Pau Cubarsi actually meant it when he said this after World Cup final - "On one hand I am happy, but I am also sad because Messi is my idol and it pains to see him lose." 🥺
"He definitively ended the debate about who is the greatest footballer of all time" 🐐
@MikeLahoud and @PhilKitro say Lionel Messi got the biggest legacy boost at this summer's World Cup.
Some people lost my respect these past weeks. Mehdi Hassan is one of them.
Spain vs Argentina as a Palestine/Israel proxy? Lazy, tasteless, stupid.
Bardem rightly corrected him—Argentina isn't Milei.
Mehdi won't recover from this in my eyes.
🚨🎥 Translation of what happened in this clip between Otamendi and Rodri.
🗣 Otamendi: "Talk less, man. I've spent the whole week with you whining and crying — the whole week with you lot crying.. You and Laporte, both of you!"
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Lionel Messi not winning the World Cup Golden Ball:
🗣️: “What else did Messi have to do to win it? I genuinely don’t understand the criteria anymore. If you look back at 2018, Luka Modrić won the Golden Ball without winning the World Cup. So what changed now?
“Messi carried Argentina throughout the tournament, delivered when it mattered most, and was once again the player everyone feared. If that wasn’t enough, then tell me what is.
“It feels like the standards are always different when it comes to Messi. Every other player gets judged one way, but with him, people suddenly move the goalposts. It’s always against Messi.
“I’m happy for Rodri, but from a football perspective, I don’t think anyone had a stronger case than Messi.”
Oh man, it’s still so tough seeing Messi in tears. He just produced one of the biggest carry jobs I’ve ever seen, approaching 40… we will NEVER see anything remotely like this again.
Once again, the undisputed GOAT, and this campaign only further cemented his legacy. Still the best itw.
Thank you for everything.
Dropping one of the best World Cup campaigns at the age of 39.
Greatest sportsman of all time.
Greatest player in history of the sport.