8 Times Lionel Messi scored 4 or more goals in a single game! 🇦🇷 🐐

Pedri performance today!

Lamine Yamal vs Cape Verde

Are people still comparing Messi and Ronaldo? You can’t watch both players properly and still compare the two. Either you are doing it for fun, or you simply dislike Messi. Deep down, especially when you are alone and being honest with yourself, you know Messi is the better footballer by far.  Messi is a goal scorer, but when he is not scoring, he creates. He provides assists from difficult situations, whether from the middle, the wing, or the center. He doesn’t just pull out a simple pass or cross, he can dribble past multiple players to create an assist. He can dribble five to six players to score, and he can dribble five players to set up a teammate. He participates in the build-up, drops deep to create chances, and plays for the team. He doesn’t focus only on scoring or put pressure on his teammates to play for him. His priority is the team’s success rather than his individual statistics.  When you watch Messi, you enjoy creativity, passing, dribbling, classy goals, and teamwork. He is naturally gifted. He was born with that talent. His brilliance appears when the team needs him most. On many occasions, he has scored solo goals by taking defenders on one by one. You can clearly see Messi’s impact on a match even if he doesn’t score.  Ronaldo, on the other hand, is a goal scorer, a very good one. He relies more on service and supply. Without goals, it is harder to see his overall impact on a game. If he is not scoring, he often becomes frustrated because he doesn’t influence matches creatively the way Messi does. Most of Ronaldo’s assists came from crosses or pull-backs rather than the type of creative assists Messi produces. Think of the kind of assist Messi gave against the Netherlands at the World Cup. Messi has produced many moments like that.  Ronaldo cannot dribble like Messi, create like Messi, pass like Messi, or beat multiple players the way Messi can. He doesn’t participate in the build-up play to the same extent. Ronaldo delivers when he is being supplied. We have all watched matches where he was largely a passenger because the midfield was not providing him with enough service.  I respect Ronaldo because he has put in an incredible amount of hard work. Without that work ethic, we would probably be discussing Ronaldo alongside players like Suarez, Aguero and Lewandowski. His dedication separates him from that group and elevated him into a different conversation.  If we are talking about impact on a team, Messi had the greater influence. Before Ronaldo arrived, Madrid won the UCL in 1998, 2000 and 2002, three titles in five years. After Ronaldo left in 2018, Madrid won the UCL again just three years later, and again in 2023. It’s almost as if Ronaldo needed Madrid more than Madrid needed Ronaldo. They have proven more than once that they can win the UCL without him.  Barcelona, meanwhile, has not reached another UCL final since Messi left. They even found themselves playing in the Europa League. Before Messi, Barcelona’s only European Cup title which is now the UCL came in 1992. Their second was in 2006, and then 2009, 2011, and 2011, all during Messi’s era.  Even if you remove trophies from the discussion and give the World Cup to Ronaldo, Messi would still outshine him when it comes to actually playing football. They are not on the same level as footballers. Ronaldo is more similar to a Van Basten-type player. Through hard work, he earned his place in discussions involving Messi. Messi’s discussions were always with Pele and Maradona.  If we are talking purely about football, not pace, not jumping ability, not penalties, then the comparison is not close. Ronaldo likes the ball being played into space for him to run into. He scores headers, tap-ins, and shots. You rarely see him creating or dribbling through players to create space. He often performs stepovers in one spot without progressing. Messi’s dribbling is purposeful, it creates space, chances, assists, and goals.  Ronaldo was…next page…

Bielsa is a God

Premier League and England are the best. Better midfield than Spain. That @Chelsearory who once described Pirlo as "average" 🤣

RT @talkSPORT: 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha reached over ONE MILLION Instagram followers (and counting) following his World Cu…

Too late with the changes there the Spain coach

Now is the perfect chance to lump money on Spain before they win it with Lamine Yamal being the player of the tournament #tips #CapeVerde #WorldCup

Lee Dixon Nostradamus gimmick for saying Yamal would improve Spain fair play

One of the shouts of the tournament there from Lee Dixon as he predicts Lamine Yamal to be an impact when he gets subbed on. I’d have never seen that coming fairplay 👏🏻 He lets us all know by saying “I don’t want to say I told you so”. Any tips for tonight’s games Lee?

Humble from a great player like Zico, unlike some..

I'd love Neymar to against the odds do something special at this World Cup. Judging by how ordinary Brazil looked in their first game, they are going to need him to. Special talent who overwhelmingly doesn't get the credit he deserves, especially in UK.

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Reality is overdue. This world can’t hold the tension in the unseen realm any longer. Everything is about to change.

The Dutch are so disappointing. There’s no soul to their football. No style or identity. It’s just so ordinary and dull.

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