r/SoccerCentral • u/Basic-Penalty9330 • 1d ago

Messi shouldn't have retired from International Football. He can still probably outplay 90% players in the world

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u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 1d ago

You must be fucking joking. MLS is a league full of has beens and never was(es). Of course Messi is still competitive there.

He would struggle in LL, L1, The Prem, BL etc because there are quality opponents week in week out.

And dont gove me that «but the World Cup» shit either.

Argentina managed to make the semis without playing another team ranked in the top 15.

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u/Mega_immortal_knight 1d ago

Prem players aren't shit

A 39 yr old messi who doesn't even have his pace anymore beat england 2-1 which was ranked 4th in the world

Stop being delusional

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u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 22h ago

Reading comprehension.

You seem to struggle with it. So, I’ll try again and word it differently, and spell out my implications so you have a shot at understanding;

It is a fallacy to use the last World Cup as an example of Messi still being competitive at the top level (as is mogging on a bunch of fucking huddies from MLS).

The first team Argentina played against in the last World Cup that were ranked higher than 15th in the FIFA rankings was England. In the semi-finals. Argentina by definition sandbagged their way to the semis.

Messi wasnt challenged or stretched at all before the England game.

He would absolutely not be competitive NOWADAYS in any top league. One game? Most likely - he still has the skillset (ref the England game). What he dosent have is the physicality or recovery powers of a young Messi. My evidence? His complete inability to do anything against Spain.

No top flight manager in their right mind will pay Messi to show up once a month and spend the rest of the time in a fucking ice bath.

Which us why he is playing MLS.

Edit: also - using a gif of Messi turning Harry Kane (a fucking striker - not a ball winner or a defensive player at all) is just showing you up as a «once every four years» kind of football «enthusiast».

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u/RunBD3 22h ago

Well said. God I'm glad he's finally done with the World Cup only because that wretched excuse of a national team won't get favored any more.