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[Unpopularfootyx @Unpopularfootyx]

🚨🎙️ ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ ON LIONEL MESSI'S INFLUENCE ON ARGENTINA AFTER THEIR WIN OVER AUSTRIA:

“I'm obsessed with watching Messi.

Not because he's my friend.

Not because of nostalgia.

Because after all these years, I'm still trying to understand how one player can control a football match without touching the ball every minute.

I watched Argentina today and the first thing I noticed wasn't the scoreline.

It was the way Austria reacted whenever Messi moved.

One step to the left, defenders follow.

One drop into midfield, the entire shape changes.

One glance over his shoulder panic.

That's not football.

That's psychological warfare.

And that's why I laugh when people reduce him to goals and assists.

They don't understand what they're watching.

Messi isn't just Argentina's best player.

He's Argentina's system.

He's their confidence.

He's their belief.

He's the reason every teammate walks onto the pitch thinking the impossible is possible.

People ask me about the GOAT debate.

What debate?
Seriously.

What debate?

For me, there isn't one.

The debate exists because television needs content and social media needs arguments.

When I watch football, I don't see a debate.

I see Messi.

Then I see everybody else.

That doesn't mean other legends weren't incredible.

It means I've never seen another player influence a match, a team and an entire generation of football the way Messi has.

And today was another reminder.

He didn't need a hat-trick.

He didn't need to score from 40 yards.

He just needed to be Lionel Messi.

And suddenly Argentina looked like a completely different team.

That's greatness.

Not when everything depends on you.

When everybody becomes better because you're there.

I've played against great players.

I've played with great players.

But Messi is the only player I've ever watched and genuinely thought:

'This isn't normal.'

The scary thing?

Opponents know exactly what he's going to do.

And they still can't stop it.

That's why I don't waste my time with comparisons anymore.

Some players become legends.

Some players become icons.

Messi became a category of his own.

And after today's performance, if you're still asking me who the greatest footballer of all time is...

You're asking the wrong question.

The right question is:
Will football ever produce another one like him?”

[irina @irinamaquilla]

messi está sirviendo concha

[Gastón Edul @gastonedul]

El mejor deportista de todos los tiempos. Con casi 39 años. Es emocionante y difícil de dimensionar

[Hernán Efe @detacoydepuntin]

Esto es tremendamente conmovedor, si están sensibles no lo vean.

[her🎀 @iam_dijah5]

Concerts are where you realize how beautiful it is to be alive in this fucked up world

[Joel @Joel7zz]

hongo y honga antes de que se muriera honga ;(

[whygee @whhygee]

Who decided that candles go on top?

[val 🌟 @mothercalumnia]

una pibita de 17 llorando por el ex en bariloche
el polaco: deja de llorar deja de sufrir que ya no puedo verte mas asi el no se merece tu amooooor

[ηιүα ♛ @niy2pretty]

Imagine if social media closed every day at 6pm like a shop.

[ª @daianitaaobes]

me costó mucho volver a pedir empanadas ahí

[Images AI Could Never Recreate @imagesaicouldnt]

🗣️

[Xirooop :3 @japanoiseX]

y si hay yerba para q los forros

[nicoo @nicodauson_]

- que calor
+ mal es insoportable
-
+
- un calor hace
+ si mal un calor

[bonjour caposhit @caposhlt]

-se te acusa formalmente de los siguientes delitos, robo con violencia.

+No es serio

-uso de arma, alteraciones del orden público

+Lamentablemente falso che. No paso.

-este tribunal dicta sentencia. Se condena al acusado a 912 años de prisión.

+toca mamar

[qué pasa si de repente llega un marciano @simplementecat]

Es muy raro el silencio de Lanata en medio de este escándalo