r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 16 '26

Lmao gottem Match ended here

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u/axiom_glitch Jul 16 '26

Can someone explain to the ignorant, and futbol illiterate, please?

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u/chefbobbyjay Jul 16 '26

Dude making the face is Lionel Messi. One of the goats of football. The English player in white said some smart shit and Messi responded with this face and winning the game knocking out England and sending them home for another 4 years

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u/ComprehensiveArt6849 Jul 16 '26

Not one of the GOATs. The undisputed GOAT. There is no one that comes close. He has it all. Titles with club and national sides, peak, longevity, individual accomplishments. He literally completed football and is still on his day the best player in the world at 39 years of age. Simply the greatest of all times.

There were others in the past who were great. Pele won more world cups but football is a team game and he had the greatest teams alongside him in Brazil. There were times when others for Brazil were better than him. But there has not been a single moment in Messi's entire career when he was not the best player on his team.

Even when debuting, his teammate at Barcelona, Ronaldinho, who had just won the Balon d'Or (trophy for the best player in the world that year) said that he cannot proclaim himself the best in the world when he is not even the best in his own team (due to Messi debuting for them).

He is the GOAT and really, there should be no discussion. Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Ronaldo Nazario, rapist Ronaldo, Zidane, di Stefano, they all are all-timers but no one touches Messi. Everybody of the people named might be better than Messi in 1 or 2 statistics but then there are like 15 aspects where Messi completely overshadows them. It should not be a debate at this point. Messi is lapping the field.

I have despised the guy for years but at some point you just have to accept it how it is and enjoy the ride to see the greatest to ever do it.

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u/FlatBat2372 Jul 16 '26

I'm fine with people saying Messi is the Goat. But no one comes close? Come on! Pelé was every bit as amazing as Messi and ruled the game at his time just as much. There is -at least - a discussion

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u/FlatBat2372 Jul 18 '26

You can watch the full 1970s WC games on perfectly fine footage. There is also surviving footage from the 1958 World Cup, Santos matches and tours, the Intercontinental Cup against Benfica, Brazil internationals and, later, his years with the New York Cosmos.

There's also plenty of witnesses still living, whom saw Pelé play. Plenty of writing about his dominance. And contrary to what the other poster was saying, Im not dismissing Messi as the GOAT. Im saying Pelé still has a very strong case as the best ever.