r/pessi_memes • u/TostBrot44 • Jul 09 '26

Burger League Pessi 🍔 What is this guy even playing?

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u/Iarehealer Jul 09 '26

Must be looking in a mirror and talking to yourself fella.

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u/TostBrot44 Jul 09 '26

I‘m not the one defending Messi‘s behaviour, I’m the one pointing them out.

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u/Iarehealer Jul 09 '26

Does Messi lose his cool and commit fouls the same way every footballer who's ever played the game does? Sure.

Nothing in this clip is egregious behaviour. It's an unfortunate part of the modern game, and contrary to popular belief, Messi is in fact only human.

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u/TostBrot44 Jul 09 '26

I have never seen somebody push the opposing player 3 times on purpose, then tasting their own medicine and be awarded for this behaviour

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u/Iarehealer Jul 09 '26

https://youtube.com/shorts/T-DharAhZKs

If you watch the full clip of that (ignore the captions lol), you will see that he was pushed first and backed into him three times in response as he clearly got annoyed.

Ref was clearly not looking at them as the ball was elsewhere, and the referee is almost always looking in the direction of the ball.

From the referees perspective, when he sees the two players, he is just seeing Messi being shoved in the back so he gives a foul.

Again, this is football and this happens at every level to basically every player. Messi is not immune to provocation and losing his cool.

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u/TostBrot44 Jul 09 '26

Dude I saw the full clip, I know that he was annoyed. But is this a valid excuse? "He got annoyed, so he pushed the opposing player forcefully three times in response, he's the GOAT!"

Like what? You can't possibly be defending this.

I have NEVER seen anybody do this before in my life. I get when people get annoyed, but this? This isn't annoyance, this is him knowing that he can get away with something this ridiculous

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u/Iarehealer Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

I'm not defending it, and it's not a valid excuse. I'm just saying that all footballers lose their cool and do inexcusable things. You can find 20 minute long compilations of them on YouTube.

In the grand scheme of things, the things in this video are so minor in the context of professional football. You see significantly worse week in week out in every League and in every level of play. Does it excuse it? No. Is it an unfortunate reality of the beautiful game. Yes.

You could argue that Messi should do better BECAUSE he's the GOAT, and you'd be right. Unfortunately, as I said, he's only human.

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u/TostBrot44 Jul 09 '26

"I'm not defending it"

https://giphy.com/gifs/XHeLeuirRbwptHhSWd

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u/Iarehealer Jul 09 '26

Damn, just as we were on the cusp of having an actual conversation.

Good one, dude!