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Argentina3 - 0Benin
So, the day has come. The day millions, maybe even billions, have been dreading has finally arrived. A human, much like any of us, has somehow managed to change all of our lives. He has influenced us in ways that perhaps no one else ever could. I started watching him when I was around five or six, but somehow, it feels like I knew him even before that. Like I had been watching him play from my mother’s womb. There was always something different about him. And rightfully so. For more than ten years, he made my life what it was. He gave me moments I’ll probably never be able to put into words, and memories that I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. But alas, all great things must come to an end. Fortunately, his absence hasn’t really hit me yet. I don’t know when the days of sobbing and weeping will come, or when it’ll truly sink in that I won’t get to watch him play again. But for now, I’d rather dwell on the memories he gave me, as a Barça fan, an Argentina fan, and, above all, a Messi fan. If I had to describe his entire footballing journey in one sentence, it would be: He came, he saw, he conquered — both football and the hearts of billions. Gracias, Leo. For everything. The greatest there is. The greatest there was. The greatest there will ever be.
Argentina
Argentina3 - 0Benin
the last dance. el último tango. messi’s last match with argentina. a monumental and emotional moment. the amount of love and influence one player can have on an entire country says everything. his dream was to win a trophy with his country, and he did it. he’s won it all and given argentina memories that will last forever. thank you, leo, for your years of passion and everything you’ve given to your country and your people. he’ll forever be the goat. the #10 will always be legendary. gracias por todo, leo. 🇦🇷🐐
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
as Lionel Messi’s international career comes to an end, let’s not forget the road he has built and left behind for newer generations to look up to - that legacy he has cemented, marking him of course, the GREATEST OF ALL TIME! GRACIAS MESSI! 🩵🤍🩵🤍 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Well, this is one of those days in football I never wanted to witness, but sadly, it has arrived. You’re not leaving the game entirely, but stepping away from international football feels like the first step toward that day, which I can hardly bear to think about. Maybe the funniest way to honor you is to recognize what you did for millions of people: you made us willingly tune in and support Argentina, all to watch you play this little sport called football. I’m not Argentine, but somewhere along the way that stopped mattering. When you played, we all became a little bit Argentine. I’ll never forget the highs and lows I experienced following you. The 2014 World Cup final, when you were so close to conquering the sport so early on in your career. The back-to-back Copa América finals lost on penalties. But you deserved more than that. You got more than that. You finally lifted your very first international trophy in 2021. Of course I’ll always remember 2022, the greatest World Cup campaign I’ll ever witness, with the most entertaining final of all time. Then we got another Copa in 2024. You literally won every trophy that you lost, how perfect was that? After years of people saying you couldn’t do it for Argentina, you won everything there was to win. But the trophies aren’t what I’ll remember most. It’s the way you played, the way you always entertained me. The dribbles that made defenders look lost, the passes no one else could see, the free kicks that felt like penalties the moment the referee blew the whistle. You made the impossible look routine, and you did it with a quiet humility that made billions fall in love with you. This summer’s ending was bittersweet, and honestly, part of me wishes you’d won it. But you had nothing left to prove. You gave me more than I ever had the right to ask for: the story of your career. There will never be another player who can do what you did. You are football. You are eternal. Thank you for everything, Leo.
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
The first time I watched Lionel Messi play for Barcalona I was in 2014. I was around three or four at my cousins house while my mama and papa were out working. I remember being infatuated with him as a player. Everyone around me knew he was great but it was something I had to see. From than one I kept watching and watching him. Another first for me was watching him lose.. well not exactly first — I had an EMOTIONAL wc 2014 but I wasn’t exactly old enough to fully understand that. I think that 3-0 loss to Juve in the 16/17 showed me his first great loss to me. And obviously this isn’t an international game, but this had me sobbing. It’s like believing something would never break but than it ending up just as fragile as everything else is in life. This changed my feeling towards Messi for little me, it showed me to be happy and proud of him for playing so hard, but also sad for him when it isn’t exactly his time. This is also how I felt watching his 2018 wc loss. (Horrible year for little me with El Tri aswell!!!) Football is the most constant factor in my life. It’s been there for me through every up and down I’ve faced. Football brings my family together, football makes my dad happy, football cooled me down whenever I had fears about my livelihood. The biggest most constant thing in football for me is Lionel Messi. Messi raised what my idea of football was. Messi showed me what talent looked like. Messi showed me that poor Hispanic kids like us can do great things in our lives. He showed me many things that I don’t think most athletes can do. But there’s other constants in my life; family, friends, and sadder stuff obviously. But this lies into Messi as well. My papa is the biggest fanboy I know, i could bet that loves Messi more than 1/3 of this app I bet. Nothing made me happier growing up than watching Barca/Tigres with my family when ever we could. It’s the little things in life; such as sports, that makes people more connected with one another. (1/2)
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Messi, muchas gracias por todo. Ever since I laid my eyes on you on July 9, 2014, during the 2014 World Cup match against the Netherlands, I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I never really came from a football family, but I fell in love with the way you moved with the ball, so elegantly, so effortlessly, and so out of this world. At the time, I happened to be vacationing in the Dominican Republic, and I remember hearing the Argentine supporters singing and chanting. There was something about that atmosphere that captivated me. Instantly, I fell in love with football, and I decided I would follow you throughout your career. After the World Cup ended, I started supporting Barcelona. And just three years later, I got to see you play in person during the 2017 El Clásico friendly against Real Madrid here in Miami. I still remember what it felt like to see you standing on that pitch in front of me, the player I had spent years watching on a screen was suddenly right there. Since that day in 2014, so much has happened. I watched you experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. I watched you win everything there was to win, and I watched you endure moments when it seemed like the one thing you wanted most was always just out of reach. But you never stopped. And then came 2022. I don’t think I will ever be able to properly put into words what it felt like watching you lift the World Cup. After everything you had experienced with Argentina, seeing you finally become a world champion felt incredibly personal, even for those of us watching from thousands of miles away. You gave me memories I will carry for the rest of my life. You made me fall in love with football. You introduced me to Barcelona, to Argentina, to the beauty of this sport, and to a culture and community I may have never discovered otherwise.
Argentina
France1 - 1Italy
wtv
France
Aston Villa2 - 1Liverpool
What a day this was, 9 year old Theo was in dreamland with jubilant family around. Tim Sherwood gets a lot of stick for his time at Villa, most of it is rightfully so with his stubbornness in management, but let us not forget the memories he helped create in this FA Cup run. "Super Jack" Grealish making a name for himself this season and this was the biggest statement of them all, toying with Liverpool at every given chance. Prime Christian Benteke was something to behold, without shadow of a doubt he kept Villa up for multiple seasons with his lethal finishing. We all know this was the match that Liverpool saw him as a gem, a shame he didn't work out there in the end. His sale really hurt Villa and ultimately guided us to a dismal 20th place the next season, but I'm not here to dwell on the dark times. Fabian Delph leading by example with the armband, still scoring one of the most satisfying goals I've seen in football. Maybe I am biased, but the backheel from Benteke, the through ball from Grealish and then the cut back inside and the way the ball just bobbled over Mignolet into the back of the net, wow. To some it may seem like a simple goal, but Villans such as myself still remember every second to this day. The players defended for their lives at the end, Richardson with a goal line clearance, Given with his experience in helping us get over the line. And although there was a refereeing error in disallowing a Balotelli goal, I think we were definitely deserved winners for the passion those players gave on the pitch, something we didn't really see all season. Even when we were 1-0 down to a tidy Coutinho finish, I felt a spark telling something good is to come on this day. And it did. The 2010s don't give many good memories for Aston Villa, maybe why we all fondly remember this game, but I'm glad I do. I remember bragging at school about the result, I believe I earned it with the banter directed at my club constantly. We don't speak of the final though...
Aston Villa
Guatemala6 - 0El Salvador
TE AMOOO GUATEMALA, MI PAÍS, MI PATRIA, MI RAIZ
Guatemala
England2 - 3Spain
how does it feel, england? how does it feel to lose 3-2 at home, huh? #copingfromworldcup
Spain
Tottenham2 - 3Aston Villa
Heung-min almost cried when he saw the current state of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Aston VillaTottenham2 - 3Aston VillaFar from comfortable ending but I thought we were so good in that second half. The defensive shape Emery kept us in was elite management, Suzuki, Mings, Manzambi, Jackson and Ruggeri with standout performances. Glad to get 3 points, don't care how, but the 3 points is what matters. Would've been nice to keep a clean sheet and I thought Zion deserved it for his heroics, but football isn't kind, especially to Villa 😂 Buendia with his annual Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tax collection, what a way to do it too. He didn't have a great first half but showed up when it mattered ❤️🩹 Zion kept us in the game in the first half with crucial saves, without him it would've been a different story, I feel very safe with him❤️🩹❤️🩹 UTV 💜💙
Aston Villa
Juarez2 - 0Tigres UANL
I generally started crying 4 times watching this
Inter Miami2 - 0Cruz Azul
Personally I didn’t think the GOAT debate was settled until Messi won this Campeons Cup!
Inter MiamiInter Miami2 - 0Cruz Azul
Messi wins his 49th trophy!!!! 🐐 Cruz Azul letting down the country of Mexico ON Mexican Independence day, typical from them. Oh but if Miami was wearing yellow jerseys, Cruz Azul would’ve DIED for the badge.
Inter MiamiInter Miami2 - 0Cruz Azul
kinda boring but MESSI #49, 100 GOALS FOR INTER MIAMI 😭😭 THE GREATEST TO EVER LIVE 😭😭
Inter MiamiInter Miami2 - 0Cruz Azul
A goal and an assist from the one and only goat that led to his 49th career trophy and the 5th with Miami 🐐❤️❤️❤️❤️! And we should celebrate the clean sheet as well!
Inter Miami
Barcelona7 - 2Racing Santander
smiling from ear to ear. dick hard n shit. what a display from this team. adeyemi showing he’s worth more than 20m. RAPHINHA!! MY MVP AND MY PICHICHI
BarcelonaBarcelona7 - 2Racing Santander
quick summary of that match
BarcelonaBarcelona7 - 2Racing Santander
I was out of town, doing a bit of visiting. I heard my wise father figure Hansi Flick had finally taken the time to settle down in the countryside. Rightfully so, after what he’d been through, with all the pent-up stress and frustration built up over the years of coaching the most successful Spanish club ever. “How have things been buddy?” I asked, as I saw my man step out of the house upon hearing my car come in the drive-through. “All good, life’s been a lot more chill, now that I’ve retired,” he answered. “Hey, wanna check out my animals out back? I’ve taken up farming as a hobby with my free time,” as he motioned over to the back gate. We headed out and he started introducing me to some of the livestock, mentioning how he had named them after his players, as the unhinged animals they were. Just then, I was hit by an unbearable stench. With my eyes watering uncontrollably, I questioned through gritted teeth, “What in the hell is that smell?” He looked over knowingly and said: "Ah. Raphinha? The goat is never washed.”
Barcelona
Man United2 - 3Brighton
I hope I get hit on the back of the head so hard I wake up speaking turkmen and have never heard of manchester united but given my history of brain injury I’d probably just drop dead which isn’t a bad option either
Brighton
Coventry1 - 3Aston VillaMuch better performance! The B team mostly played but our new signings shone, especially Ibrahim Mbaye, what a talent he is. Not going to discredit Wan-Bissaka, Ruggeri, Manzambi either. Suzuki and Harwood-Bellis were so comfortable on the ball, lovely to see. If Mbaye was on for longer he would've definitely got MOTM, but Taylor Harwood-Bellis, wow. It's like he'd been here forever, fit like a glove.(@alf sorry for praising a former scummer) Tammy with 2 goals too for confidence, running back 18/19 ❤️🩹❤️🩹
Aston VillaLiverpool3 - 1Tottenhamwhat even is this football club.
Ipswich2 - 4Arsenal
Max, take a bow man
Stade Brestois 290 - 1PSG
im not even gonna
Levante2 - 4Barcelona"Please, Please Mr. Flick, it's too much winning. We can't take it anymore, Mr. Flick, it's too much." I joke, I shat my pants at least 5 times today...
BarcelonaLevante2 - 4BarcelonaWe’ve gotten way too spoiled offensively but at the same time our defence 😬🥺😕😐😞😭
BarcelonaCruz Azul4 - 3Club America
Football matches when @carbonfiverr goes to sleep:
Club America