complicit. He clearly benefits from the purchased success of such institutions. He is clearly a money milking machine for FIFA and America. Something Infantino is well aware of… he ‘suffers’ with Messi after all.
And people don’t like it. People don’t like blatantly manufactured success. People don’t like cheats. People don’t like teachers pets. People don’t like players that try and get other players (Cucurella) unfairly sent off in a World Cup final when they are clearly being outclassed on the pitch. People don’t like people that lack integrity.
But nah. I guess we’re all swept up in mass hysteria! We’re all brain washed! And this is dangerous rhetoric!
Shut up. The Messi bias is nauseating.
Es increíble la cantidad de robos que hizo Argentina a España en la final del Mundial y aún así les metieron un BAILE.
13 minutos de video para los que no pudieron ver la final. Es asqueroso. Infantino quería la segunda de Messi como sea. https://t.co/HIs6AyRfBW
Lo de la @Argentina (@AFA) es la definición de antifútbol y mal perder. No supieron ganar en el campo y han demostrado una falta de dignidad absoluta fuera de él. Dar la espalda y negar el aplauso a la @SEFutbol es una actitud marrullera, tosca e inaceptable para profesionales.
🚨🗣 Egypt's Coach Hossam Hassan after Argentina lost the world cup final:
"If you notice, they tried their best to rob Spain but it didn't just work, they canceled Nico Williams goals for a foul they wouldn't have canceled if it was Argentina"
"I am very happy Spain won because they were the better team and they won over corruption. Football won today"
• الهداف التاريخي لكرة القدم: رونالدو 🇵🇹
• الهداف التاريخي للمنتخبات: رونالدو 🇵🇹
• أكثر لاعب مشاركة مع المنتخبات: رونالدو 🇵🇹
• أكثر هاتريك مع المنتخبات: رونالدو 🇵🇹
• أكثر صناعة مع المنتخبات: نيمار 🇧🇷
• هداف كأس العالم تاريخيًا: مبابي 🇫🇷
• هداف كوبا أمريكا تاريخيًا: زيزينيو ونوربيرتو مينديز 🌎
• الهداف التاريخي لدوري أبطال أوروبا: رونالدو 🇵🇹
• أكثر صناعة في دوري أبطال أوروبا: رونالدو 🇵🇹
وفي النهاية يقولك: ميسي ختم كرة القدم 💀
Exposing Pessi in the every tournament he has played. My god, how can Pessians call him the goat when he is literally nobody in the major competitions without daddy infantino 😭.
Disgusting behaviour by the Argentinians at the end, especially Paredes.
Just a bunch of nasty violent thugs, and a disgrace to football. Never been so happy to see a team lose.
🚨 🇩🇪 Toni Kroos on How the GOAT Criteria Kept Changing;
🗣️"What I find funny is how the narrative kept changing. In 2016, when Cristiano Ronaldo won the Euros while Messi still hadn't won an international trophy, many people still refused to call Ronaldo the GOAT.
Then Kylian Mbappé won the World Cup in 2018, and suddenly the World Cup wasn't enough to make someone the greatest.
But the moment Messi finally won it in 2022, the same people started saying, 'You can't be the GOAT without a World Cup.' That's not consistency, that's moving the goalposts.
I have huge respect for Messi as one of football's greatest ever players after Cristiano Ronaldo but some of his fans have a habit of changing the criteria whenever it suits their argument."