Guess ishowspeed will also understand that once cause Ronaldo is not the best if Messi is in the room he is not even the 2nd best of all time that place belongs to Ronaldinho Cruyff Pele so basically he is not even in top 5 of all time. No offence but Ronaldo was just unlucky he was born in same time as Messi if he was born 10-15 years earlier. He would definitely be the most dominant player in that era unstoppable as hell
yep I am from Europe and I have observed that in US Ronaldo has better advertisment , no idea why. Americans in general at least until this world cup knew about Ronaldo , not Messi. Honestly I think Ronaldo is a good striker , but there are others I consider better than him , including of course Messi.
@@elguachin3262 hey man , didnt know that, just because of a comercial ? sorry I do not follow TV or own a TV for the last 20 years cause I think they are useless. That explains it now because I was like all the time : what da heck , why is there even a discussion about it. Anyway if you want to have a look at Gheorghe Hagi a huge underrated player from my country I put a link in a commment 2 days ago here. Thing is I was little when he was playing and didnt realise how good he was until I grow older and started to watch clips from different players and then I saw a few compilation of Hagi ...jesus christ. So underrated - just watch it out of curiosity if nothing else.
@@darthsaren6519 I know him, great player. I remember him from the 1994 World Cup when Romania eliminated my country in the round of 16, I think he scored a goal and an assist in that game. one of the most underrated players
he didnt even need to win the world cup to be the GOAT but he did it anyway he is complete he has every trophy he can possibly have broke every record .. he is just out of this world
Messi is praised in the football world not only for his technical skills, but also for his behavior off the field, never getting into the trouble that one usually sees in this type of celebrity. He made me and many Brazilians support Argentina (our historic rival) in this World Cup just because of him. Lionel Messi retiring without a World Cup trophy would be a disaster for the sport. If anyone deserved it, it was him.
Messi is the definition of pure football - he didn't need the World Cup win to be called the best in history, he was already the best in history long before the World Cup win.
Both of you super close, average your 2 numbers :D Messi currently has a grand total of 386 all-time assists. In case anyone is wondering, the #2 position of all-time assists is currently held by Thomas Muller with 294. One hell of a margin.
@@Sevaekor knew it was somewhere around that, Google never gives a straightforward answer because it’s never updated and the only way I know he has 793 career goals is because when I was watching the RO16 game he scored his 789th and it showed on the screen his career goals, so I just add on
The more you actually know about futbol the more Messi becomes the GOAT not just for futbol but the Goat of Goats. He is the greatest athlete of all time.
@@ciderwar Saying "futbol" is the perfect way to distinguish it from American football when talking to Americans especially if you hate using the word "soccer".
Cr7 is a truly great player, he really is one of the best to ever pull on a shirt. His athleticism is astounding, the longevity, his hunger for trophys, goals and records is unrivalled...............but Messi is just not from this planet, when you watch him play at his best he is just mesmerising, you watch in awe of what he is doing, the dribbling, the close control, the body feints, the range and weight of passing and the outrageous amount of goals, the sheer amount of trophys he has won individually and collectively. Messi makes other players look like amateurs on a regular basis, he's so good he makes it look easy. Imo he is the best there has ever been and I don't see how anyone will ever match him.
people adore cr7 not because of he is better than messi, because of hardwork get u result where u r we dont need to be reminded everyday that someone born with godly talent like messi and insane generational wealth to had it ez in life, while we need to struggle
As an Argentine, I feel completely lucky to have witnessed both Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi. Some will say that Messi just walks around the field, that he doesn't run. If you look closely, he is thinking, calculating, measuring his opponents, looking for his weaknesses. His head turned from side to side, looking for the best spaces. He's a tactician...and when he finds the sweet spot, he just coordinates the game with his teammates. Not only goals, free kicks or penalties... Mbappè, Ronaldo... they will never be up to par. He definitely is the GOAT.
Yeah, plus if you’ve played football you would know how difficult it is to dribble the ball past multiple players. Quite tiring so he does need the break
As an Englishman, I grudging respected the great talent of Don Diego BUT I did not respect his cheating. Maradona was Frankenstein's monster to Messi's Superman. Messi has done everything Maradona did, only with more grace, more innovation, more precision and faster. Messi is every knowledgeable person's GOAT.
and the real thing is that he would have cleared even more record by now if it wasnt for ronaldo, imagine having the 2nd best player of all time in the same era with you, tbh although G.O.A.T debate ended and messi is clear of all footballers in existence, ronaldo is still closer to messi than any other footballer, if ballon dor was fair and both of them achieved the things they did in different eras, ronaldo and messi would be clear of all footballer with 10 and 12 ballon dors each, the reason im telling this is cuz u said ronaldo will never be up to par with him lol, the fact that ronaldo still outperformed messi in certain seasons show that he was on that quality for alot of time, although its clear than ronaldo have been runner up more times with messi winning individual trophies, ronaldo still made messi a runner up multiple times too the ballon dor robbery questioning for 2013 and 2015 is literally disaproved by the fact that ronaldo came runner up over neymar in 2015 and messi came runner up in 2013 over ribery, messi and ronaldo both are more relative than you actually think, tbh if they were both in different eras the goat debate will still be up, respect both for their greatness, people forget that messi isnt even up the level he used to be and neither is ronaldo when the world cup slander for ronaldo is happening. although i used to be a ronaldo fan, messi clearly won now but saying they rnt close is a straight up lie bud
9:20 That celebration is iconic for a number of reasons; It was a stoppage time winner against Real Madrid at their homeground. Real spent 90 min trying to kick Messi out of the game. Some of the fouls were horrendous & Sergio Ramos eventually got a straight red. To add to it, it was Messi's 500th Barca goal. The stuff of nightmares for Real fans, the stuff of dreams for Barca fans.
@@m0skit0 you most definitely may! And i stand corrected. Coincidentally i learned this recently when I kept referring to Real Sociedad as Sociedad to a guy from San Sebastian....
13:54 Many have tried that but there was a time when you couldn't even get near him. Defenders were not just late to take the ball, they were late to foul him. What Messi did between 2009-2015 is something we will never see again.
Im thankful I was able to watch a majority of those games. I got a bit burned out from watching so many games and stopped following the leagues, but it was good fun to watch him every week. Now to witness his WC victory seems like justice.
Being from Barcelona I can't even express the amount of emotions this little dude gave us for more than a decade. It wasn't just his skill, everytime he had the ball, AT LEAST 3 players from the enemy team were on him, this creates a lot of free spaces for the other players to attack. Just him being in field could mean winning a game already.
If there is one thing I have learned from watching Messi play football it's that "flow state" is a real thing. This man has ultra instinct, mushin, whatever you wanna call it. When he starts to dribble he doesn't think about moving, he just moves. Always toward the goal. Defenders can't predict his movements because he doesn't know where he's gonna move, he doesn't make decisions to predict. It's like watching Muhammed Ali float like a butterfly and sting like a bee on a football field.
ronaldo doesn't have all the achievements that messi has. in these past 4 years, argentina won every trophy possible. ronaldo didn't. that's all you have to say. @@wooshbait36
And he'll probably win super ballondor too which is given for a player once every 3 decades...Only de stefano is player who was awarded with this award...
That means you might be a fan but can still be reasonable, I understand being a fan of Ronaldo and him being your favorite player nothing wrong with that. But so many fans have to immediately hate on the other for no reason. I love football Messi is the GOAT but Jari Litmanen will forever be my favorite footballer. Nothing wrong with that!
@@Minifliek yup exactly, Messi is the goat because of his consistent high performance, but other players can be more flashy, or faster or have cooler goals, it comes to preference, but a lot of people don't see it that deeply
Nice words even you are a RM fan. To be honest RM have and has had the best players in the world. The way Barca and RM attracts super players are the reason we love el classico
I respect that, they are 2 different players. Ronaldo is the most complete goalscorer football has ever seen but Messi is the most complete attacking player ever so when a player controls a game like Messi does its pretty obvious who the GOAT is imo but Ronaldo fans seem to only see a single stat which is goals and not football as a game
people adore cr7 not because of he is better than messi, because of hardwork get u result where u r we dont need to be reminded everyday that someone born with godly talent like messi and insane generational wealth to had it ez in life, while we need to struggle
There will be other great players in the future, but there will never be another player quite like Lionel Messi. Truly one of a kind. GOAT is an understatement.
I was a little curious what Messi's stats look like for the current season. In case anyone else was wondering: He's currently at 19 goals and 19 assists in 27 games for club and country - and it's only been half a season. Man took one year to get used to Paris and now he's tearing everything apart again.
what I think the difference between messi and ronaldo in terms of attitude is that they are opposites. Messi is just too humble and modest while Ronaldo screams confidence. For Ronaldo, to be the best, you have to work, think, play and have the mindset to be the best. IMO tho 😅😅
@Ninja Devil the fact that... Even now, when he's "not in his prime" ... He still outclasses hundreds of international level players 10+ years his junior
@Ninja Devil He still is, last year he won the America Cup, and this year the Finalissima and now the World Cup. What else do you need to say it he is the "GOAT"
Im from spain, supported of Real Madrid all my life. Still I think is cristal clear that Don Lionel Messi Cuccittini is the best football player that ever existed. Ive suffered it since I was a kid, I know what im talking about.
I’ve felt like a child again watching Messi this World Cup. It felt like I was 8 years old again, watching him tear Manchester United apart in the champions league final. I watched some games sitting on the floor. That’s how young I felt. We’ll see elite players again, Mbappe scored a literal hat trick in the final, but never and I hope to never see a player like Messi again. Will make Messi that much more special.
I agree, I've watched him many times, and still, when I hear players talk about him, it feels like he is a myth like King Arthur or a comic character who is overpowered. When that journalist thanked him, she did it for everyone, and he looked astonished by this humble beyond words
The main reason he "struggles" to head is because he's shorter than most other players. I think he's about 5'7" or so, most guys are a bit closer to 6'.
@@MWaheduzzamanKhan1 You are wrong actually. Football is not a game for tall people. Average football player's height is the same as the average height in their country of origin which is 174-178 basically everywhere except northern Europe (people there are toooooo tall)
I have always disliked football but I watched the whole World Cup this year and let’s just say there is no comparing. No one does it like Messi. He just seems like such a genuine person as well In my opinion and I’m happy Argentina won it was deserved what an incredible end for an incredible player
You are right that Messi is incredible...but if you've "always disliked football" then you dont have the knowledge to try and form full opinions like that. I wouldn't try to give an opinion on who is the GOAT of basketball after watching one tournament.
@@acg9743 Yes and No, what he said is very true. No one does it like Messi, when you watch plenty of football you also know no one plays football the way Messi does. Hence why he is the greatest.
I got into football quite a bit later than my friends did and it’s all because of Messi. I never knew someone could control a ball like that with their FEET. I’ve been watching Messi since 2010 and it’s been an absolute privilege. The best ever to grace the beautiful game.
Messi is not from this world. His secret to score so many "solo" goals its pretty unique, unlike other players, he goes exactly where most of the defenders are, this way they basically bother each other opening a space for him, watch most of his solo goals, he basically group them and make them look like bumper cars.
Very interesting hypothesis. I had never really thought of it that way, that the chances of a defender taking the ball away from you could actually be lowered if the defender is standing near a bunch of other defenders, but it makes sense. Very interesting!
Your enthusiasm is infectious, perfect for reaction videos. I've been a Messi fan for a while now and he just keeps finding new ways to make me laugh at how ridiculously good he is. Unbelievable.
Here is the voice of an Argentinian who has followed Lionel Messi for a while. It isn't because he's the best at doing tricks and dodging that I say "he's the best". No. Messi has had lots of criticism and hate during a large period of time while playing for Argentina. Every time Argentina played in League Matches, we would easily be beaten, even with Messi showing off. Messi has fought for countless tournaments and there was even a huge chance he was going to quit AFA (Argentine Football Association) because he thought he brought bad luck to our team and that he just "couldn't perform as well". Until 2021. That is when Argentina broke the streak of "bad luck at tournaments". Argentina won the Copa América, and Messi decided to stay in Argentina a little while longer. He fought past the criticism and gave it all for Argentina, and now he has given us, his country, our Third World Cup. The man has given everything for this sport and his people. That is why he is the best. Not only is he an absolute freak on the field, he doesn't even do it for him.
What’s incredible to me is how when he is in a run, he can be pushed and pulled to the ground, but he gets up and uses advantage to its fullest. It’s incredible, you literally cannot stop him
What I love about messi which many cr 7 fans ( including myself mostly as the best striker ever ) is that despite being pushed , fouled and even with a broken nose , he goes on , without stopping unlike others who would pretend and fall and go for a free kick or penalty . His passing , along with playmaking and in the end opportunistic nature is just something I will miss . In his prime me and my dad would watch at midnight and seeing him win the wc just made him undoubtedly the greatest footballer of all time ever.
The 1 thing for me that makes Messi better than anybody else in history is the way he plays the game. He could be injured, sick, fouled of the pitch no matter what it is he just wants to keep going, he doesn't complain or anything. Real Madrid gave him a black eye yet he still kept going and beat them by just being the best. IMHO only Pele can be considered a G.O.A.T over Messi but Europe has always been the place to play for a professional footballer and that is where Messi has 1 over Pele.
The difference beween Pele and Messi is that Brazil won the WC in 1962 without Pele barely even playing. These recent Argentina teams are NOTHING without Messi. The Top 4 of Football is Messi, Ronaldo, Pele and Maradona. Nobody even touches them and it will probably be like that for a while.
@@soupyloops2606 But is it Pelé's fault that he had great teammates? If Messi played with the likes of Riquelme, Veron, Batistuta, Crespo, Ayala, Zanetti and others would he be worse? Pelé played among giants and still was considered the king of his era above eveyrone else, like Messi would be if he played with the argentine greats. Actually, like Messi has been in Barcelona. Think about it, Spain dominated for 6 years with a team that was basically barcelona without Messi.
Europe has always been where the money flows more, however it was not the place with better football overall in the 50's and 60's. South America was at least as great. Like it would be today if all the great argentinians, brazilians uruguayans, etc, of today played there, and also if you rule out the african players, asians, immigrant descendents, so on. Today football in europe is also better because of superior training facilities, physical science, technology, etc, but that was not the case back in the 60's. Second, Pele was literally prohibited from leaving Brazil, he first was conscripted for the army at 18 y.o. as a way to keep him in Brazil, then he was declared national treasury by the government as an act of law. So it is not his fault he didn't play in europe.
Pele tore Europeans to shreds. He scored a hattrick against France in the 1958 world cup semi final and 2 goals against Sweden in the world cup final at the age of 17. In 1962 and 1963 Pele's club team Santos destroyed benfica and AC Milan, both of whom were European champions, to win the world club championship. In 1970 Pele destroyed Italy in the world cup final by scoring and providing 2 assists in Brazil's 4-1 victory. South American is where the best footballers were between 1958 and 1970, not Europe.
9:24 the reason why messi does that is to show respect to his grandmother who is in heaven now . She once said to messi "one day you will become the best footballer in the world " And it was for her dedication messi joined a football club when he was a kid cause his mother and dad were against it cause he has very small at that time
Bud first time seeing your channel... But i can really appreciate how you can see and understand what he does in the game and how he's changed the game....i wish more Americans would see the same thing as i am the abnormal American that has followed soccer my entire life... Maybe after this world cup a little more change to come for the better... Were a huge country and still don't put out enough good players... MLS has failed us... Not enough farm teams.. But i digress... My main point is that i think you've done an excellent job here with your video and commentary and it can only help soccer... Thank you very much!!! Keep up the good work!
I was surprised with your reaction, most of people doing this type of content seem like they're just overreacting to whatever they think it's "hype", but your commentary demonstrates that you're knowledgeable with the sport, and actually understand what makes Messi so great, especially with the NBA analogies. Keep up the great work man, would love to see you react to a 2022 WC summary reaction.
He was the GOAT before the WorldCup. There was just this tiny missing peace in his career, so every one wanted him to win this. Now its complete. I heard someone say: Messi doesn't owe the world a WorldCup Title, the world owes him one. And I can not agree more...
Some people will need 20 years to actually realise, what pleasure and luck we football fans had to witness a player like him! He is just that good, thanks Leo 🙏❤
the Argentinians that saw him destroying kids his age or older when his grandmother requested coaches let him play could not believe their eyes, due to his growth issues professional teams discarded him.Thankfully there was people mesmerized by his skill and did what they could to get him a chance. Would recommend you to check one of his documentaries a really moving story.
he have a healt problem, did not grow in height. The hormonal treatment was very expensive, no club in Argentina wanted to pay for it. He went to Spain at a very young age and they paid for his treatment, Barcelona. At that early age but with a problem in his height, no one saw his abilities, and luckily in Europe he did.
@@ulyseslibois1819 River Plate was willing to pay for the treatment, but Messi's club at that moment, Newell's, didn't want to let him go even tho they wouldn't pay for it, bastards. Luckily he was able to get out to Barcelona and we know the rest, but I still would have loved to see him at River Plate as the club also has a very renowned football school (home of two other Ballon D'or winners).
IMHO, There is no question that Messi is the best to have played the game. His touch on the ball, his vision of the angles of the game, and his sense of the flow of the game are unsurpassed. Ronaldo is great too. In a dead sprint, he is faster that Messi, and his shot is probably more powerful. He is in general more powerful, and he's taller, so he's better in the air, if anything because he gets more chances. But Messi more than makes up for that. Here's my theory: growing up, Messi had a hormone deficiency that stunted his growth. If anything, it worked to his advantage in developing his skills. With a lower center of gravity, he was able to stop and change directions on a dime, kind of like Barry Sanders. Messi's short, pinwheeling stride made him quick and explosive, with fantastic acceleration. You see it constantly in videos of his younger years -- he gets a little bit of daylight and he's gone. It also contributes to an element of surprise in many of his shots, which seem to come out of nowhere. Every other player, like Ronaldo, when they shoot, you sense that they are "winding up." You often see a hop, a couple of steps, then a long stride and then the shot. It gives defenders a chance to block it. Messi's shots often seem to come out of nowhere. Goalies and defenders are caught flat-footed. In slo-mo, you see he often does take a slightly longer stride into his shot, but it's not much. He generates power simply by churning his legs, the same way he runs. But of course he also worked at it. He had a lot of injuries and health problems in his youth and worked to overcome them. As he older, he got really strong, so if he bodies up against taller opponents, he could shoulder them off the ball. After all, his shoulder will be digging into his rival's chest, so he has leverage, just like linemen in the NFL try to get under each other, or sumo wrestlers. The fact that he can maintain control of the ball while doing all that is, well, part of the "magic." That's his physical attributes, but on top of that is simply his brain and his vision. He sees things that no other players see. He "nutmegs" (plays the ball between the legs of his opponents) so many players, field players as well as goalies, and he does it at full speed. It might be that his shorter height helps him there, since he can see those gaps as they form. He'll loft the ball over the goalie into the goal. That takes great touch, but mostly it takes a lot of audacity just to try it. The creativity is incredible. His shot is powerful enough, but it's his accuracy that's really impressive. He can curve the ball with great precision. (I wonder about this last World Cup though, because I didn't see that many wildly curving shots, not from Messi nor from anyone else. Does anyone know whether the ball they used was smoother, thus less likely to curve?) So he'll curl shots into the corner of the goal, or make long, hooking passes that reach his teammates on a dead run. It's kind of like Joe Montana throwing a perfectly lofted pass between linebackers and defensive backs and hitting Jerry Rice in stride. Not easy to even see, much less do. There's a huge heart in that little man too, an incredible competitive drive. It was great to see him win the Cup.
He has won everything that is possible in football so now the debate is over For me there was no debate when it comes to level he was already the best but now the titles ended every doubts
He is 5 ft 7 which is why his centre of gravity is so low meaning he can weave so easily, the man is superhuman... This also makes his heading and leap ability so impressive
To watch this man's control over the ball, even when he is on the floor, extraordinary. His height, center of gravity definitely helps, but anyone who can waltz through a crowd of players like that, and nutmeg a player backwards, I bow my head Sir.
I just found your content and as a player from the age of three and coach for the last 20 its been really fun watching someone who doesn't know about the sport, watching this brought back a lot of my childhood and early mornings watching champions league, la liga, ect....
I'm consistently more impressed by his dribbling and passing than I am by his goals. For me, he could finish his career with 1/10th as many goals, so, 80 instead of 800, and I'd still say he's the GOAT. Also, for anybody who doesn't know, perhaps some Yanks who aren't fans, the reason Messi points to the sky every time he scores is because his now deceased Grandmother is the one who got him into football when his Mother said she didn't want him to play because he'd get hurt due to his size... That's the kind of guy Messi is. Never forgets what's truly important. You honestly couldn't ask for a better role model in all of football.
The reason why he points his fingers up at the sky is cause he’s doing that for his grandma. "I am doing this because I dedicate my goals to my grandmother. She took to me to football but now she can't see how far I have come. Nevertheless, she continues to help me and my family"
"If I was deffending Messi I'd just turn it into American football and just tackle him" Ah my friend you don't realize how right you are, through most of Messis career coaches on other teams would just straight up tell their defenders to foul him if he started going on one of his runs, and the scary part is in a lot of those runs the whole defense is literally trying to foul him and they can't touch him.
He is so amazing. Every time im in a bad mood, bored, or down I watch Messis plays and he brings me so much joy... (Imagine after winning the World Cup in that breathtaking game against Mbappes France!) Great video. Thumbs up!
It's never been about Messi vs CR for me . It's been Messi vs Pele vs Maradona, and in footballing level Messi is above the rest, Pele and Maradona mean more for their countrys tho. It's like Mayweather vs Mohamad Ali, you can't really say because of what Ali means for the sport.
In boxing level they aren't the same because one of them is the GOAT of boxing who always challenged himself and defied odds and the other is a safety first calculating cherry picker but on the other hand I agree that messi is above the rest in terms of footballing level.
Thanks for reacting to the best there ever was! I have been able to remember most of these goals and scenes as Ive been watching him playing since I was like 10 years old. I’m 27 now and he’s still the best I’ve ever seen play the football
Me personally, I’ve been a Messi fan for years and have always put him as #1. I even had a Messi poster in my room. I told my friends Messi was the goat and they called me a bandwagon like bro I’ve been telling you guys this 💀
I have the privilege to actually see Messi play live, Even though it was just a pre season friendly, he came on in the second half and all I can remember is Messi going past 4 or 5 players like they weren’t there. To see the Messi magic that close up just leaves me with a magical memory. Although it was just a pre season friendly it was just awe inspiring to see him that close. 🐐
Same here, and one thing in particular struck me watching him during warmups. Never once did he do anything fancy. No flicks or tricks of any kind, unlike his teammates, just an intense focus on doing the basics perfectly. I think even great players forget to do this, but legendary players don't, it's fundamental to who they are and how the perfection of their craft means never thinking they've mastered anything.
The stat that is always crazy to think of is you have to have a 50g/a Ration in a season for the next 20 years to have a 1000GA. Messi has nearly 1200G/A. Thats insane cause when you have 50g/a nowadays you are by far top 1 in the season they have around 30G/A right now.
9:30 that celebration is famous for 2 reasons: 1) that’s his career 500th goal 2) that goal levels points difference with Real Madrid who were at the top of the table. Us winning the game took Barcelona in the same point as Madrid. That’s when the League got interesting. What a way to score 500th goal
Also, was the first time Real Madrir lost a game in additional time at Bernabeu Stadium in history, and of course it was in a Clasico, was the second goal from Messi to settle the 3 to 2 final score. (Messi is not even the player with more goals in Clasico*s history, he also scored more goals in clasicos played at Bernabeu Stadium than any player of Real Madrid),slds
I was at one of the most controversial games of football in history, Chelsea v Barca 2009. I saw Messi play, amongst a whole host of greats. Easily taken for granted at the time. What a player.
Messi is clearly phenomenal even to people who don't really know much about football. To those of us that do, he's simply incredible. Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldo etc, all incredible players. But Messi is just from another planet. Its been a privilege just been around and at a similar age to watch his career from here in the UK. Just wish I could have seen him live when he played in the Barcelona team with Xavi Alonso and Andre Iniesta, that was some team.
@@browneybako177 he did, my mistake. Think I automatically put Alonso after Xavi after his Liverpool time, I've a bunch of friends who are Liverpool fans. But yeah it was Xavi Hernandez at Barca, him and Iniesta were incredible with Messi in front of them.
19:12 Olympic gold medalist anyone? Remember for most sports that's the greatest achievement possible. Football has WC but handball, basketball, volleyball, hockey, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, sailing, most (if not all) winter sports, has the Olympics as the ultimate championship. Tennis, cycling, ping ping, football and others still have it as a heavy weight achievement for a sportsman or team. I'm proud of being Argentine
I think you can be a fan of both for different reasons. That said Messi was undoubtedly the GOAT for many years already just took you a World Cup victory to notice it ;)
Best years of Messi were from 2008 to 2012. He later became more cerebral, he dosed himself a bit more in order to extend his playing career. But in the period I am mentioning, he was just out of his mind. He did everything. He dribbled like there's no tomorrow. The amount of solo goals, 5 players dribbles, 50 meter dashes with all kind of nutmegs and direction changes, were astonishing. That was the "pure Messi" era. Then he evolved more into a playmaker, that still did all of that, but more occasionally. If you get any of Messi's games from season 2011-2012, it is a highlights reel on itself. He scored in almost every game, and many times more than 1 goal. Crazy.
15:14... THE JEFECITO (Little boss)... None other than the great Javier Mascherano... He did deserve the World Cup, great person, great guy and all around great defender... In the Argentina team he is, for me, one of the most beloved player of this era... Wish I could see him kissing the World Cup.
i think football comes natural to messi, where others have to work years for he was born with. I met someone like that before in basketball, when you play against these players, it feels different, they are not just good, they are not just faster stronger or more agile, they are different, it almost feels like you are not playing a human, and no matter how hard you try, there is nothing you can do if they play well
The best way I can describe it is however good other players are, when I try to defend them I can see I made them work, some works hard, some very little, some takes more time, some take less, to respond to my defending and get pass. but for this guy no matter what I do or how hard I try I can't even slow him down. Do you understand how frustrating and supernatural that feels? you know you can't stop him so you put in your best and he get past you without losing speed, completely at his pace and with ease? It is so obvious he didn't have to try at all. Not just with me, he does this to EVERYONE. It's like he brought a gun to a fist fight, everyone needs to work to get punches in, but him? bang you're dead
There have been players who are naturally talented as Messi or more than him. He has worked his socks off for more than two decades. The effort is seen in how he evolved as a playmaker and yet scoring goals for fun! Yes, there is an alien quality to him but that does not mean he does not put in the effort. So many from Barcelona and other clubs are lost in oblivion coz of their lack of discipline. Messi just eliminated what held him back and just got better. Also, in a team game, he acknowledges others for every victory but never blames them in defeat.
To me the key about Leo is that he was So Good, that he had 2,3,4 defenders busy with him, and that created holes for his teammates, then a genius pass to the open space, and... well, you know how it ends 😂
If you notice on every free kick now there is someone laying down behind the wall… Messi the reason for that. His submarine free kicks were unstoppable.
Try and find vids of Messi when he was really young and you'll see why he was destined for greatness he was doing things at like 8 years old that most professional players couldn't do now!
every time I see compilations of messi it makes me want to cry knowing that his retirement from football is less and less, it was an honor for me to be a contemporary of the best of all time. I am proud to be from his same country, proud to have I have seen most of his matches and he never disappoints, he always brought out the magic of his feet, Messi is the most loved in Argentina without a doubt, an excellent person, never involved in controversy, always honest and defending his colors...Messi is the legacy that we all want, just the goat
6:30 put it this way… Messi is Lebron in terms of longevity, consistency, and an all round player, he has the skills and agility of Curry, Magic Johnson’s passing, and MJ’s beautiful game. That is the best way to describe what this guy is capable of doing in the field
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The more you know about and play football, the more impressive his playstyle will seem.
thats why there is people who still think ronaldo is better
Guess ishowspeed will also understand that once cause Ronaldo is not the best if Messi is in the room he is not even the 2nd best of all time that place belongs to Ronaldinho Cruyff Pele so basically he is not even in top 5 of all time. No offence but Ronaldo was just unlucky he was born in same time as Messi if he was born 10-15 years earlier. He would definitely be the most dominant player in that era unstoppable as hell
@@SHRD Ronaldo is better than Ronaldinho lol
@@martijnijzerman2309 no he isnt
@@martijnijzerman2309 Ronaldinho was a better player than Ronaldo
As an American who’s spent most of my life telling people around me they’re missing out on Messi.. this is beautiful :)
yep I am from Europe and I have observed that in US Ronaldo has better advertisment , no idea why. Americans in general at least until this world cup knew about Ronaldo , not Messi. Honestly I think Ronaldo is a good striker , but there are others I consider better than him , including of course Messi.
@@darthsaren6519 thats because of Nike
@@elguachin3262 hey man , didnt know that, just because of a comercial ? sorry I do not follow TV or own a TV for the last 20 years cause I think they are useless. That explains it now because I was like all the time : what da heck , why is there even a discussion about it. Anyway if you want to have a look at Gheorghe Hagi a huge underrated player from my country I put a link in a commment 2 days ago here. Thing is I was little when he was playing and didnt realise how good he was until I grow older and started to watch clips from different players and then I saw a few compilation of Hagi ...jesus christ. So underrated - just watch it out of curiosity if nothing else.
@@darthsaren6519 I know him, great player. I remember him from the 1994 World Cup when Romania eliminated my country in the round of 16, I think he scored a goal and an assist in that game. one of the most underrated players
@@elguachin3262 wow really ? what country are you from ?
he didnt even need to win the world cup to be the GOAT but he did it anyway he is complete he has every trophy he can possibly have broke every record .. he is just out of this world
I hope he gets the Super Golden Ball. Only Di Stefano got it.
Speed- you still dont have euro
So true! That world Cup only makes his hatters stutter trying to justify their faulty arguments
Last goal was not onside. The cup is rigged
@@Dippa1991 every world cup is rigged cause they all had missed calls so good luck with that
Messi is praised in the football world not only for his technical skills, but also for his behavior off the field, never getting into the trouble that one usually sees in this type of celebrity. He made me and many Brazilians support Argentina (our historic rival) in this World Cup just because of him. Lionel Messi retiring without a World Cup trophy would be a disaster for the sport. If anyone deserved it, it was him.
you said it perfect
Apart from the tax fraud, of course.
@@gerbil5101everyone has been tax fraud
@@gerbil5101so not payimg the goverment an insane amount of money makes u a bad person ?? All rich people avoid taxes
he refused to pay taxes
Messi is the definition of pure football - he didn't need the World Cup win to be called the best in history, he was already the best in history long before the World Cup win.
people never really mention this but messi also has about 400 assists in his career
He has around 360+ I think
Both of you super close, average your 2 numbers :D Messi currently has a grand total of 386 all-time assists.
In case anyone is wondering, the #2 position of all-time assists is currently held by Thomas Muller with 294.
One hell of a margin.
@@Sevaekor knew it was somewhere around that, Google never gives a straightforward answer because it’s never updated and the only way I know he has 793 career goals is because when I was watching the RO16 game he scored his 789th and it showed on the screen his career goals, so I just add on
@@Sevaekor this accurate
That makes sense, since he is the best playmaker ever. But those almost 800 goals dont make sense, since he never was CF.
The more you actually know about futbol the more Messi becomes the GOAT not just for futbol but the Goat of Goats. He is the greatest athlete of all time.
Well in team sports he's undoubtedly the greatest
@@ciderwar its spelt futbol in spanish give the guy the bod bro no need to be rude
@@ciderwar Saying "futbol" is the perfect way to distinguish it from American football when talking to Americans especially if you hate using the word "soccer".
@@ciderwar racist much?
I agree Messi is the greatest of all time not just footballer but greatest athlete i have ever seen
Cr7 is a truly great player, he really is one of the best to ever pull on a shirt. His athleticism is astounding, the longevity, his hunger for trophys, goals and records is unrivalled...............but Messi is just not from this planet, when you watch him play at his best he is just mesmerising, you watch in awe of what he is doing, the dribbling, the close control, the body feints, the range and weight of passing and the outrageous amount of goals, the sheer amount of trophys he has won individually and collectively.
Messi makes other players look like amateurs on a regular basis, he's so good he makes it look easy. Imo he is the best there has ever been and I don't see how anyone will ever match him.
pretty apt description... as a Man Utd fan, I've seen Ronnie score a crap load of goals in his early and late career, but Messi is otherworldly.
Bullshit, he is overrated, what are you saying is just marketing propaganda.
You could say... CR 7 is the best "human" player 😂
Simply put, one is the best player any human could ever be; the other is not a human.
people adore cr7 not because of he is better than messi, because of hardwork get u result where u r
we dont need to be reminded everyday that someone born with godly talent like messi and insane generational wealth to had it ez in life, while we need to struggle
As an Argentine, I feel completely lucky to have witnessed both Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.
Some will say that Messi just walks around the field, that he doesn't run.
If you look closely, he is thinking, calculating, measuring his opponents, looking for his weaknesses. His head turned from side to side, looking for the best spaces. He's a tactician...and when he finds the sweet spot, he just coordinates the game with his teammates.
Not only goals, free kicks or penalties... Mbappè, Ronaldo... they will never be up to par. He definitely is the GOAT.
Yeah, plus if you’ve played football you would know how difficult it is to dribble the ball past multiple players. Quite tiring so he does need the break
As an Englishman, I grudging respected the great talent of Don Diego BUT I did not respect his cheating. Maradona was Frankenstein's monster to Messi's Superman. Messi has done everything Maradona did, only with more grace, more innovation, more precision and faster. Messi is every knowledgeable person's GOAT.
Maradona is a dirty handball cheater. Absolute fraud. He will never be anything else
and the real thing is that he would have cleared even more record by now if it wasnt for ronaldo, imagine having the 2nd best player of all time in the same era with you, tbh although G.O.A.T debate ended and messi is clear of all footballers in existence, ronaldo is still closer to messi than any other footballer, if ballon dor was fair and both of them achieved the things they did in different eras, ronaldo and messi would be clear of all footballer with 10 and 12 ballon dors each, the reason im telling this is cuz u said ronaldo will never be up to par with him lol, the fact that ronaldo still outperformed messi in certain seasons show that he was on that quality for alot of time, although its clear than ronaldo have been runner up more times with messi winning individual trophies, ronaldo still made messi a runner up multiple times too
the ballon dor robbery questioning for 2013 and 2015 is literally disaproved by the fact that ronaldo came runner up over neymar in 2015 and messi came runner up in 2013 over ribery, messi and ronaldo both are more relative than you actually think, tbh if they were both in different eras the goat debate will still be up, respect both for their greatness, people forget that messi isnt even up the level he used to be and neither is ronaldo when the world cup slander for ronaldo is happening. although i used to be a ronaldo fan, messi clearly won now but saying they rnt close is a straight up lie bud
@@maitaimikpretty sure than even after everything most argentinians pick maradona over messi lol
And he got his 8th Ballon D'Or, this year. Messi is Infinite ❤🔥
He deserved this to any roanldo fans that comes here
Real
Cristiano Ronaldo is still the greatest of all time, but Messi is definitely in the top 10. 🐐⚽
Yep Messi is the GOAT
Penalol is a sheep 🐑😂
9:20 That celebration is iconic for a number of reasons;
It was a stoppage time winner against Real Madrid at their homeground.
Real spent 90 min trying to kick Messi out of the game. Some of the fouls were horrendous & Sergio Ramos eventually got a straight red.
To add to it, it was Messi's 500th Barca goal.
The stuff of nightmares for Real fans, the stuff of dreams for Barca fans.
They literally gave him a black eye and injured his mouth in that match. He scored his first goal with a tissue in his mouth. He isn't human.
If I may correct you, "Real" is normally used for Real Sociedad (la Real). Real Madrid is only referred as "Madrid" (el Madrid).
@@m0skit0 you most definitely may! And i stand corrected.
Coincidentally i learned this recently when I kept referring to Real Sociedad as Sociedad to a guy from San Sebastian....
@@kamielzeegers8106 There is a difference between El Real (Madrid) and La Real (Sociedad) and obviously talking about Barça you know Real is Madrid
@@m0skit0Both are Real, but Real Sociedad is La real and Madrid is El real
13:54 Many have tried that but there was a time when you couldn't even get near him. Defenders were not just late to take the ball, they were late to foul him. What Messi did between 2009-2015 is something we will never see again.
Im thankful I was able to watch a majority of those games. I got a bit burned out from watching so many games and stopped following the leagues, but it was good fun to watch him every week. Now to witness his WC victory seems like justice.
and to think even tho he cant glide past entire teams anymore, at 35 he is still by far the best dribbler in the world
That's why virgin Messi is unrivaled
@@TamimTheGoat fax,man took his frustration out on these poor humans
That's sad actually. I hope there will be someone better at some point, wouldn't you wanna see that? Someone better than goddamn Messi?
He is the only player who can bring tears to my eyes.
Also 11.20 is a 95 procent copycat goal from the legandary Maradona.
Man I've shed tears of happiness uncontrollably a few times
Not only tear buy a joy everytime I watch his video..
The goal against Mexico this World Cup made me and my brothers jump and scream and cry
@@Barz-beats Bro Not Copycat its inspired, Maradona's messi's idol
Being from Barcelona I can't even express the amount of emotions this little dude gave us for more than a decade.
It wasn't just his skill, everytime he had the ball, AT LEAST 3 players from the enemy team were on him, this creates a lot of free spaces for the other players to attack. Just him being in field could mean winning a game already.
If there is one thing I have learned from watching Messi play football it's that "flow state" is a real thing. This man has ultra instinct, mushin, whatever you wanna call it. When he starts to dribble he doesn't think about moving, he just moves. Always toward the goal. Defenders can't predict his movements because he doesn't know where he's gonna move, he doesn't make decisions to predict. It's like watching Muhammed Ali float like a butterfly and sting like a bee on a football field.
It’s instincts. You can’t learn that flow dribbling style, it either comes easy to you or not.
Cristiano Ronaldo is still the greatest of all time, but Messi is definitely in the top 10. 🐐⚽
ronaldo doesn't have all the achievements that messi has. in these past 4 years, argentina won every trophy possible. ronaldo didn't. that's all you have to say. @@wooshbait36
@@wooshbait36 keep coping kiddo 😂😂
@@MrLifeline01 cry more kiddo
He also now has 7 balon d'ors, along with the world cup and copa america! I smell an 8th Balon D'Or for Messi
The comment I was looking for lol
8 is great. He deserves it already for what he did in the world cup.
I hope not
And he'll probably win super ballondor too which is given for a player once every 3 decades...Only de stefano is player who was awarded with this award...
@@shouma9 Yep i hope that too
I've been real Madrid fan for a long time, so Ronaldo is My favorite, but I still without a doubt consider Messi the absolute best
That means you might be a fan but can still be reasonable, I understand being a fan of Ronaldo and him being your favorite player nothing wrong with that.
But so many fans have to immediately hate on the other for no reason.
I love football Messi is the GOAT but Jari Litmanen will forever be my favorite footballer.
Nothing wrong with that!
@@Minifliek yup exactly, Messi is the goat because of his consistent high performance, but other players can be more flashy, or faster or have cooler goals, it comes to preference, but a lot of people don't see it that deeply
Nice words even you are a RM fan. To be honest RM have and has had the best players in the world. The way Barca and RM attracts super players are the reason we love el classico
I respect that, they are 2 different players. Ronaldo is the most complete goalscorer football has ever seen but Messi is the most complete attacking player ever so when a player controls a game like Messi does its pretty obvious who the GOAT is imo but Ronaldo fans seem to only see a single stat which is goals and not football as a game
people adore cr7 not because of he is better than messi, because of hardwork get u result where u r
we dont need to be reminded everyday that someone born with godly talent like messi and insane generational wealth to had it ez in life, while we need to struggle
I remember alot of people saying “messi is only good because of xavi and iniesta” where have these people gone?
They are on Social Media stroking CR7's bruised ego.
I love iniesta but messi is just that man
have they even won any major trophies since they left barca? but Messi has.
@@desert_rose7171 and world cup + copa ,barca is curse
They are telling he had scored only penalty. But im sur when it was cr7 they was telling "goal is goal"
I'm from Argentina 🇦🇷 and used to say that Maradona was the best player. Now I have no doubts that Messi is the GOAT!!!
There will be other great players in the future, but there will never be another player quite like Lionel Messi. Truly one of a kind. GOAT is an understatement.
Pele one of a kind. Pele the true goat
I was a little curious what Messi's stats look like for the current season. In case anyone else was wondering: He's currently at 19 goals and 19 assists in 27 games for club and country - and it's only been half a season. Man took one year to get used to Paris and now he's tearing everything apart again.
24 goals and 18 assists
In 29 games
He is a goat and no two ways about it
Insane.. in...sane.. maaaaan
INCREIBLE!!!!!!!!
magisterial
The thing that makes him goat is that he doesn't even care if he is a goat or not, he just loves football and wants to play it for a long time.
Exactly! CR7 gets hated because of his caracter and Messi because he's to good...
Messi doesn't realise he's messi. Ronaldo thinks he's messi. That's the difference 🤣
what I think the difference between messi and ronaldo in terms of attitude is that they are opposites. Messi is just too humble and modest while Ronaldo screams confidence. For Ronaldo, to be the best, you have to work, think, play and have the mindset to be the best. IMO tho 😅😅
@@coolyoutubename16 lol🤣🤣
@@ojvic7297 lololol 😆🙃😆🙃
I'm not a football fan but his moves are bloody impressive!
same..its close to perfect
@@ninjadevil9124 yeah. That's alien play football .
If u become a football fan u will think its bloody impossible❤
@Ninja Devil the fact that... Even now, when he's "not in his prime" ... He still outclasses hundreds of international level players 10+ years his junior
@Ninja Devil He still is, last year he won the America Cup, and this year the Finalissima and now the World Cup. What else do you need to say it he is the "GOAT"
Since I was literally 5 I’ve been watching this man play, I’m turning 24 😭 it’s been so long and his journey is master class ✨living legend man
Im from spain, supported of Real Madrid all my life. Still I think is cristal clear that Don Lionel Messi Cuccittini is the best football player that ever existed. Ive suffered it since I was a kid, I know what im talking about.
I’ve felt like a child again watching Messi this World Cup. It felt like I was 8 years old again, watching him tear Manchester United apart in the champions league final. I watched some games sitting on the floor. That’s how young I felt. We’ll see elite players again, Mbappe scored a literal hat trick in the final, but never and I hope to never see a player like Messi again. Will make Messi that much more special.
Thank you from Argentina, Kian
I agree, I've watched him many times, and still, when I hear players talk about him, it feels like he is a myth like King Arthur or a comic character who is overpowered. When that journalist thanked him, she did it for everyone, and he looked astonished by this humble beyond words
The main reason he "struggles" to head is because he's shorter than most other players. I think he's about 5'7" or so, most guys are a bit closer to 6'.
He is 171.
He is 171 where other players are like 185-190
And yet he scored with the head against Ronaldo in the Champions League final 08/09 (which Messi and Barcelona won).
@@MWaheduzzamanKhan1 You are wrong actually. Football is not a game for tall people. Average football player's height is the same as the average height in their country of origin which is 174-178 basically everywhere except northern Europe (people there are toooooo tall)
@@Grimbago I highly doubt that's the average for midfielders, let alone defenders
I have always disliked football but I watched the whole World Cup this year and let’s just say there is no comparing. No one does it like Messi. He just seems like such a genuine person as well In my opinion and I’m happy Argentina won it was deserved what an incredible end for an incredible player
You should watch the highlights of France v Argentina from 2018, that was the best game of the previous world cup
France vs Argentina is never boring
It was a good world Cup to start watching the game.
You are right that Messi is incredible...but if you've "always disliked football" then you dont have the knowledge to try and form full opinions like that. I wouldn't try to give an opinion on who is the GOAT of basketball after watching one tournament.
@@acg9743 true
@@acg9743 Yes and No, what he said is very true.
No one does it like Messi, when you watch plenty of football you also know no one plays football the way Messi does.
Hence why he is the greatest.
Your reaction is the best, it makes me love and Respect him even more, love from Cameroon 🇨🇲
I’m Portuguese and to me Messi has been the GOAT for years now. He’s simply in a league of his own.
Brazilian here, same to me since 2011
I got into football quite a bit later than my friends did and it’s all because of Messi. I never knew someone could control a ball like that with their FEET. I’ve been watching Messi since 2010 and it’s been an absolute privilege. The best ever to grace the beautiful game.
Messi is not from this world. His secret to score so many "solo" goals its pretty unique, unlike other players, he goes exactly where most of the defenders are, this way they basically bother each other opening a space for him, watch most of his solo goals, he basically group them and make them look like bumper cars.
Very interesting hypothesis. I had never really thought of it that way, that the chances of a defender taking the ball away from you could actually be lowered if the defender is standing near a bunch of other defenders, but it makes sense. Very interesting!
small detail: for this playstyle to work you have to be Messi
It looks like he's playing against children sometimes. These are the best professionals in the world
Your enthusiasm is infectious, perfect for reaction videos. I've been a Messi fan for a while now and he just keeps finding new ways to make me laugh at how ridiculously good he is. Unbelievable.
Here is the voice of an Argentinian who has followed Lionel Messi for a while. It isn't because he's the best at doing tricks and dodging that I say "he's the best". No. Messi has had lots of criticism and hate during a large period of time while playing for Argentina. Every time Argentina played in League Matches, we would easily be beaten, even with Messi showing off. Messi has fought for countless tournaments and there was even a huge chance he was going to quit AFA (Argentine Football Association) because he thought he brought bad luck to our team and that he just "couldn't perform as well". Until 2021. That is when Argentina broke the streak of "bad luck at tournaments". Argentina won the Copa América, and Messi decided to stay in Argentina a little while longer. He fought past the criticism and gave it all for Argentina, and now he has given us, his country, our Third World Cup. The man has given everything for this sport and his people. That is why he is the best. Not only is he an absolute freak on the field, he doesn't even do it for him.
Man, this was one of the best reaction videos I have seen. I love seeing people react to Messi with fresh eyes.
As a European I had the privilege of following his career since his very first game. This video shows only a fraction of what this man is capable of.
spend 6 months to watch all the things Messi did with football and return here to reply this cmt 😆😆😆
@@NTT1293 :D:D Hero that we didnt know we need :)
What’s incredible to me is how when he is in a run, he can be pushed and pulled to the ground, but he gets up and uses advantage to its fullest. It’s incredible, you literally cannot stop him
Saw him twice at the nou camp.. both times 2 goals and 2 assists absolute god like... best of all time by a long distance
What I love about messi which many cr 7 fans ( including myself mostly as the best striker ever ) is that despite being pushed , fouled and even with a broken nose , he goes on , without stopping unlike others who would pretend and fall and go for a free kick or penalty . His passing , along with playmaking and in the end opportunistic nature is just something I will miss . In his prime me and my dad would watch at midnight and seeing him win the wc just made him undoubtedly the greatest footballer of all time ever.
The 1 thing for me that makes Messi better than anybody else in history is the way he plays the game.
He could be injured, sick, fouled of the pitch no matter what it is he just wants to keep going, he doesn't complain or anything.
Real Madrid gave him a black eye yet he still kept going and beat them by just being the best.
IMHO only Pele can be considered a G.O.A.T over Messi but Europe has always been the place to play for a professional footballer and that is where Messi has 1 over Pele.
Pele was an forward who tapped in goals. He is no where near Messi
The difference beween Pele and Messi is that Brazil won the WC in 1962 without Pele barely even playing. These recent Argentina teams are NOTHING without Messi. The Top 4 of Football is Messi, Ronaldo, Pele and Maradona. Nobody even touches them and it will probably be like that for a while.
@@soupyloops2606 But is it Pelé's fault that he had great teammates? If Messi played with the likes of Riquelme, Veron, Batistuta, Crespo, Ayala, Zanetti and others would he be worse? Pelé played among giants and still was considered the king of his era above eveyrone else, like Messi would be if he played with the argentine greats. Actually, like Messi has been in Barcelona. Think about it, Spain dominated for 6 years with a team that was basically barcelona without Messi.
Europe has always been where the money flows more, however it was not the place with better football overall in the 50's and 60's. South America was at least as great. Like it would be today if all the great argentinians, brazilians uruguayans, etc, of today played there, and also if you rule out the african players, asians, immigrant descendents, so on. Today football in europe is also better because of superior training facilities, physical science, technology, etc, but that was not the case back in the 60's. Second, Pele was literally prohibited from leaving Brazil, he first was conscripted for the army at 18 y.o. as a way to keep him in Brazil, then he was declared national treasury by the government as an act of law. So it is not his fault he didn't play in europe.
Pele tore Europeans to shreds. He scored a hattrick against France in the 1958 world cup semi final and 2 goals against Sweden in the world cup final at the age of 17. In 1962 and 1963 Pele's club team Santos destroyed benfica and AC Milan, both of whom were European champions, to win the world club championship. In 1970 Pele destroyed Italy in the world cup final by scoring and providing 2 assists in Brazil's 4-1 victory. South American is where the best footballers were between 1958 and 1970, not Europe.
What's crazy is this video doesn't do justice bruhh. This man is insane.
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Fr 😳😭 dam Messi your are champion king of Soccer 👑🥇🏆
9:24 the reason why messi does that is to show respect to his grandmother who is in heaven now . She once said to messi "one day you will become the best footballer in the world "
And it was for her dedication messi joined a football club when he was a kid cause his mother and dad were against it cause he has very small at that time
Bud first time seeing your channel... But i can really appreciate how you can see and understand what he does in the game and how he's changed the game....i wish more Americans would see the same thing as i am the abnormal American that has followed soccer my entire life... Maybe after this world cup a little more change to come for the better... Were a huge country and still don't put out enough good players... MLS has failed us... Not enough farm teams.. But i digress... My main point is that i think you've done an excellent job here with your video and commentary and it can only help soccer... Thank you very much!!! Keep up the good work!
I was surprised with your reaction, most of people doing this type of content seem like they're just overreacting to whatever they think it's "hype", but your commentary demonstrates that you're knowledgeable with the sport, and actually understand what makes Messi so great, especially with the NBA analogies. Keep up the great work man, would love to see you react to a 2022 WC summary reaction.
He was the GOAT before the WorldCup.
There was just this tiny missing peace in his career, so every one wanted him to win this.
Now its complete.
I heard someone say: Messi doesn't owe the world a WorldCup Title, the world owes him one.
And I can not agree more...
Its always the uncreative, entitled normies who litter youtube with reaction videos..
Pelé is the GOAT.
Messi is and always has been the GOAT over the last decade in my opinion
The GOAT in History of Football
Goat means all times, not decade.
And definitely not.
You are judging based on recent emotions.
He's not better than Maradona or Pele
@@jerzyzbiaowiezy6249 in my opinion, he is…. 🤷🏻♀️
@@lynseyniven1298 wait for a month or two until the World cup emotions fall, and think about it again. 😉
In the meantime... merry xmas
@@A........Z Pele is way better
Some people will need 20 years to actually realise, what pleasure and luck we football fans had to witness a player like him! He is just that good, thanks Leo 🙏❤
That year he scored 91 goals was incredible with how many he scored but also he had scored more goals than some football clubs. Insane
the Argentinians that saw him destroying kids his age or older when his grandmother requested coaches let him play could not believe their eyes, due to his growth issues professional teams discarded him.Thankfully there was people mesmerized by his skill and did what they could to get him a chance. Would recommend you to check one of his documentaries a really moving story.
Could you share the link to the documentary please?😮
he have a healt problem, did not grow in height. The hormonal treatment was very expensive, no club in Argentina wanted to pay for it. He went to Spain at a very young age and they paid for his treatment, Barcelona. At that early age but with a problem in his height, no one saw his abilities, and luckily in Europe he did.
@@ulyseslibois1819 River Plate was willing to pay for the treatment, but Messi's club at that moment, Newell's, didn't want to let him go even tho they wouldn't pay for it, bastards. Luckily he was able to get out to Barcelona and we know the rest, but I still would have loved to see him at River Plate as the club also has a very renowned football school (home of two other Ballon D'or winners).
Gracias a Mingueza que solo necesito 20 segundos en unas pruebas para ver el potencial de Messi,firmó su contrato en una servilleta
IMHO, There is no question that Messi is the best to have played the game. His touch on the ball, his vision of the angles of the game, and his sense of the flow of the game are unsurpassed.
Ronaldo is great too. In a dead sprint, he is faster that Messi, and his shot is probably more powerful. He is in general more powerful, and he's taller, so he's better in the air, if anything because he gets more chances. But Messi more than makes up for that.
Here's my theory: growing up, Messi had a hormone deficiency that stunted his growth. If anything, it worked to his advantage in developing his skills. With a lower center of gravity, he was able to stop and change directions on a dime, kind of like Barry Sanders. Messi's short, pinwheeling stride made him quick and explosive, with fantastic acceleration. You see it constantly in videos of his younger years -- he gets a little bit of daylight and he's gone.
It also contributes to an element of surprise in many of his shots, which seem to come out of nowhere. Every other player, like Ronaldo, when they shoot, you sense that they are "winding up." You often see a hop, a couple of steps, then a long stride and then the shot. It gives defenders a chance to block it. Messi's shots often seem to come out of nowhere. Goalies and defenders are caught flat-footed. In slo-mo, you see he often does take a slightly longer stride into his shot, but it's not much. He generates power simply by churning his legs, the same way he runs.
But of course he also worked at it. He had a lot of injuries and health problems in his youth and worked to overcome them. As he older, he got really strong, so if he bodies up against taller opponents, he could shoulder them off the ball. After all, his shoulder will be digging into his rival's chest, so he has leverage, just like linemen in the NFL try to get under each other, or sumo wrestlers. The fact that he can maintain control of the ball while doing all that is, well, part of the "magic."
That's his physical attributes, but on top of that is simply his brain and his vision. He sees things that no other players see. He "nutmegs" (plays the ball between the legs of his opponents) so many players, field players as well as goalies, and he does it at full speed. It might be that his shorter height helps him there, since he can see those gaps as they form. He'll loft the ball over the goalie into the goal. That takes great touch, but mostly it takes a lot of audacity just to try it. The creativity is incredible.
His shot is powerful enough, but it's his accuracy that's really impressive. He can curve the ball with great precision. (I wonder about this last World Cup though, because I didn't see that many wildly curving shots, not from Messi nor from anyone else. Does anyone know whether the ball they used was smoother, thus less likely to curve?) So he'll curl shots into the corner of the goal, or make long, hooking passes that reach his teammates on a dead run. It's kind of like Joe Montana throwing a perfectly lofted pass between linebackers and defensive backs and hitting Jerry Rice in stride. Not easy to even see, much less do.
There's a huge heart in that little man too, an incredible competitive drive.
It was great to see him win the Cup.
He has won everything that is possible in football so now the debate is over
For me there was no debate when it comes to level he was already the best but now the titles ended every doubts
Proud to be Argentinian , Messi is the most amazing player ever. It is so much fun to watch him play!!
He is 5 ft 7 which is why his centre of gravity is so low meaning he can weave so easily, the man is superhuman... This also makes his heading and leap ability so impressive
To watch this man's control over the ball, even when he is on the floor, extraordinary.
His height, center of gravity definitely helps, but anyone who can waltz through a crowd of players like that, and nutmeg a player backwards, I bow my head Sir.
Messi’s play style is something different ,he makes football more stunning
Not only his skill but also his personality 🫶🏻✨
If you know football ⚽️. There was never a doubt it's Messi.
I just found your content and as a player from the age of three and coach for the last 20 its been really fun watching someone who doesn't know about the sport, watching this brought back a lot of my childhood and early mornings watching champions league, la liga, ect....
I'm consistently more impressed by his dribbling and passing than I am by his goals. For me, he could finish his career with 1/10th as many goals, so, 80 instead of 800, and I'd still say he's the GOAT.
Also, for anybody who doesn't know, perhaps some Yanks who aren't fans, the reason Messi points to the sky every time he scores is because his now deceased Grandmother is the one who got him into football when his Mother said she didn't want him to play because he'd get hurt due to his size... That's the kind of guy Messi is. Never forgets what's truly important. You honestly couldn't ask for a better role model in all of football.
Let’s be real. 80 goals. Sunday league ballers get more than that
the most impressive skill, that is often left out in this videos: he is humble, and never gives up. that makes every other skill possible
I am a CR7 guy. But Messi has just certified himself as the GOAT
remember when he call out xavi for moving to arab league and bringing that money over passion ted talk?
@Ron Lyon yeah, made no sense to me his move. He wanted champions league football but I guess £170m a year was too much to pass
The reason why he points his fingers up at the sky is cause he’s doing that for his grandma. "I am doing this because I dedicate my goals to my grandmother. She took to me to football but now she can't see how far I have come. Nevertheless, she continues to help me and my family"
"If I was deffending Messi I'd just turn it into American football and just tackle him" Ah my friend you don't realize how right you are, through most of Messis career coaches on other teams would just straight up tell their defenders to foul him if he started going on one of his runs, and the scary part is in a lot of those runs the whole defense is literally trying to foul him and they can't touch him.
He is so amazing. Every time im in a bad mood, bored, or down I watch Messis plays and he brings me so much joy... (Imagine after winning the World Cup in that breathtaking game against Mbappes France!) Great video. Thumbs up!
Basically, messi has pretty much completed football now and ye 100%ing a sport is a goat move
he literally has 100 goals with his right foot
Yeah like 97 or 98
@@GLOBE_TALKS Just scored his 100th 2 days back
It's never been about Messi vs CR for me .
It's been Messi vs Pele vs Maradona, and in footballing level Messi is above the rest, Pele and Maradona mean more for their countrys tho.
It's like Mayweather vs Mohamad Ali, you can't really say because of what Ali means for the sport.
Cr7 played world cup so bad, he cant lead his national team go to next round, same like 2018 and 2014, he cant compare to Messi
In boxing level they aren't the same because one of them is the GOAT of boxing who always challenged himself and defied odds and the other is a safety first calculating cherry picker but on the other hand I agree that messi is above the rest in terms of footballing level.
Thanks for reacting to the best there ever was! I have been able to remember most of these goals and scenes as Ive been watching him playing since I was like 10 years old. I’m 27 now and he’s still the best I’ve ever seen play the football
Messi is the GOAT because whenever you see him playing you forget he’s playing against other professional players
Me personally, I’ve been a Messi fan for years and have always put him as #1. I even had a Messi poster in my room. I told my friends Messi was the goat and they called me a bandwagon like bro I’ve been telling you guys this 💀
I love how he appreciates all of the goals and he understands how unreal they are
I have the privilege to actually see Messi play live, Even though it was just a pre season friendly, he came on in the second half and all I can remember is Messi going past 4 or 5 players like they weren’t there. To see the Messi magic that close up just leaves me with a magical memory. Although it was just a pre season friendly it was just awe inspiring to see him that close. 🐐
Same here, and one thing in particular struck me watching him during warmups. Never once did he do anything fancy. No flicks or tricks of any kind, unlike his teammates, just an intense focus on doing the basics perfectly. I think even great players forget to do this, but legendary players don't, it's fundamental to who they are and how the perfection of their craft means never thinking they've mastered anything.
The stat that is always crazy to think of is you have to have a 50g/a Ration in a season for the next 20 years to have a 1000GA. Messi has nearly 1200G/A. Thats insane cause when you have 50g/a nowadays you are by far top 1 in the season they have around 30G/A right now.
He wasn't the fittest he wasn't the strongest.
But he's the BESTEST.
9:30 that celebration is famous for 2 reasons:
1) that’s his career 500th goal
2) that goal levels points difference with Real Madrid who were at the top of the table. Us winning the game took Barcelona in the same point as Madrid. That’s when the League got interesting. What a way to score 500th goal
Also, was the first time Real Madrir lost a game in additional time at Bernabeu Stadium in history, and of course it was in a Clasico, was the second goal from Messi to settle the 3 to 2 final score. (Messi is not even the player with more goals in Clasico*s history, he also scored more goals in clasicos played at Bernabeu Stadium than any player of Real Madrid),slds
I was at one of the most controversial games of football in history, Chelsea v Barca 2009. I saw Messi play, amongst a whole host of greats. Easily taken for granted at the time. What a player.
Undoubtedly the best player i've seen in my life. i'm 66 so seen a few.
Imo, as mind-blowingly good as he is at dribbling and scoring, his passing is just art. His vision is unfathomable.
I appreciate that your reactions are without the use of bad words and are real, honest and authentic. Keep up the good work.
Not only is he the best ever !!!!
He's football is the most beautiful memorizing incredible just pure magic ..
Messi is clearly phenomenal even to people who don't really know much about football. To those of us that do, he's simply incredible. Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldo etc, all incredible players. But Messi is just from another planet. Its been a privilege just been around and at a similar age to watch his career from here in the UK. Just wish I could have seen him live when he played in the Barcelona team with Xavi Alonso and Andre Iniesta, that was some team.
Dude xabi alonso was a real madrid player, xavi hernandez is what you were referring to....
He played with xavi Hernandez not xavi Alonzo
@@browneybako177 he did, my mistake. Think I automatically put Alonso after Xavi after his Liverpool time, I've a bunch of friends who are Liverpool fans. But yeah it was Xavi Hernandez at Barca, him and Iniesta were incredible with Messi in front of them.
36 seconds in and I'm already smiling ☺ Messi Messi
19:12 Olympic gold medalist anyone? Remember for most sports that's the greatest achievement possible. Football has WC but handball, basketball, volleyball, hockey, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, sailing, most (if not all) winter sports, has the Olympics as the ultimate championship. Tennis, cycling, ping ping, football and others still have it as a heavy weight achievement for a sportsman or team. I'm proud of being Argentine
I'm proud i watched all this goals live.
I was a Ronaldo fan but after this World Cup I have to say Messi is undoubtedly the goat of football
I think you can be a fan of both for different reasons.
That said Messi was undoubtedly the GOAT for many years already just took you a World Cup victory to notice it ;)
Welcome to the family. You've now seen the light God bless you.
You learn football 🤝
You can still be a Ronaldo fan. He is a great player
You can think Messi is the best and still have Ronaldo as your personal favorite player
The best player to ever have touched the ball..Leo is the GOAT!!🐐🐐👑👑
9:27 that's his 500th goal at barca and it's against their biggest rival on extra time + it's the winning goal
Best years of Messi were from 2008 to 2012. He later became more cerebral, he dosed himself a bit more in order to extend his playing career. But in the period I am mentioning, he was just out of his mind. He did everything. He dribbled like there's no tomorrow. The amount of solo goals, 5 players dribbles, 50 meter dashes with all kind of nutmegs and direction changes, were astonishing. That was the "pure Messi" era. Then he evolved more into a playmaker, that still did all of that, but more occasionally. If you get any of Messi's games from season 2011-2012, it is a highlights reel on itself. He scored in almost every game, and many times more than 1 goal.
Crazy.
15:14... THE JEFECITO (Little boss)... None other than the great Javier Mascherano... He did deserve the World Cup, great person, great guy and all around great defender... In the Argentina team he is, for me, one of the most beloved player of this era... Wish I could see him kissing the World Cup.
i think football comes natural to messi, where others have to work years for he was born with. I met someone like that before in basketball, when you play against these players, it feels different, they are not just good, they are not just faster stronger or more agile, they are different, it almost feels like you are not playing a human, and no matter how hard you try, there is nothing you can do if they play well
The best way I can describe it is however good other players are, when I try to defend them I can see I made them work, some works hard, some very little, some takes more time, some take less, to respond to my defending and get pass. but for this guy no matter what I do or how hard I try I can't even slow him down. Do you understand how frustrating and supernatural that feels? you know you can't stop him so you put in your best and he get past you without losing speed, completely at his pace and with ease? It is so obvious he didn't have to try at all. Not just with me, he does this to EVERYONE. It's like he brought a gun to a fist fight, everyone needs to work to get punches in, but him? bang you're dead
There have been players who are naturally talented as Messi or more than him. He has worked his socks off for more than two decades. The effort is seen in how he evolved as a playmaker and yet scoring goals for fun! Yes, there is an alien quality to him but that does not mean he does not put in the effort. So many from Barcelona and other clubs are lost in oblivion coz of their lack of discipline. Messi just eliminated what held him back and just got better. Also, in a team game, he acknowledges others for every victory but never blames them in defeat.
After the World Cup it should now be illegal to refer to anyone else as the goat
messi's goals are just half of it, his passes and runs are beautiful.
Apart from winning games, awards, One of the best player entertain every audience in ground.
To me the key about Leo is that he was So Good, that he had 2,3,4 defenders busy with him, and that created holes for his teammates, then a genius pass to the open space, and... well, you know how it ends 😂
If you notice on every free kick now there is someone laying down behind the wall… Messi the reason for that. His submarine free kicks were unstoppable.
Try and find vids of Messi when he was really young and you'll see why he was destined for greatness he was doing things at like 8 years old that most professional players couldn't do now!
His extraterrestrial out-of-this-world skills is only matched by his down-to-Earth humility. This is what makes his the GOAT.
every time I see compilations of messi it makes me want to cry knowing that his retirement from football is less and less, it was an honor for me to be a contemporary of the best of all time. I am proud to be from his same country, proud to have I have seen most of his matches and he never disappoints, he always brought out the magic of his feet, Messi is the most loved in Argentina without a doubt, an excellent person, never involved in controversy, always honest and defending his colors...Messi is the legacy that we all want, just the goat
6:30 put it this way… Messi is Lebron in terms of longevity, consistency, and an all round player, he has the skills and agility of Curry, Magic Johnson’s passing, and MJ’s beautiful game. That is the best way to describe what this guy is capable of doing in the field
I used be in one or another camp. But now I’m grateful I witnessed both of them playing 🐐