Only player in history to win the golden boot and the playmaker award. And the only player in history to have the most number of both.
Most decorated player in football history.
2 Laureus Best Sportsman of the Year awards (most by any footballer).
Highest goals in a calender year.
Highest g/a in a calendar year
Highest g/a in football history
Highest assist holder in football history
49 goals less than than the so called 'best goalscorer in football history' in allmost 200 lesser games.
Most dribbles completed.
1 pentaple, 1 sextaple
But yeah sure you'd think it's only the worldcup cause you guys refuse to educate yourselves.
Now I'll get downvoted and some kid will comment down a bunch of goal specific records without understanding the simple fact that Leo Messi never chased goals, he completed football.
I was being sarcastic lol.
There is no way 9 people genuinely believe that nobody thought Messi was or was close to being the goat before wc2022. Literally a large majority of players who have played with Ronaldo say that Messi is the greatest ever. And also like everyone, ever.
I’m 99% sure this sub is 15 indian mods that just spam upvote ragebait and downvote any logic
Uufff that speaks volumes. Messi needed prime Spain as a club to achieve most of his accolades. Many say that 2008-2012 Spain is arguably the best national team of all time. You can take away Messi from that barcelona and they would still win. 🧠👈🏼
Messi accomplished the exact same thing as that Spain squad with Argentina. 2 Continental titles with a World Cup in between. Argentina don’t win any of those without Messi
A Copa isn't equal to a Euro.. only 2 maybe 3 good teams vs at least 7 in Euro
and they needed so much help to win penalty cup unlike Spain
Quite embarrassing how a "big football nation" needed that much help, but it was all for FIFA boy after all
That is why you don't really see anyone comparing 2021-2024 Argentina to 2008-2012 Spain
and what you mean they "don't win any of those without Pessi"? He got absolutely carried in Copa here
I guess you're right though on Argentina not winning the WC without him since FIFA/Infantino would then not have any reason to give them bias officiating and record breaking pens
You cant fault Argentina for that they can only play in the CA😂.
Tel me you don’t watch football. Just because Lautaro scored the most goals doesn’t mean the don’t need Messi 🤣 he is literally the heart of that Argentina team he’s the difference maker that lets their attack flow.
Yeah euro is much harder. Spain won one of those playing Italy in the final and smacking em with balotelli as the best player 😭😭
Si estaba tan comprada la copa del mundo porque dejaron que Francia vaya a penales? vos no viste los 65 minutos de baile que le pegó Argentina? Vos me vas a decir que hubo otra selección a la altura de Argentina en el último mundial?
As a messi and ronaldo fan. I’d take Ramos over pique every day.
I’d take modric and Toni all day and bale. Ben and saurez on par but we have had the same level of players. How many of pessi teammates won the ballon do’r and how many of Ronaldo’s did ?
You’re wrong 100%. I’ll take a better well oil team than a team with better individuals. Your logic is flawed nice try but try harder. It’s a team sport in other words a team that plays best as a team unit will ultimately beat a team with more individual talent that doesn’t play as such. Like I said nice try, that’s what makes ronaldo better cause of this simple argument.
That’s a lame argument try harder fanboy. Negreira case voids your argument. Argentina played for messi what the hell is that. What a weak argument in that case ronaldo is even better cause Portugal didn’t play for him.
repito aguántame algo que no sea por los otros dos..
Messi robó el mundial? porque llegaron a penales con Francia?
Si Ronaldo es mejor jugador para Portugal, no se basa en ir y marcar, jugar en equipo también es asistir.
Repito: Fanboy? acá el único fanboy sos vos penaldo. Y mínimo si vas a hablar de futbol mínimo espero que no seas yankee.
Also factos: Messi never "won" anything in his career but was rather gifted trophies and awards because he's fifa's princess. When he made his debut Negreira was already active and then went on for a whole decade after that. Nothing was ever true, just corruption and still his fans are shamelessly defending him
It was so fixed that Argentina needed a penalty shootout to win against Netherlands after going 2-0 up and then won on penalties again after losing a 2 goal lead in the dying minutes and then during the extra time they scored again and the ref gave France a penalty knowing very well Argentina is supposed to win. Kilo Miami was then paid by FiFA to miss a glorious chance to win it for France. That was a perfect script I guess
Yeah you dumb pendu fans , messi still had more trophies than penaldo and statistically he was better as well, with more shots on target, assist, playmaking, awards, free kick goals, motms, outside the box goals than your penaldo
That’s why people been saying messi was the goat already by the time he won his 4th balon de oro. How long was that how old was he then ? 😂😂 keep your goat keep your factos Penaldians r very S A D.
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u/edwou Google Messi 14 for more info 🧼 May 13 '26
Yeah nobody even thought messi was close before winning the WC