Not to mention he is doing all this at 39, truly a freak of nature 🔥
I came across a very strange statistic comparing the four national teams in the World Cup semi-finals.
The statistic showed which player had contributed the most for each of the four teams in different categories. For example:
For England:
- Top scorers: Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham.
- Most assists: Anthony Gordon.
- Most key passes and big chances created: Declan Rice.
- Most successful dribbles: Eberechi Eze.
- Most accurate crosses: Noni Madueke.
The same goes for Spain and France. Every player stands out in a different area—Mbappé and Oyarzabal lead the scoring charts, Cucurella and Olise top the assist numbers, Barcola and Lamine Yamal dominate the dribbling stats, Dembélé and Rodri excel in crossing, and so on.
Then I got to Argentina…
Every single category had the same name: Lionel Messi.
Top scorer. Most key passes. Most chances created. Most successful dribbles. Most accurate crosses. Everything.
That’s where you truly realize Messi’s value.
His greatness lies in the fact that he’s the only player capable of mastering every aspect of the game. He competes with the best goalscorers—and surpasses them. He competes with the best playmakers and dribblers—and surpasses them too.
That is the essence of Messi’s footballing greatness.
He is the true definition of the complete footballer.
It hurts more when u know the journey of messi with argentina before 2022, can't even imagine what he went through during that period
When Messi said he cried after the goal because of something unrelated to football, I don’t know why but it hit me harder than the hat-trick itself.
Maybe because we’ve spent so many years looking at him as something more than human.
Every time Argentina needed a hero, there he was.
Every time football needed magic, there he was.
Every time people said it was over, there he was.
And yet moments like this remind you that behind all the goals, trophies and celebrations is just a man carrying battles we know nothing about.
I think that’s why I’ve stopped caring about the debates.
The GOAT debates.
The era debates.
The league debates.
At some point you realize you’re watching the final chapters of a story that millions of people will tell for decades.
One day there won’t be another Messi World Cup game.
One day there won’t be another impossible assist, another left-footed finish, another moment where an entire stadium stands up because the ball found its way to him.
And when that day comes, football will continue.
But it won’t feel quite the same.
What a privilege it has been to watch him.
What a privilege it has been to grow up in the Messi era.
One day I’ll tell my kids that I watched Lionel Messi play football.
And they’ll probably never understand just how lucky we were.
Do u where d problem lies , some referees u know from before the game starts they r gonna cost u d game and they don't disappoint, he is one such guy , atletico Walk out of this game with 0 yellow card, football has to change u can't let d referees make d game about themselves
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You think this is a hard decision for us? I've never celebrated my own Country's goal the way I celebrated Messi's goal against my country and you think I'll have a hard time choosing between Messi and "Yamal"😂
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Rm won't find it easy to qualify top 8 tomorrow mark it- away at benfica is not a esy game and if they don't win they stay at 15 points which does not guarantee top 8 finish ryt
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we're all yuvraj mehta. every single one of us. we pay our taxes, follow the rules, drive on broken roads, drink questionable water, breathe toxic air, and pray we don't need the system to actually work when it matters. because when it matters, it won't.
ninety minutes.
that's how long yuvraj mehta waited to die. not in some remote village but in a city with crores of budget and with disaster management teams.
while coordination didn't happen because nobody wanted to take responsibility.
you know what kills me? this will trend for three days. maybe four if we're lucky. someone will blame the local mla. someone will blame the previous government and then we'll move on to the next tragedy, the next preventable death, the next systemic failure that we'll collectively shrug at.
because that's what we do now. we've normalized catastrophe. we've accepted that stepping out of your house and coming back alive is, as that person said, a miracle. think about that. a miracle. in 2026. in a country talking about becoming a superpower.
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Bachpan waala India.
Regardless of the weather, our dinner time was at 7:00 PM and bed time was 10:00
Eating out at a restaurant was a huge deal, a rarity actually, that only happened when it was a birthday or a very special occasion to celebrate.
There was no such thing as fast food on every other day, and having a bottle of soft drinks and an ice-cream from the local shop was a real treat. Pass your final exams and you might have gotten a new set of clothes, or Bata shoes.
You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your ‘home’ clothes. There was no taking or picking you up in the car, you either boarded the school bus or rode on public transport, or just walked home. You got home did your chores and homework before dinner.
Not everyone had a house phone and much later, all private conversation were at PCO booth's.
We didn’t have appletv AmazonPrime or Netflix. We had only Doordarshan to watch. Jungle Book came once a week on a Sunday and Chhaya Geet on Thursday’s, for which we waited all week.
We played chor police, lappa chuppi, Football, Cricket, lagori, dabba ice-spice (actually it was “I spy”) Marbles and any other game we could come up with... At home, we stuck to chess, ludo, snakes and ladders and Monopoly.
Staying shut in the house was a PUNISHMENT and the only thing we knew about "bored" was --- "You better find something to do before I find it for you!"
Life was good without insta, facebook, twitter.
Followers were the friends standing behind you.
We played music via magnetic tapes or radio. A walkman was a luxury for the uber rich.
We went to the local shop for groceries and chiclets, jeera goli, kismi used to be a couple of paise.
We ate what Mum made for dinner and put in our lunch and snack box.
Bottled water was non existent. We drank from the school water filter.
We called our friends from home by shouting their names from the street below.
We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. We played until dark... sunset was our alarm.
If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a day later if not SOONER.
We watched our mouths around our elders because all of our aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, and our parents' best friends were all extensions of our PARENTS and you didn't want them telling your parents you’d misbehaved! Or they would give you something to cry about.
We respected the Police, Firemen, Ambulance workers, Teachers, Doctors and Nurses.
We never answered back... ever!!!
We got detention at school for not doing homework, no hair cut, being late to class or being naughty.
Our teachers spanked us when we deserved it and our parents did not complain about it.
We did not know what luxury was. Our simple lives were so good.
Those were the good days. So many kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid 😁.
I loved my childhood and all the friends I hung around with.
Congrats, if you are from the same generation...
😁🌹🤗
Kohli not today , today was not d day to give this heartbreak , can't accept Kohli not playing t20 for india
What the fuck was rohit saving bumrah for , u cannot expect bumrah to defend run a bowl , Klassen was playing spin so easily yet rohit kept on bowling kuldeep and axar, we lose this match its completely on rohit sharma the captain
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Shattered Dreams : Nambi Story (Thread)
"I had a dream of developing a cryogenic system and making India a Space Power.....That dream is finished"
30 Nov 1994, India
A news created sensation
ISRO's top Rocket Scientist Nambi Narayanan was arrested by IB n Kerala Police
1/25
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😀School education should include this as well in their curriculum.
Hats off to this teacher telling the difference between "bad touch" and "good touch".
Its a brilliant initiative.🤩
Schools should also include
Empathy, Compassion, good behaviour as a key learning among boys.
Blood boils down to the core.
The mental harassment the victims and their parents would be undergoing is unimaginable.Even death punishment to the mob would not be enough for this heinous crime. Humanity died.
Remember 'Tears of women are much sharper than sword'
#ManipurViolence
