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Argentina3 - 0Benin
Argentina3 - 0Benin
I know this isn’t your last game ever, I know you’ll walk into Miami’s facilities and conducts business as usual. But there will be a piece of you left at Estadio Monumental. That’s what I’m scared of, you’ve always put your country first and rightly so. I’m afraid that without that drive for your nation you’ll leave us sooner rather than later. It pains me knowing that you’re just 4 hours away and I can’t be there every game to see you. Currently on crutches re-learning how to walk for the second time this year has sadly has kept me from going to see you play live. But the same motivation you gave me that drove me to get back on the field so many times before will be the same to motivate me to make that 4 hour drive and see you play again. My first time ever seeing you play I genuinely cried. Seeing the idol I grew up watching the greatest of all time standing just a couple yards away from me. It was like I had an endless amount of adrenaline. Though it was cut short due to an injury I will never forget that day and I don’t regret it for one second. You’re officially halfway retired and rather than lay here and cry listening to your voice crack trying to keep it together I just want to smile. Smile and thank you for all the memories, for all the hope, and for every fucking second I was able to watch you play. I want to thank God himself for not only giving me life on this beautiful planet with all these beautiful people, but for also giving me life during the same time as you to have the chance to witness you play this beautiful game, for making me fall in love with this sport, making me a Barcelona fan, and making me your fan. Leo thank you for everything you’ve done for every single person. I will be seeing you soon I promise you that. Hasta Luego Leyenda. 🐐🤎
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.
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
good match cant wait to see Messi play with Argentina next time
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 little boy from Rosario... 🇦🇷💔 Džeko and Messi retiring just before my 18th birthday. I'm taking this personally.
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Adios La Pulga
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
LEVANTESE CHAT VAMOS A PISTEAR Latinoamerica y Argentina son naciones que resisten, naciones que viven lastimadas aún por los efectos de la crueldad de años de subyugación, y en medio de esa recuperación se encuentra el futbol, en medio de todo ello, se encuentra Leo Messi. Desde Rosario, sin el perfil común de un jugador que se consideraba de élite, Lionel Messi llevó hasta lo más alto el nombre de su país, más alto incluso que Diego Maradona, llegó a lo máximo del futbol, desde Rosario hasta la Masia, desde España hasta Argentina, a través de el generaciones de niños y jóvenes vivieron y soñaron, nunca te olvidaremos. Viva Latinoamérica!
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Trying to write this review for days has been hard but here we go. When I think of Leo Messi, I see more than just another football player. Because for me, he was never just a football player. He is one of those people who, without ever knowing you, somehow becomes part of your memories, your different phases of life, your family conversations, your victories, your defeats, and even the way you learned to love something. Messi taught me that football is more than just a sport. I saw him turn football into something else. He taught me how to love it, how to feel it. He taught to love the team that right now is the team of my whole heart, Barça. I saw him do things that looked impossible. I watched him lose, win, fall, get back up, and chase that World Cup that for so many years seemed impossible. But what a surprise life had waiting for him. Watching him lift that World Cup was more than just watching Messi win a trophy. It was seeing that little boy from Argentina, who had dreamed of playing for his country since he was young, finally give Argentina that third star after more than ten years of trying. And on a personal level, it felt like watching a family member finally achieve something they had been chasing for years. That’s why it hurts. Because it’s not only about watching him realize that it’s time to say goodbye. It’s about realizing that we’re growing up too. It hurts because we know that phases end. It hurts because eventually there will be a last game, a last time seeing him wear that shirt. But I also feel deeply thankful. Thankful for making me love this sport. Thankful for making me live through moments that I will always carry in my heart. Thankful for teaching me that losing doesn’t mean the story is over. Thankful for being there through so many different stages of my life without ever knowing how much he meant to me. + more in comments.
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Take notes, Cr7 🥹🥹 Im crying okay.
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
the greatest joys of our lives are often not appreciated until it’s all in the past. growing up in a south american football household, messi was always a name spoken within our conversations. whether in a positive or negative light, his name was always somewhere to be found. “did you see what messi did?” “i can’t believe that messi guy.” “i’ve always liked messi.” “i’ve always hated messi” no matter what it was, there was always an opinion. there was never one thing you could never deny though, his impact. without realizing it, i’ve seen the highs and lows with messi’s career with argentina. whether it was the sadness of 2014 and 2016 or the joy of 2022 and 2024. i was watching every game without realizing i was watching a one of a kind player grace the stage. today there is a stadium filled with thousands of people crying and shouting his name. but at one point in time, it was almost like the failures of that team grew thousands of people to hate the man. i could go on and on about his accomplishments that broke this and the crazy amount of records he’s broken but one thing i just want to highlight is his ability to make people believe. believe in your team. believe in your country. believe in yourself. despite all the odds life throws at you or the situations you are put in after it seems like the world tries to bring you down, you can truly make it. you can live your dreams and so so much more. this may be the end to his time in argentina but he will forever live in the history of the team. let this not be a sad ending but a celebration of all the good things that have happened. gracias leo. 🫶
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
Y me siento solo con mi voz No descubro cómo sucedió Perder tu amor Todo lo que nunca más veré Cómo se me anuda el corazón ¿Cómo volver? Si tuviera la oportunidad En aquel minuto reparar De no caer Si quedaran rastros a seguir Una huella tenue de ese abril Perdiéndose En la sombra del ayer
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 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
sensitive topic 😭😭😭 don’t mention this shit around me for the next 2 centuries
ArgentinaArgentina3 - 0Benin
وكتمْتُ آلام الحنين فأفصحَتْ عيني وأنطقها الفؤادُ بأدمعي الكلُّ يسمع في الوداع حنيننا لكنّ أصدقه الذي لم يُسمعِ ورجوتُ عيني أن تكفّ دموعها يومَ الوداعِ نشدتُها لاتدمعي أغمضتُها كي لاتفيضَ فأمطرت ايقنتُ أنّي لستُ أملك مدمَعي ورأيتُ حلماً أنني ودَّعْتُهم فبكيتُ مِن ألم الحنين وهُم معي مُرٌ عليَّ بأن أُودّعَ زائرًا كيفَ الذين حملتُهُم في أضلُعي ؟!
Argentina
Honduras1 - 1Jamaica
well at least we didn’t get relegated to nations league b…
Honduras
Guatemala1 - 0Suriname
CONCACAF. ENOUGH SAID.
GuatemalaGuatemala1 - 0Suriname
It took Guate some time but they advanced!! The random red card, the keeper wasting time, the riot officers at the end #OnlyInConcacaf
GuatemalaGuatemala1 - 0SurinameREF WAS ON HIS BULLSHIT BUT TE AMOOOOO MATT EVANS, TE AMOOOOOO MI GUATEEEEEE 🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹
Guatemala
France4 - 1Belgium
France
Roma W0 - 6Barcelona W
all sunshine and rainbows for that one friend that’s too visca barça today
Barcelona W
Spain4 - 1Croatia
Its just a matter of time…
SpainSpain4 - 1Croatia
lamine yamal has 18 g/a in his last 8 matches.
SpainJamaica0 - 1Honduras
BENDIGA DIOS LA PRÓDIGA TIERRA EN QUE NACÍ. FECUNDAN EL SOL LAS LLUVIAS SUS CAMPOS LABRANTÍOS
Jamaica0 - 1HondurasHONDURAS DONT LET THAT REF GET U DOWN!
Jamaica0 - 1Honduras
EVEN WITH 10 MEN WE STILL FUCKING WON TAKE THAT REF WAS NEVER A RED CARD VIVA HONDURASSSS HDPS 🇭🇳
Mexico2 - 0Ecuador
Que pinche orgullo ser mexicano! Uno de los mejores días de mi vida! Viví en México hasta 2018 antes de mudarme a Alemania y desde que me mudé nunca había regresado a México, así que ir este verano la verdad que fue hermoso y algo muy nostálgico. Ademas, de regalo de cumpleaños mi papá de alguna manera logró conseguir tickets para este partido, y jamás lo olvidaré. Desde el primer minuto y ya desde antes del partido se sabía que iba a ser un día especial, la verdad es que absolutamente todo en este partido fue perfecto. Disfruté mucho las vacaciones en México y este partido fue una de las mejores partes. Espero poder regresar pronto.
Mexico
Curaçao6 - 1Nicaragua
Two 5* reviews for Curaçao back to back, what a beautiful time to be alive. Incredible first half from The Blue Wave, they had no mercy on Nicaragua whatsoever. Dominant in every aspect of the game. I don’t know what was said at half time against Costa Rica but since that half time they became the best Concacaf team lmao. Some beautiful goals as well, so that made this game even better. Second half they definitely slowed down but even then it was too much for Nicaragua. Central America better be watching out for the mighty ABC islands. Hard to choose a man of the match for this but i think Livano Comenencia deserves it most.
Curaçao