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Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Peacecore: 3:07pm On May 26
SyrusdeHansome:
I thought they say he has completed football, so what is he still doing? Let him retire and rest.
Pele won it but didn't relent from going for the second and third ones. So the asun in the desert should focus to at least reach even if it's final or score in knockout stage grin
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by zinaunreal(m): 3:22pm On May 26
Fatbam003:
Clown. CR7 is not destined to win d world cup even if he competes with walking stick at the age 90.
Comment as dwarf like messi
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Patnome: 3:30pm On May 26
donmik:
He is fine and fit.

He will be available for the next friendly before the WC

Long live, the KING OF FOOTBALL 🙏
He is the

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Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Patnome: 3:32pm On May 26
Jeezuzpick:
How will Ronaldo win word cup?

See, I'm a Ronaldo fan, but he needs a team around him to be able to win.

Messi had a great team to get him a world cup title. Does Roro have one right now?
Bruno
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Kalulu44: 4:19pm On May 26
Chienex24:
Stating your claim that Messi is chasing personal glory under the guise of recognizing his greatness won't fly.

Zidane won 3 world best player and was also on course to win the best player award in 2006, if not for his head butt, but no, no one talked about him retiring or he has won everything already and should rest.

A dwarf, who all he wanted was to play ball, encouraged by his late grandma despite his defect and helped by Barcelona height wise obviously had to do more to prove himself. Ronaldo had already won world best before he did, so who is competing with who?? Now he is loving every moment and enjoying his football, enjoying his Argentina career after being mocked and criticized for years for not being committed to Argentina like he was at Barca. But haters like you think otherwise!! Now haters like you think it is because of Ronaldo even when he was offered a blank cheque to come to Saudi league!! But no!! He chose a bottom league team in USA because he primarily wants to enjoy football and stay away from spotlight not seek unnecessary attention!!
Someone that faced this same Ronaldo at Barca and dominated him head to head overall in their matches!!

Argentina now adore him and wants to spend every moment with him. They even want him to play as long as he can because of what he has given them!! But he has declared this will be his final world cup

But no!! Minute brains still think it is all about Ronaldo when obviously all Ronaldo thinks is messi!!

Oga go and rest like I said earlier!! You have no point!! Just adore your Ronaldo and rest!! Think for yourself and not another person!! Or is it Ronaldo that opened his mouth and said he wants to catch up with Messi in ballon d'or won??
But you want to help Messi think

For the last time, think for yourself and maybe for your Ronaldo!! Finish!!!!
You guys have problem especially Messi fans, you believe I hate Messi which is a fact bcus he's competing with the one I love.
Pls in your next reply, I want you to confess to me you love Ronaldo and not hate him.
You keep balabluing open and down of how Messi just wants to enjoy his football. No o, others including Ronaldo don't enjoy their football but suffering from it.
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Saudi gave him blank cheque indeed, blank cheque that doesn't favored the greedy dwarf. He went to Inter Miami with the alore of owning a share.
He claims he loves Barcelona so much but silently wreck them with his insatiable appetite for money.
His last 4yrs contract at Barcelona was announced to the whole world as £500k a week by him, his father and Barcelona.
But the world didn't know, he was being paid £2m+ a week for 4yrs which total £480m.
And that alone run Barca down monetary wise, have you heard Barca even bid for a £50m player. It's either academy players or loan players. That's the damage your greedy Messi cost them.
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Always showing humbleness in the pitch with a dark character inside. Bcus of him Mauro Icardi hasn't been selected for Argentina bcus of the beef the dwarf had with him. Messi the humble man went and slap Alvaro Albeloa at the car park when the dude was entering his car with his wife, after they had a heated argument during a Madrid vs Barca match.
Isaac Cuenca, Christian Tello and Borjan all products of academy. Messi segregated them at times from first team players meeting bcus he thinks they're still kids to him.
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Messi the humble man, disrespected Pep Guardiola in a team talk inside the dressing room which ultimately made Pep to leave Barca for him.
Same thing he did with Luis Enrique the current PSG boss and that one too left Barca for him. Till Barca decided he should be recommending coach and players.
You guys think all these dressing room incidents are not getting out from former Barca players, so much for outside humility and inside wickedness.
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Like you rightly said, praise your Messi peacefully and leave our Ronaldo for us.
One thing we like about our Ronaldo he doesn't fake his attitude, he always let the world knows his aim and objective and never shy away from it. That's why he's the most loved and most followed athlete in all social media platforms all over the world.
He doesn't have time for fake love like the dwarf. Also the most generous athlete.
Abeg let me leave you to start figuring out who your Messi is really is.
Good day man
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Kalulu44: 4:26pm On May 26
DarkkManB:
you are not getting my analogy. I didn't mean that they are playing it for riches. But just like Dangote still looking for more money, footballers always want to achieve more. It is never enough, humans, not just footballers are naturally insatiable.
Same thing with wanting to create more records and milestones.
Usain Bolt broke his own world record thrice.
That's what this athlete are for. Both the money, accolades and records that comes with it.
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Take Lebron James for example, is he not supposed to retire yet. But he still wants to sets more records and milestones including the money in it.
Dude wanted to be first NBA player to play with his Son which I think he has achieve. Is there a money for that, no. But there's a record for it.
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by cr7lomo: 5:12pm On May 26
Magnetic010:
You were making a point then you said if Ronaldo had won the World Cup he would have retired? I don’t think so, Ronaldo recently said he sees himself playing with n the next World Cup, I don’t think retirement is in his mind.

If it was really about competing with Ronaldo then he has no reason going to this World Cup because he won it already- he already beat Ronaldo to a World Cup title even if Ronaldo wins it this year, Messi still won it before him.
He also wants Ronaldos 6th appearance...thats a record i dont see anyone breaking ...the only person that has a chance to reach it is Mbappe.... but he must be fit and in form for the next 8 yrs to achieve that
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by EndBuhariNow(m): 6:36pm On May 26
SyrusdeHansome:
I thought they say he has completed football, so what is he still doing? Let him retire and rest.
he want to outscore Ronaldo, what a greedy fellow.. he want to take the greatest of all time.. not knowing his time hass passed
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Barcalee: 8:38pm On May 26
Meanwhile one ascent speaking footballer has long retired while his mate is still being sought for
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Barcalee: 8:43pm On May 26
Meanwhile one ascent speaking footballer has long retired while his mate is still being sought after
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Magnetic010: 9:34pm On May 26
cr7lomo:
He also wants Ronaldos 6th appearance...thats a record i dont see anyone breaking ...the only person that has a chance to reach it is Mbappe.... but he must be fit and in form for the next 8 yrs to achieve that
6 World Cup appearance without winning any would be a shame in all honesty especially if you are a top dog like Messi and Ronaldo
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by cr7lomo: 9:43pm On May 26
Magnetic010:
6 World Cup appearance without winning any would be a shame in all honesty especially if you are a top dog like Messi and Ronaldo
Portugal isn't Germany
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Yusman316(m): 6:38am On May 27
Kalulu44:
Without mincing words, I am an unabashed CR7 fan. With that said, I can't undermine the greatness and pure talents of Messi.
What I can't agree is anyone telling me Messi is greater or better than Ronaldo.
And honestly speaking, I can never tell anybody that Ronaldo is greater or better too. That's aside.
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Whether you guys especially Messi fans believe it or not, those two guys are silently and privately pushing themselves to the limit with competing with themselves. CR7 for one doesn't hide his but Messi and his fans always wants us to believe he's not chasing records but just doing his thing.
I rmbr some 11yrs ago Xavi admitted they Barcelona players have unanimously agreed to do everything possible to make Messi the highest goalscorer over Ronaldo in one la liga season. They also did for Suarez also against Ronaldo.
So Messi won't tell me he doesn't know about it.
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The year FIFA deliberately postpone the balon'dor that Lewandoski deserves. The next year when Messi won it and when giving the award, he collected and had a picture with it, but said afterwards that Lewandoski should have been a worthy winner. If he's not obsessed with those records, why didn't he tell FIFA no I don't deserve it pls give it to Lewandoski.
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Why am I saying all these, you people especially Messi fans should stop whining us that Messi is not interested in all these awards and accolades.
Lastly to the main topic of him going to the world cup or not.
We all CR7 fans knows he's going to the last world cup to try and see if he can win it too.
That's a motivation that's undeniable.
But majority of Messi fans and neutrals doesn't know Messi wants to go to this world cup so he can hold the joint record of 6 world cup appearance with Ronaldo.
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None of them wants to leave out a single record to the other even if the record is insignificant. Any record one is holding that the other doesn't have is a pain to the other vice versa.
Ronaldo's greatest pain now is not having that world cup medal and will continue to taunt him forever if he eventually didn't win it.
Let's tell ourselves the truth, after chasing the world cup for 4 times looking for football greatness and you eventually won it in the 5th attempt just like Messi did, what's the motivation for going for the 6th attempt, if not for to set appearance record.
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I will leave it to you Messi fans and neutrals to have your say.
Hats off to you. You just said everything on my mind
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by YemmieDiya08: 9:07am On May 27
Make Messi get ACL injury or make him enemy bone break...dem go name am for World cup squad....so make una no worry una sef.....
Seeing Messi on the bench throughout the Mundial...
Na Big motivation for Argentina.....
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Kalulu44: 10:24am On May 27
Yusman316:
Hats off to you. You just said everything on my mind
Thanks man
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Magnetic010: 12:54pm On May 27
cr7lomo:
Portugal isn't Germany
Spain hadn’t won the World Cup until 2010 when they assembled a generation of great players- Portugal’s last squad in 2022 and this one is far more superior than Spain’s 2010 squad
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by cr7lomo: 1:21pm On May 27
Magnetic010:
Spain hadn’t won the World Cup until 2010 when they assembled a generation of great players- Portugal’s last squad in 2022 and this one is far more superior than Spain’s 2010 squad
Far more superior than casillas , puyol , pique, Sergio ramos , busquet , fabregas , iniesta , xavi , David silva , davil villa , Fernando torres , xavi Alonso , Pedro , Mata , jesius Navas with the only coach that has won everything in football Vicente Del Bosque .... all in their prime .... de play
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by bewla(m): 3:57pm On May 27
Chienex24:
Your rating is irrelevant
I know just you cares
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Magnetic010: 5:55pm On May 27
cr7lomo:
Far more superior than casillas , puyol , pique, Sergio ramos , busquet , fabregas , iniesta , xavi , David silva , davil villa , Fernando torres , xavi Alonso , Pedro , Mata , jesius Navas with the only coach that has won everything in football Vicente Del Bosque .... all in their prime .... de play
This is probably why many of Ronaldo’s ex teammates don’t like him, because of how you Ronaldo fans find ways to belittle them just to make it seem like the odds are stacked against Ronaldo always-

Spain in their entire history I don’t think they have produced a better forwards than cristiano

Nobody from the Spanish squad that won the World Cup is a better left back than current Nuno Mendez


Xavi and Iniesta never managed to reach back to back champions league finals but Vitinha and Ruben have done that

Bruno is currently just won EPL player of the season playing a a deadass United team- tell me which of those Spanish midfielders you think could have pulled that off even in their prime

Which left winger in that Spanish squad is better tha current Rafael leao?


With all honesty apart from France, Portugal is the next best team heading into this world cup
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by donmik: 1:07pm On May 31
Akuruoulo:
Who dey MLS wey no hot ?
Another WC trophy for Messi is rolling down
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by donmik: 1:10pm On May 31
Kalulu44:
We all know he wants to hold the record of being the only players to have played in 6 different world cups with Ronaldo. If not I don't see why he still need to go after winning the last world cup and confirm his greatness
I never knew and I don't think what u are striving for is important to you or any of them.

The goal is for Messi to add another WC, bro.

Thanks
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by donmik: 1:14pm On May 31
Magnetic010:
CR7’s case is understandable he is desperately chasing a World Cup dream even though he and his fans will deny it- deep down he wants a World Cup so bad.

That’s not Messi’s case he already has a World Cup!
And if you think Messi is going to perform in 2026 as in did in 2022 then you are being deluded, did you watch him and inter Miami at the club World Cup last year?

Yes!

Have u been watching him lately from the US?

Just face your dream and allow another person pursue his

Nothing bad in having two WC trophies

Nigerians....
Re: Messi’s Hamstring Injury Raises World Cup Concerns by Kalulu44: 3:38pm On May 31
donmik:
I never knew and I don't think what u are striving for is important to you or any of them.

The goal is for Messi to add another WC, bro.

Thanks
You think so.
Go to Soccernet headline.
"Messi and Ronaldo, aiming for a record 6th world cup"
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