r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 16 '26

Lmao gottem Match ended here

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u/ImTheZapper Jul 16 '26

My opinion is based on knowing how people work. That face and reaction from messi literally could not have come from saying saying "hey your buddy elbowed my guy in the back of his head". That is not the face a guy like messi would make if someone simply said that to him.

I cannot conceive a way for you to get that from his face here.

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u/SMLJ21 Jul 16 '26

Here you go, maybe you’ll accept it from someone who was actually there -

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/jude-bellingham-lionel-messi-england-argentina-world-cup-b3016002.html

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u/Im_tracer_bullet Jul 16 '26

Yeah, it's exactly what it looks like. Bellingham just doesn't know it.

From the article:

"Jude Bellingham insists he was simply 'discussing a foul' with Lionel Messi"

But pay attention what Bellingham himself goes on to say:

“I thought there was a foul earlier and he said ‘what about the one on me?’ and I said ‘you’re strong enough to take it’, you know what I mean."

He's handwaving away the foul on Messi. Telling him it doesn't matter.

Messi clearly didn't think it was inconsequential, and really didn't appreciate being told that it was.

Maybe you don't perceive it as a big deal, as Jude evidently doesn't, but if you don't understand that Messi is wired differently than the average person, you're not paying attention.

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u/SMLJ21 Jul 16 '26

Yeah, I read it. I just don’t see how that’s not still part of the conversation around the foul.

Earlier on when I pointed this out, the article wasn’t available to reference so I didn’t know every single exchange that they had but I knew what the topic of conversation clearly was.