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Lukaku
Martinez
Ronaldo
In that order

Gangster1ms:
You mean the staged tournament?

Never before had a team been awarded so many penalties at a WC. Always at key moments. Always controversial. No red cards despite being a volatile, combative team. Officials rarely penalised clinical fouls. Often the opponent destabilised after having such decisions against.

Going into the tournament there was a wave of support and a bandwagon for Messi to win the WC. It even played in the minds of opposition players who had been fed the narrative LM has to be a Champion or it upsets everyone. The propaganda was unavoidable as it was everywhere.

There's a rule which states Messi cannot be booked, let alone sent off. Yet any contact in winning a ball against Messi is a foul. A firm challenge will be cautioned. Etc. The most protected player ever. Because of this figure referees were reluctant to make calls against Argentina.

During the tournament Messi shamelessly dived, feigned injury; belittled and disrespected players and coaches right infront of them. LVG is an old man who had radiation therapy for cancer. He chanted radical songs in dressing room. Moaned at referees.

Yet never any criticism.

Maradona won his World Cup with solo runs against Belgium and England not getting a penalty per game without doing anything.

Ronaldo fan spotted

andrewbaba44:
Did you know that in 1958 Didi was the player of the tournament and not Pele?

In 1962 Pele didn't even play the tournament because he got injured after the first game.

Garrincha was such a great player that he led Brazil to victory even without Pele. That's how stacked that team was.

In 1970 Pele finally won his 1st player of the tournament after scoring 4 goals. But his teammate Jairzinho scored in every game of the tournament. Jairzinho scored 7 goals in 6 games

Ibime why didn’t you tell us all these ?

Where did you fabricate all these from?
So, if all the above statements are true, then Messi has it.

Ballzproblem2:
penaldog dey disguise,I remember the time you told me Ronaldo is better than Messi,that you can't place Messi as goat cause he have not won world cup (few weeks later he won it),now he has,you are denying pendu like the way Peter denied Jesus, truly truly, "success has many friends failure is an orphan". fake people everywhere.

Perharps you have mistaken him for another person, though he never like Messi but at the same time he never places Ronaldo ahead of him at any time.

Peacecore:
@bolded what?? This show that 80% of Pendu fans don't watch matches. Chai, guy your shame dey shame

and some people hit the like button to his rubbish post.

JASONjnr:
Anyhow you twist it.....

FIFA refused to push the team forward....


Cameroon trashed Argentina......Argentina team wasn't that good..... Morocco played even better....

But FIFA decided to work their things to change and made Messi to get this cup just to end the argument that CR7 is better than Messi....


But CR7 is still the best of all times and the greatest footballer of our time....

clap for yourself

https://www.nairaland.com/7488741/cristiano-ronaldo-named-worst-team



Chai, my keeper

Ghen-ghen

fredoooooo:
Ina kwana .... Ina Messi
Who are we comparing Messi wit today o .
Las las it's going to be Messi vs the ball itself

I dey gbadun you

Arizoner:
Everybody cannot win the world cup. World cup may be the ultimate but doesn't make you a great player. Mario Gotze scored the winning goal in 2014. Where is he today? Will you say he's better than Giggs or Figo. Several players have written their names in gold because greatness is not defined by one overhyped competition

You should have said this like 6 years ago when Ronaldo won the euro2016 trophy and his fans trolled Messi with the trophy, saying Messi can't be called great if he doesn't have an international trophy with his country. Now he has 3 but you want to change the narrative again.
Kolework.

andrewbaba44:
Good morning to you if your goat is a World Cup winner

Good morning to you if your goat has reached the World Cup finals before

Good morning to you if your goat has won the World Cup golden ball twice

The rest of you should go and collect your good morning from mbappe transgender girlfriend

You like trouble more than Vawulence

Bimffo:
I don't know why some of you are blamming Muani for that fantastic save Martinez pulled off in the last minute of extra time.

For goodness sake, this is the World cup final, the pressure around the match was just too much and the players felt it.

Over 4 billion people had their eyes fixed on Muani at that moment. I know what will be on his mind was just to get the ball behind the goal keeper anyhow.

In that type of situation and on that kind stage, it will take luck and real finnesse to get you decisions right.

See those missed PK, are you telling me Coman and Tchoumeni are not good Penalty takers?

Even OluwaMBAPPE was damn lucky, that choko Martinez almost palmed away 2 of his penalty kicks. Martinez hands touched the ball in those 2 ocasions.

Make una no blame Muani again abeg. That guy good too.

You have said it all, in a situation like that you don't need to castigate the scorer/striker but praises must be given to the keeper, he mann the post for a reason.

raumdeuter:
If Messi made Guardiola
What role did Xavi and Inesta play
And Martinez made Messi

And Arsenal made Martinez
Wenger made Arsenal
So Wenger made Guardiola

Then who made Wenger?

StarchAndBanga:
It's the year 2046, Pendu finally makes it to a World Cup Final..

With India down to 10 men, Pendu comes off the bench to miss a penalty in the World Cup final which would have levelled the scores and taken the game to extra time. Full-time: Portugal lose 2-1 to India

Werey

Ihebu4chelsea:
Wait first..... Barka Bots and useless hype. Last time i checked. Messi is not a Barcelona Player. The Noise is too much!!!!

Is Hazard a Chelsea player?
Why una dey defend am here?

OhBritannia:
Funny enough if Argentina wins the next Copa America in 2024.
Lionel Messi will win his 9th balloon D'or

Abeg, abeg @ this juncture some people will go on exile from this thread.

fredoooooo:
Ina kwana .. Ina Messi
STILL on MESSI
I carry am for head o

Next ?
Chic2pimp, miss ya Bro

Pepper dem.

They have now changed the narrative, the GOAT issue is no more Messi vs Ronaldo but Messi vs Pele.
Double-tongued people.

BlueRayDick:


Na everyday Pele goals and assists dey increase . Dem go soon go back 1970 go discover more goals

Dem go need time travel machine be dat

airmark:
He should have lifted the ball above Martinez and write his name in gold forever.

Na lie, na Mbappe name people go dey shout.
Eder won Euro 2016 for Portugal but na Cr7 name full the media house

I thought it was Messi that won the world cup, how come what I see now is Pele this Pele that?
Has Pele won another world cup in 2022?
Because the number of times Pele's name has been mentioned from yesterday till now on this thread needs to be investigated by FBI..

Amoto94:
Where was he in 2018 when an 18yr old Mbappe destroyed him in the QF and even in this Final Mbappe outshined him with 3 well taken goals. He deserved the trophy no doubt but don't push it further.
Martinez performed better in the final than him by making crucial saves in extra time and shootout

Many people just like to rubbish his achievement, the French team was anonymous for the first 80 minutes, and the game was one-sided to the extent that no single shot on target before the penalty was awarded for the French team. It was the extra time match that was electrifying.

McMayowa:
If the Lord does not show me MESSI, Ta ni MBAPPE.

Whao!!!

Cool

TheTWM:
Understood.

Perfectly

So?

OhBritannia:
Put a 23 years old Messi in the french league and he will score more than 70 goals a season and that's a fact.

My whole point is that, don't put mbappe yet at the high pedestal.

He hasn't test the waters yet, after 5 years from now then we will see if he is the best in his era.

Facto

100% correct©

Bimffo:
Omooor.

I was telling my babe, that I have been watching football with my dad since 98 WC, and I have never seen him express every emotion in a single match. At full-time, Man was clapping for over 10 minutes and was saying "FOOTBALL!!!" at every interval. .

I have never watched a game sweeter and more interesting match than this. Omoor. People that didn't watch it, missed a whole lot.

The game was one-sided for about 70 minutes until FIFA put a call through to the referee to give an undeserved penalty to France. ( No be only them get monopoly of madness)
If you know you know.

andrewbaba44:
Without this Argentine egbon adugbo Messi might not be a World Cup winner

Kudos to him

it's vice visa, without Messi contribution he too will not get to the final.

[quote author= post=119268115]We[/quote]who be we?

Ok

Ballzproblem2:
ref awards penalty to Argentina


Messi haters:- OMG,this competition is so rigged
to favour Messi

ref awards two penalty against Argentina


Messi haters:- mbappe is player of the tournament,the award belongs to him.



what sort of buffoons am I living on earth with

Thank God it's not Argentina that got 2 penalties.