▫️Barcelona have 29 league titles
He won 10 of it.
▫️Barcelona have 5 champions leagues.
He won 4 of it
▫️Barcelona have 12 ballon D’ors
He won 6 of it.
He was Barcelona himself. 😭
🎙️ De Paul sobre a visita de Messi no Camp Nou:
"Antes de voarmos, Leo me surpreendeu. Ele olhou para mim, com aquele sorriso tranquilo, e disse: 'De Paul, antes de irmos, vamos passar por Barcelona, eu quero ver o Camp Nou'. Eu achei que ele estivesse só brincando, mas ele estava falando sério.
Então, pegamos um jato particular e voamos para Barcelona. Quando chegamos lá, ninguém sabia que estávamos lá.
Messi quis fazer essa visita em silêncio, sem câmeras, sem flashes, sem barulho... Ficamos no hotel de frente para o estádio, Messi sentou na varanda, ficou olhando fixamente para o Camp Nou e disse: 'Todo esse lugar guarda uma parte de mim.'
Depois do jantar, ele pediu para passarmos rapidamente no estádio. Chegando lá, Leo foi em direção ao centro do gramado e ficou ali, em silêncio. Lembrando de todas as glórias que ele presenciou lá."
Piers Morgan 🗣️: “Ronaldo carried Real Madrid and won matches on his own. Messi can’t do that.”
Zlatan 🗣️: “After Messi left Barcelona, they went on to play in the Europa League twice. But after Ronaldo left Real Madrid, they went on to win multiple La Ligas and Champions Leagues. So now tell me, who was carrying whom?”
“Portugal had never won a World Cup. Argentina already had one, so Messi had it easier.”
This might be the dumbest excuse Ronaldo fans have manufactured to cope with their idolo's failure.
Messi did not play with Kempes or Maradona.
Argentina went 24 years without reaching a World Cup final and 36 years without winning it before Messi ended both droughts.
2014:
Messi dragged a limited attacking team to the final.
4 goals.
13 clear-cut chances created.
46 successful dribbles.
Golden Ball.
The final attack was Messi, Higuaín and Lavezzi. Di María was unavailable.
2022:
7 goals.
3 assists.
2 goals in the final.
Golden Ball.
The first player ever to score in every round of a World Cup.
2026:
At 39 years old:
8 goals.
4 assists.
Another World Cup final.
Three different Argentina teams.
Three World Cup finals.
Messi was the attacking constant in every one.
Meanwhile Ronaldo had:
2006 -Figo, Deco, Carvalho, Maniche, Simão, Pauleta.
2022 - Costa, Cancelo, Dias, Pepe, Nuno Mendes, Palhinha, Vitinha, Bernardo, Bruno, Félix and Leão.
2026 - a top-five ranked team, reigning Nations League champions, four fresh Champions League winners, plus Dias, Cancelo, Bruno and Bernardo.
His best and deepest Portugal squads still produced a quarter-final exit in 2022 and a round-of-16 exit in 2026.
Portugal were even ranked ABOVE Argentina entering both the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.
Past trophies do not play football.
Messi did not inherit Argentina’s history.
He restored it.
Ronaldo did not suffer because Portugal lacked history.
🇵🇹 Portugal lacked a player capable of taking them to a World Cup final.
🇦🇷🐐
Throwback to when Messi took off his captain's armband and gave it to Inter Miami's old captain to do the honor of lifting the first trophy won by the team with Messi.
Class 🇦🇷
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. 🐐
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "They Couldn't Stop Messi on the Pitch, So They Attacked Him Off It"
🗣️: "People keep asking me why Messi suddenly became the target at this World Cup. It's simple. He reminded the world who he is."
"They expected a 39-year-old man to come here for a farewell tour. Instead, he arrived scoring goals, creating chances, deciding matches, and making football look effortless. Every performance pushed the debate further away because the truth became impossible to ignore."
"The moment people, even some Ronaldo fans started admitting that Messi is the greatest, panic set in. Suddenly, pages that had never cared about football were talking about 'rigged' tournaments. Not tactics, not performances, not football. Just propaganda. When you can't stop greatness on the pitch, you try to bury it off the pitch."
"Messi's only crime was being too good. He embarrassed younger players at 39 and made people question everything they had spent years arguing. That is why the noise became louder every time he had another masterclass."
"Then Ronaldo got knocked out, and the campaign became even bigger. Instead of celebrating football, people desperately searched for excuses to discredit the one player who kept delivering. That's what happens when emotion loses to reality."
"Messi didn't need to lift another World Cup to prove anything. On the biggest stage, at 39 years old, he reminded the world why millions call him the greatest footballer ever. Legends don't need propaganda. Their football speaks for them. The rest only need excuses."
Two men run a marathon. They keep swapping the lead for 42km. With 2km left, one pulls away and wins.
The other guy’s fans: “Yeah, but remember kilometer 17?”
That’s what the Messi vs Ronaldo debate sounds like in 2026.