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Argentina3 - 0Benin
i’m not quite sure where to begin. i’m not a barcelona fan, im not argentinian yet i still felt a lump in my throat watching this match. it’s almost a strange alien feeling to care so much about a player you never saw play for your team but that just speaks to how far big his legacy is. before i knew any other players, i knew about messi, i didn’t watch him at his peak but i heard the stories. again another way to illustrate the impact that he’s had on this sport. he’ll forever live on not just in the minds of people who watched him live, watched him for their club or country, but everyone who ever watched him play the sport that we all love. a standing ovation for the greatest player of all time. 🩵🤍
Argentina3 - 0Benin
There are nights in football when time simply stands still, when the noise of the world fades and all that remains is the weight of a single moment. As a little kid, I remember sitting in my room glued to the TV screen. I may have not witnessed his prime, but I was still watching a slender number 10 from Rosario do things with a ball that felt genuinely impossible, routinely rewriting the laws of physics as if the pitch were his private canvas. Tonight, that circle closes forever, and with the final whistle, a cherished piece of my own childhood fades into history. Lionel Messi put on the Albiceleste shirt for the very last time. Decades of magic, crushing heartbreak, relentless resilience, and that glorious, tear-filled redemption in Qatar have all led us to this single, heavy farewell. Anyone who walked this long journey with him, who felt the silent agony of every lost final, the harsh criticism of a nation, and then the absolute ecstasy of ultimate immortality, feels a deep, bittersweet ache in their chest tonight. We didn't just watch a career unfold; we grew up alongside it. Messi was never just a footballer. He was quiet comfort on bad days, pure inspiration every time I laced up my boots, and an irreplaceable reminder of why we fell in love with this game in the first place. He gave an entire generation permission to dream without limits. As he slowly walked off the pitch tonight, the tears weren't just flowing in Buenos Aires, they were flowing across every corner of the world. Thank you for the childhood memories, the magic, and every single miracle, Leo. Football will never, ever be the same again.
Argentina3 - 0Benin
I remember myself crying after the wc2026 final. Now I’m crying again. I wonder why.
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Como madridista, reconhecer a grandeza de Lionel Messi tem um gosto mais amargo. Durante anos, ele foi o jogador que eu menos queria ver com a bola nos pés. O homem que tantas vezes fez o meu time sofrer e protagonizou noites que eu preferia esquecer. Mas além da rivalidade, existe uma verdade impossível de negar: tive muita sorte de poder ver Lionel Messi em campo. Vi Messi dominar uma geração inteira e transformar coisas que pareciam impossíveis em algo natural. Vi gols que pareciam mentira, dribles que desafiavam qualquer lógica, passes que ninguém mais enxergava e uma inteligência dentro de campo que parecia estar a vários segundos de vantagem. Vi recordes serem quebrados enquanto ainda tentava entender o anterior. Vi títulos, noites históricas e atuações que entraram para a eternidade. Vi Messi se tornar pouco a pouco não apenas um dos maiores jogadores de sua geração, mas um dos maiores jogadores que já entraram em campo. Vi também as suas derrotas com a Argentina, as críticas, as finais perdidas, as lágrimas e a pressão de carregar uma seleção inteira nas costas. E então, vi a história finalmente se completar. Vi Messi levantar a taça da Copa do Mundo. E talvez seja essa a imagem que vai permanecer para sempre. Não importa se você é argentino ou não, nem se passou a carreira inteira torcendo contra ou a favor dele. Em algum momento, todos nós precisamos parar e reconhecer o que estávamos vendo. Porque não é todo dia que nasce um jogador como Lionel Messi, talvez não aconteça outra vez. Daqui a alguns anos, quando me perguntarem como foi ver Messi jogar, não vou precisar de vídeos para imaginar. Vou poder dizer que testemunhei. E pra quem ama futebol, talvez não exista privilégio maior que esse. GRACIAS POR TODO, LEO!
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
[Continued from my previous review] The Copa Americas. The world cup. I've seen it all and I've felt a weird sense of satisfaction of watching a man win who I'll never meet in this lifetime (yet.) So, Thank you Messi. For ruining my perception of the game by making it look easy. For making me believe, it's okay to fall again and again and rely on others to pick yourself up. I'm tearing writing this. Thank you Messi, once again, from the bottom of my heart.
Argentina
Mexico0 - 2Chile
someone needs to investigate england for stealing spices off mexico at the wc
Mexico0 - 2Chile
camera man while mexico crashed and burned:
MexicoMexico0 - 2Chile
all im gonna say is rafa marquez don’t let me find you on the street
Mexico0 - 2Chile
how rafa felt subbing in santi?????? when we were already playing like hot ASS
Argentina3 - 0Benin
no existe futbol sin vos, el mejor de todos los tiempos 🫶 te vamos a extrañar carajo!!!
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
I grew up wishing he’d lose every match, every final. Now, I’m tearing up watching him walk away. Throughout my childhood, Leo Messi was my ultimate nightmare. Every time he stepped into the Bernabéu, he left with a smile—and as a little girl, that was the last thing I wanted to see. Sitting glued to the TV, my sole mission became watching him fall, match after match, final after final. Hundreds of games went by, and hundreds of goals with them. Then, as the years passed, something shifted: I fell in love with his football. That’s what growing up is, isn't it? Realizing that what Messi does isn't normal, that it's beyond human, that it’s pure, untouched football. It hits so hard watching the greatest player in history—the icon of the generation we grew up with—say goodbye to his national team. I can’t even fathom what an Argentine must be feeling right now, or the deep dread a Barcelona fan feels knowing the curtain is coming down. That 2019 run, those two assists against England, and that magical moment he lifted the World Cup in 2022—that’s the true measure of who he is. All that's left is to savor whatever time he has left in Miami, because there will simply never be another like him. You were truly one of a kind, Leo.
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
oh i might’ve cried
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Thank you Leo
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
gracias por hacerme amar al futbol leo querido, desde la primera vez que te vi en esa final de 2014 que lamentablemente no pudiste ganarla, todos tus partidos en el barsa que me hicieron amarte con mi vida y alma, ese mundial de 2022 el cual ganaste y lloré de felicidad porque porfin lo habias conseguido, lo que te merecias desde siempre. No me di cuenta de lo mucho que influiste en mi vida hasta hoy que te retiras de la selección… Gracias por tanto que diste por este hermoso deporte, siempre serás mi jugador favorito en todo el mundo y el mejor de todos los tiempos. 🩵🩵🩵🤍🤍🤍
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
THANK YOU LEGEND
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
i love you messi
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
my GOAT, my IDOL el mejor de los mejores, TE AMOOOOO. What a blessing it was to be alive at the same time as you!
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
When i was at my lowest, Messi brought me comfort. You were the rainbow after rain. Gracias Leo ❤️🇦🇷
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Damn i shed a tear 🥹
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
the little boy from rosario
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Messi smiling acting like he didn’t just rip my heart out and step on it. Take my youth please I don’t even need it. Footy will miss you goat
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
i’m trying so hard to act like it don’t hurt my heart.
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
And to think this guy at one point in his career was seen as a failure… failure for his own nation. “Messi can’t win trophies,Messi can’t win Copa America,Messi can’t win the World Cup, Messi can’t win any trophies,Messi can’t..” After years of extreme criticism he literally retired. Came back and won everything. He made incredible history for the this sport,won the Copa America and lifted the trophy his country has been waiting to see him have. Lionel Messi is the undisputed goat of football although you could argue someone else is and that is up to you. What an incredible career and rewriting for his story. Thank you for everything,Messi🩵
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
What an absolute honor it was to grow up watching this man, even getting the opportunity to watch him live. No one will ever compare, he is the greatest of all time. Gracias leo🥹🩵🐐
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Leo, thank you for introducing me and so many others to the beautiful game. You will be my favorite forever 💙🤍
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Adios La Pulga
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
me rn 😭😭😭😭
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Your hair looks good don't change it
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Beninsensitive topic 😭😭😭 don’t mention this shit around me for the next 2 centuries
Argentina