In 2022, he could have faced Brazil in the semi-final but Brazil lost to Croatia.
In 2010, he could have faced England in the quarter-finals but England lost to Germany.
In 2014, he could have faced Portugal in the Round of 16 but Portugal got knocked out in the group stage.
Italy didn’t even make it out of the group stage the last time they were in the World Cup
Meanwhile, Messi advanced to the next round in all of these stages while the people he was supposed to play against didn’t
So how was any of this Messi’s fault?
🚨🔴🔵 Yan Diomandé has verbally agreed to sign a five year deal at Paris Saint-Germain.
Salary and details agreed as @FabriceHawkins reports, he wants PSG.
Negotiations starting between clubs in a separate deal than Maghnes Akliouche, both are ongoing. 🇨🇮🇫🇷
🌎🇦🇷 Lionel Scaloni: “Messi could have played the full game yesterday and added even more to his legend… but he chose to let his teammates get playing time”.
“He doesn’t think about the records people talk about, that says everything about what Argentina means to him.”
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo against South American national teams:
• 13 games
• 1 goal
• 1 assist
• 1win
• 6 draws
• 6 losses
🚨 Leo Messi against European national teams:
• 39 games
• 25 goal
• 15 assist
• 26 win
• 3 draws
• 10 losses
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
🚨🔴⚫️ BREAKING: Gonçalo Ramos to AC Milan, here we go! Deal agreed between the clubs and on player side.
Club record signing for AC Milan, breaking Leão record as it was €50m — fee will be way in excess of this with add-ons.
Deal also done on player side. 🇵🇹
Each member of Argentina's World Cup team is wearing a personalized shirt with a picture of them and Messi for his birthday 🥹
This team loves their captain ❤️