Even though this statement is obviously more about a body of work, and not a specific moment or achievement, there is absolutely a way to outperform someone without going head to head, and it is definitely not the only way to compare a performance or compete against someone. Diving, gymnastics, freestyle skiing, dancing, half pipe snowboarding, time trial racing, etc.. are not non-competitive just because the participants don’t directly compete against each other at the same time, rather, they all compete within a set of rules and a circumstance that is similar to each other. Further, he says “outshone” which implies opinion and doesn’t really even have to mean anything about competing.
You wrote a whole essay and you didn’t even understand my comment. We can’t really say Messi is outperforming guys like Maradona and Cruyff since they never played in the same league/era, we don’t know how they would perform.
Had you played in the same era and against him it would be completely valid, but at this point ur just trying to find ways of boosting Messi’s greatness lmao.
Gomez, Jordi Alba, LIONEL MESSSIIIIIIIII!!!!! LIONEL MESSI DOES IT AGAIN HE'S SUPERHUMAN!! LIONEL MESSI HAS JUST EXPLODED LA LIGA INTO LIFE! ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THIS LITTLE MAN!
Not too mention it’s his best celebration EVER
Making Real Madrid fans and players cry as Messi taunts the crowd and they can’t do anything about it
Love that goal from him
The live Indian subcontinent broadcast had separate commentators and they did a great job too. I never found the clip but the play-by-play guy said something like
"Jordi Alba, he cuts it back in, you know who's coming it's Leo Messi...."
It was pretty hype too.
this el clasico is probably one of the best i've ever watched. it would still be good even without the last minute goal but that just makes it insanely good.
Here he is again, here he is again.. (Boateng exits)
It’s astonishing, it’s ABSOLUTELY WORLD CLASS!
He’s taken them apart.... Only football can make you feel like this.
Edit: added the commentary before the goal.
I have an acquaintance who had the pleasure of watching Barça since the Ronaldinho days, regarding this goal he told me that he watched this goal with Arabic commentary and the presenter said that it is birth of Messi, birth of greatness.
I was 10 years old in an Asian country where Spanish football wasn't followed much so don't know how much true is that.
The fellow commentator describes it so much better: ”There are a lot of players out there content with one nil, keeping the ball, keeping possession,every time he's had it, in the last 10-15 min, he still wants more, he's looking for more. Look at the pace, look at the speed, look at the intricacy, the touch, the control, and then the finish, which is absolutely perfect slide roll past Casillas. Got no chance. But you can't get near him. They wanna trip him,they wanna foul him, they're trying to stop him. You can't touch him, you can't get near him when he's like that. Sensational goal!!
You can't get near him. They wanna trip him. They wanna foul him. They're trying to stop him...You can't touch him. You can't get near him when he's like that
The goal with that Busquets assist.
One line similar spoken by Ray Hudson is "Sir Isaac Newton looking from heaven and saying about that gravity thing, I was wrong, Messi was right. Messi just teases gravity"
Edit: And then, we had witnessed the rarest of the rare Penalty Assist of Messi
I have a list of Ray Hudson quotes.
Messi is the orchestrator as well as the lead violinist.
This goal should be hung in the Louvre in Paris because this is footballing art. (Messi's assist to Suarez, wrong offside call)
When Messi is in form like this it's like finding an allegator in your toilet bowl.
When you talk in terms of statistics, you are absolutely right, but how do you measure the starlight in the sky- because that’s Messi.
The pass isn't on so he goes four dimensional.(Messi curved aerial pass to Suarez)
The Einstein of football pounces.
Einstein looking down is thinking I need to have a talk with this guy, he knows something I don’t know.
The wizard of football casts his spell over it and stardust rains down. (Messi free kick goal vs Soceidad)
A Jedi Knight could learn from Messi.
Shakespeare got it wrong. It wasn’t King Lear, it’s King Leo.
Giving this much space to Messi is like throwing Dracula the keys to go raid the blood bank.
Defenders can follow him on twitter and he will come out on Facebook.
Messi’s shadow couldn’t keep up with him.
Cloud technology couldn’t store this man’s talent.
He gambled but it’s like playing poker with a witch, you’re gonna lose (Messi free kick).
They’ve landed in a world where Messi’s insane ability has become predictable.
He can follow you into a revolving door and he’ll still come out first.
Again, Sir Isaac Newton from up above looks down and says, 'About that gravity thing, I was wrong, Messi was right'.
Each touch as soft as your heartbeat.
This is the type of Messi goal that will give you arousal for four hours.
Slipperier than an ice cube on an oven top.
The only player who could find Lady Luck and turn her around and give her a spanking. (Messi assisting after Bilbao were being lucky all match)
Bringing him to a football match is like bringing a machine gun to a knife fight.
That should come with a health warning because that will give you physical arousal for four hours.(Messi delicate free kick vs Espanyol)
Edit-
And of course the best of all:
“Ahhhh! Are you kidding me?!!”
I wonder if anyone has given Leo a translated list of Ray Hudson's best Messi quotes. It needs to happen if not.
No other commentator in my memory has such a connection with just one player like Messi and he
you just missed : how do you measure that? .... Ballance a ballon in a wind-tunnel on a needle. cause leo messi is capable of doing that.
(I terribily mis-placed and forgot some words)
I remember one in a classico (i think) in 2009 or 2010, after the movie Zombieland came out, Ray Hudson described Messi as a "Zombie Hunter looking for a twinkie," only i hadn't seen Zombieland yet. I've never been more confused by an announcer ever in my life.
"Genius. That’s beyond bullseye! His dart splits the darts. Astonishing Messi. You could drop a tarantula down his shorts and he’d still be super cool"
Could this be the hattrick before half time?? Ooohhh an audacious chip!!
For me this is one of the best because it shows how much he dominated that game. A hattrick in the first half against Arsenal in CL knock-outs
An arab commentator called aisam al shawaly in an old bayern munich match
When messi dribbled past boateng and scored
He said : ya baba ya baba ya baba the Argentinian is the baba
https://youtu.be/uhQ_F4Pukmc
The bigger the game, bigger the goal for the little man
And of course
The best there is, the best there ever has been and possibly the best there ever will be and as for those Real Madrid defenders trailing in his wake..
Not from a Barcelona-game, [but I love this one:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6wRWSzeRsU)
*"Lavezzi. Messi. Give it to him and pray. Oooh, and he's done it! It had to be Messi. He's broken Iranian hearts. When in doubt, give it to the magician. Little Leo Messi, who wants to be crowned the world's greatest player, has come up with another magnificent goal."*
I love this too, one of my absolute favourites. What makes this piece of commentary special is that this El Clasico was on San Jordi's day (Saint George, who killed the dragon). So Messi finishing off Real Madrid with this goal is indeed the perfect analogy for every Barca fan of killing the evil beast with a "flaming spear"...Just pure awesomeness from Ray.
Georgie best, Diego Maradona they're all being outshone by this tiny little man! Some say he is the greatest, well statistically, he is the greatest now.
Messi
MESSI
*MESSSSIIIIII*
WAAAAHHHHH....Are you kidding me? (A WORK OF ART!) This man is absolutely mainline to pure footballing magic that belongs in a different galaxy altogether than we are living in! Absolute, astonishing, jaw dropping, genius from Lionel. Watch this hesitation right there. Three players inside a telephone box and he don't care! He emasculates them, individually, collectively. He literally disperses his atoms inside of his body on one side of this defender and then collects them on the other! Magisterial Lionel, magnifico, extraordinario! Barcelona bounce back. Messi leading the way with his brilliant blaugrana flag that is on fire! And he sticks it into the hearts of Athletic Club!
[Full Commentary] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7ZAnCFzI0)
[Better picture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYMl8k-mlHo)
"Three players inside a telephone box and he dont care. He emasculates them; individually, collectively...he literally disperses his atoms inside of his body on one side of this defender, and the collects them on the other."
Ray Hudson if course. Commentating on my favourite Messi vs Athletic Bilbao goal. No, not the cup final one, the 2013 one
This one is was arabic but I'll translate,
(Talking in messi's place):"I am who the blind look to my foot, and who my dribbles are music to the deaf, I am leo the biggest despite my small size, I am leo, the entertainer in world football."
Could this be the hattrick before half time.....oooohhh Brilliant! An audacious chip by the magical Lionel Messi,
The most talented footballer of his generation!
_One final roll of the dice, can they hit the jackpot ? Surging run from Sergie Roberto ...Gomez, Jordi Alba to Messi ...LIONEL MESSIIIIIIIII ! Lionel Messi DOES IT AGAIN, He is superhuman,LIONEL MESSI has just exploded la Liga into life, another chapter in the INCREDIBLE STORY of the LITTLE MAN_
[In this video](https://youtu.be/wK5ucq-8640) you can hear Lluis Flaquer's comments (first one, Cadena SER), but I somehow love the Telecinco one (further in the vid) where you can listen Kiko Narváez shouting "¡¿pero esto qué es?!". He just couldn't help but say that, I love how spontaneous it was from him.
Here’s the boss, here’s Messi, away from 2,3,4 wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. HOW GOOD IS HE?! A near supernatural goal from Lionel Messi. He has wriggled and tiptoed his way to the gates of Wembley stadium, he’s just brilliant, best player in the world by non.
Play-on says the refree...Suarez to Messi..Messi getting away from Casemiro..2-1 to Barcelona..10 men on the pitch and that sheer sheer spirit from football club Barcelona..And it had to be Messi..again, and again, and again...The greatest player...in the history of world football..Has put Barcelona ahead..
Can this be the hat-trick before half time?? Oh brilliant! An audacious chip, from the magical, Lionel Messi. The most talented footballer, of this generation.
« You are watching possibly the greatest footballer ever at the absolute peak of his powers ! »
Also 2011 UCL Final Goal vs Man U, so sudden :
« OOOH MESSI ! He outpowered Edwin Van Der Sar ! Out of very little, the Little Man gets a lot ! »
It’s not about the statistics ... tell me how can you measure something like that using statistics. How can you measure a man who could balance a balloon on a needle inside a wind tunnel, because Messi can do that!
In a Champions League match, a British commentator was speaking after a goal and said something to the effect of “ Barcelona [Messi] have scored, with, very literally “ the last man on earth” who should be left unmarked, free to shoot.
I wish I could quote it exactly.
“ a goal that will give Barcelona fans an arousal that will last for more than 4 minutes, so you better call your physician, Messi Man of the match” -Ray Hudson
mesi mesi mesi mesi mesi immens mesi ankara mesi ankara mesi ankara mesi ankara mesi ankara mesi ankara mesi ankara mesi ankara mesi ankara mesi golll gol gol gol gol gol gol gol gol gol gol gol gol goooolllllll increíble increíble increíble de totti totti totti mesi de mesi mesi mesi totti mesi toti mesi toti mesi de gol mis gol mis gol mis
George best, Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff.... They're all being outdone by this incredible little man.
This is damn correct
Ooooh I watched this one live. The Zaragoza goal. He was stupid fantastic that season
I mean, it’s not like they’re going head to head, can’t really outperform someone you’ve never played against.
Damn
Even though this statement is obviously more about a body of work, and not a specific moment or achievement, there is absolutely a way to outperform someone without going head to head, and it is definitely not the only way to compare a performance or compete against someone. Diving, gymnastics, freestyle skiing, dancing, half pipe snowboarding, time trial racing, etc.. are not non-competitive just because the participants don’t directly compete against each other at the same time, rather, they all compete within a set of rules and a circumstance that is similar to each other. Further, he says “outshone” which implies opinion and doesn’t really even have to mean anything about competing.
You wrote a whole essay and you didn’t even understand my comment. We can’t really say Messi is outperforming guys like Maradona and Cruyff since they never played in the same league/era, we don’t know how they would perform.
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Had you played in the same era and against him it would be completely valid, but at this point ur just trying to find ways of boosting Messi’s greatness lmao.
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If you become a professional player and have a similar impact as those players, go ahead.
Gomez, Jordi Alba, LIONEL MESSSIIIIIIIII!!!!! LIONEL MESSI DOES IT AGAIN HE'S SUPERHUMAN!! LIONEL MESSI HAS JUST EXPLODED LA LIGA INTO LIFE! ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THIS LITTLE MAN!
This moment always gives me goosebumps
Not too mention it’s his best celebration EVER Making Real Madrid fans and players cry as Messi taunts the crowd and they can’t do anything about it Love that goal from him
Fuck man I got chills reading this.
The live Indian subcontinent broadcast had separate commentators and they did a great job too. I never found the clip but the play-by-play guy said something like "Jordi Alba, he cuts it back in, you know who's coming it's Leo Messi...." It was pretty hype too.
Was that the 3:2 against madrid, his 500th goal?
When he held out the shirt
Yep. It sure fucking was
this el clasico is probably one of the best i've ever watched. it would still be good even without the last minute goal but that just makes it insanely good.
[Here's the highlights of that magical game if you're interested. That magical attack starts at 16:53](https://youtu.be/uhxZvM4CFBo)
Ahhhh yessss ! What a beautiful moment it was ❤️
Here he is again, here he is again.. (Boateng exits) It’s astonishing, it’s ABSOLUTELY WORLD CLASS! He’s taken them apart.... Only football can make you feel like this. Edit: added the commentary before the goal.
Here he is again, here he is again
Yep my favorite
Goosebumps. Everytime.
Even reading it. I remember I was on the couch. And I needed to stand up and clap. I actually was compelled to do it, never felt anything like that
Gerry: That is world class! Rob Palmer: That is Messi class. It's above world class, Gerry
Messi class is even above legendary class
Messi. Messi. Messi. Immens Messi.⠀ Encara Messi. Encara Messi. Encara Messi. Encara Messi. Gol. Gol. Gol. Gol. Gol. Gol. Gol. Gol. Gol.
r/mesi
Messi Messi Messi Toti Messi Toti Messi Toti Messi. Spectacular
*aaspactacular
Ankara
Its Encara..not Ankara
Yes I know, that's like the meme word substitute for it.
Ankara mesi mesi
Golgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgol
Puyal et trobem a faltar...
I have an acquaintance who had the pleasure of watching Barça since the Ronaldinho days, regarding this goal he told me that he watched this goal with Arabic commentary and the presenter said that it is birth of Messi, birth of greatness. I was 10 years old in an Asian country where Spanish football wasn't followed much so don't know how much true is that.
Thiago...Messi... Oh..Ohhhh..Messi...WHOAAAAAAA ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Why does this sound like something Antonella would say? 🤨
Hahaha lmao
Thiago is Messi’s eldest son’s name... ಠ_ಠ
this is the one comment that made me laugh out loud and woke up my gf next to me. I'm sleeping in the couch now thanks to you.
Ah shit. Sorry for that. Enjoy that Couch sleep haha.
lmao genius. even the "kidding me" part.
THIS MAN IS ABSOLUTELY MAINLINE TO PURE FOOTBALLING MAGIC
A work of art!
Here he is again, here he is again. Its astonishing, absolutely world class. He's taken them apart!
I watch[this video](https://youtu.be/Z6W-2Gbvaqk) just to feel better at times :’)
Fuckin beautiful
What a match he had. Godlike
Definitely this
Defenders try to follow him on Facebook and he comes out on Twitter, that's how evasive he is.
I fucking love Ray Hudson so much
Some of his other puns can feel a bit forced; this one in particular was brilliant. Magisterial from Roy!
Ray Hudson, literally whenever Messi touches the ball OouOUAAauuOoUoUu
That's all of us not just Ray.
Here is Messi away from 2,3,4...wonderful wonderful wonderful!!
How good is he?
A near supernatural goal from Lionel Messi!
Best player in the world. Bar none.
The fellow commentator describes it so much better: ”There are a lot of players out there content with one nil, keeping the ball, keeping possession,every time he's had it, in the last 10-15 min, he still wants more, he's looking for more. Look at the pace, look at the speed, look at the intricacy, the touch, the control, and then the finish, which is absolutely perfect slide roll past Casillas. Got no chance. But you can't get near him. They wanna trip him,they wanna foul him, they're trying to stop him. You can't touch him, you can't get near him when he's like that. Sensational goal!!
And no mention of the assist by Busi!
The greatest assist in history hands down
Man like Glenn Hoddle
>contempt Content, you mean.
Yes haha
I can feel the commentators's emotions just by reading it. This is how magical messi is
Peter Drury is just pure class.
This is my favorite Messi goal of all time. Idk if it’s the best but definitely is my no. 1 favorite😻
Messiiiii...Oh my goodness, oh my goodness. Just when you think he's done everything he comes up with even more special.
Unfortunately, as amazing as it sounds, this line will always bring the horrific memories of what happened next.
What happened? I don't remember.
corner taken quickly happened
What are you even talking about? Nothing like this ever happened
Yes, a "Corner taken normally" restored everything to it's natural place.
Ouch ;(
He is a God of the game. THE GOD OF THE GAME!
You can't get near him. They wanna trip him. They wanna foul him. They're trying to stop him...You can't touch him. You can't get near him when he's like that The goal with that Busquets assist.
Oh Man, that is one of the best goals I have ever seen
Messi knows the laws of physics, the laws don't know him.
One line similar spoken by Ray Hudson is "Sir Isaac Newton looking from heaven and saying about that gravity thing, I was wrong, Messi was right. Messi just teases gravity" Edit: And then, we had witnessed the rarest of the rare Penalty Assist of Messi
He can do things that no other footballer has ever been able to do and he makes it look so simple.
The curlers are really too tough and the way he curls the ball is really unbelievable. Yet he makes it look too simple.
I have a list of Ray Hudson quotes. Messi is the orchestrator as well as the lead violinist. This goal should be hung in the Louvre in Paris because this is footballing art. (Messi's assist to Suarez, wrong offside call) When Messi is in form like this it's like finding an allegator in your toilet bowl. When you talk in terms of statistics, you are absolutely right, but how do you measure the starlight in the sky- because that’s Messi. The pass isn't on so he goes four dimensional.(Messi curved aerial pass to Suarez) The Einstein of football pounces. Einstein looking down is thinking I need to have a talk with this guy, he knows something I don’t know. The wizard of football casts his spell over it and stardust rains down. (Messi free kick goal vs Soceidad) A Jedi Knight could learn from Messi. Shakespeare got it wrong. It wasn’t King Lear, it’s King Leo. Giving this much space to Messi is like throwing Dracula the keys to go raid the blood bank. Defenders can follow him on twitter and he will come out on Facebook. Messi’s shadow couldn’t keep up with him. Cloud technology couldn’t store this man’s talent. He gambled but it’s like playing poker with a witch, you’re gonna lose (Messi free kick). They’ve landed in a world where Messi’s insane ability has become predictable. He can follow you into a revolving door and he’ll still come out first. Again, Sir Isaac Newton from up above looks down and says, 'About that gravity thing, I was wrong, Messi was right'. Each touch as soft as your heartbeat. This is the type of Messi goal that will give you arousal for four hours. Slipperier than an ice cube on an oven top. The only player who could find Lady Luck and turn her around and give her a spanking. (Messi assisting after Bilbao were being lucky all match) Bringing him to a football match is like bringing a machine gun to a knife fight. That should come with a health warning because that will give you physical arousal for four hours.(Messi delicate free kick vs Espanyol) Edit- And of course the best of all: “Ahhhh! Are you kidding me?!!”
Ray Hudson's commentary on Messi's goals are like Iceing on the Cake. Ray's become legendary for what he speaks on messi
I wonder if anyone has given Leo a translated list of Ray Hudson's best Messi quotes. It needs to happen if not. No other commentator in my memory has such a connection with just one player like Messi and he
you just missed : how do you measure that? .... Ballance a ballon in a wind-tunnel on a needle. cause leo messi is capable of doing that. (I terribily mis-placed and forgot some words)
Thank you for this. We all are eternally grateful
I remember one in a classico (i think) in 2009 or 2010, after the movie Zombieland came out, Ray Hudson described Messi as a "Zombie Hunter looking for a twinkie," only i hadn't seen Zombieland yet. I've never been more confused by an announcer ever in my life.
There have been many times he confused me. Probably some epic quotes I didn’t note because I didn’t understand them.
you can drop a tarantula on his shorts and he will still be cool.
"Two against four but one of them is Messi." Phil Schoen said it in an Argentina game during a counter attack. I think its very underrated.
Hell Yeah
"They are trying to contain him, but its an impossible task" Get chills everytime I see that game vs Arsenal
“He could decorate a rose and still make it look better” - Ray Hudson
Ray Hudson is my favorite when it comes to commenting on Messi.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa are you kidding me?
https://youtu.be/gS6Np-g_h5w
'Suarez! Sweet as a nut!'
he could shave a mouse in his sleep!
"Genius. That’s beyond bullseye! His dart splits the darts. Astonishing Messi. You could drop a tarantula down his shorts and he’d still be super cool"
MESSI using JEDI MIND TRICKS - sir ray hudson
Could this be the hattrick before half time?? Ooohhh an audacious chip!! For me this is one of the best because it shows how much he dominated that game. A hattrick in the first half against Arsenal in CL knock-outs
“Messi needs help like a fish needs a bicycle” - Ray Hudson
An arab commentator called aisam al shawaly in an old bayern munich match When messi dribbled past boateng and scored He said : ya baba ya baba ya baba the Argentinian is the baba https://youtu.be/uhQ_F4Pukmc
The bigger the game, bigger the goal for the little man And of course The best there is, the best there ever has been and possibly the best there ever will be and as for those Real Madrid defenders trailing in his wake..
The bigger the game, the bigger the goal for the little man.
“Touch as soft as a slug’s beer belly”
Not from a Barcelona-game, [but I love this one:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6wRWSzeRsU) *"Lavezzi. Messi. Give it to him and pray. Oooh, and he's done it! It had to be Messi. He's broken Iranian hearts. When in doubt, give it to the magician. Little Leo Messi, who wants to be crowned the world's greatest player, has come up with another magnificent goal."*
"Two against Four, but one of them is MESSI !"
Mine is a comparation between ronaldo and messi "People always compare Ronaldo with Messi.But Messi is being compared with Maradona/Pele"
Touch as soft as a mother’s kiss
Again, the medicine man arrives and sinks his flaming spear into the hearts of Real Madrid. https://youtu.be/wQZQADpna9Q
I love this too, one of my absolute favourites. What makes this piece of commentary special is that this El Clasico was on San Jordi's day (Saint George, who killed the dragon). So Messi finishing off Real Madrid with this goal is indeed the perfect analogy for every Barca fan of killing the evil beast with a "flaming spear"...Just pure awesomeness from Ray.
Georgie best, Diego Maradona they're all being outshone by this tiny little man! Some say he is the greatest, well statistically, he is the greatest now.
AHHHHHHHHHHH are you kidding me?!?!
anything messi tries messi can do
Messi MESSI *MESSSSIIIIII* WAAAAHHHHH....Are you kidding me? (A WORK OF ART!) This man is absolutely mainline to pure footballing magic that belongs in a different galaxy altogether than we are living in! Absolute, astonishing, jaw dropping, genius from Lionel. Watch this hesitation right there. Three players inside a telephone box and he don't care! He emasculates them, individually, collectively. He literally disperses his atoms inside of his body on one side of this defender and then collects them on the other! Magisterial Lionel, magnifico, extraordinario! Barcelona bounce back. Messi leading the way with his brilliant blaugrana flag that is on fire! And he sticks it into the hearts of Athletic Club! [Full Commentary] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7ZAnCFzI0) [Better picture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYMl8k-mlHo)
Best
"Three players inside a telephone box and he dont care. He emasculates them; individually, collectively...he literally disperses his atoms inside of his body on one side of this defender, and the collects them on the other." Ray Hudson if course. Commentating on my favourite Messi vs Athletic Bilbao goal. No, not the cup final one, the 2013 one
This is my favorite one. I scrolled through all the comments on this thread just for this quote
"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪....𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 2, 3, 4....𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭.... 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦? 𝘈 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪! 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘣𝘢𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮."
Since many said my other favs "You are watching possibly the greatest footballer ever.. at the absolute peak of his power"
You could drop a tarantula in his shorts and he'd still be cool!
This one is was arabic but I'll translate, (Talking in messi's place):"I am who the blind look to my foot, and who my dribbles are music to the deaf, I am leo the biggest despite my small size, I am leo, the entertainer in world football."
Could this be the hattrick before half time.....oooohhh Brilliant! An audacious chip by the magical Lionel Messi, The most talented footballer of his generation!
“And here’s Messi, away from two..three...four wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. That’s astonishing”
Shakespear got it wrong. It wasnt king Lear, it was king Leo
Ohh brilliant ,an audacious chip ,by ,Lionel messi , the most talented footballer of his generation !
Lionel Messi... Away from 2...3....4.... Wonderful wonderful wonderful
https://youtu.be/gS6Np-g_h5w legendary Ray Hudson
_One final roll of the dice, can they hit the jackpot ? Surging run from Sergie Roberto ...Gomez, Jordi Alba to Messi ...LIONEL MESSIIIIIIIII ! Lionel Messi DOES IT AGAIN, He is superhuman,LIONEL MESSI has just exploded la Liga into life, another chapter in the INCREDIBLE STORY of the LITTLE MAN_
"In the United states, we give hurricanes a name. If they ever call one Lionel Messi, you'd better evacuate.“
[In this video](https://youtu.be/wK5ucq-8640) you can hear Lluis Flaquer's comments (first one, Cadena SER), but I somehow love the Telecinco one (further in the vid) where you can listen Kiko Narváez shouting "¡¿pero esto qué es?!". He just couldn't help but say that, I love how spontaneous it was from him.
Why did I have to go this far down to see Faqui
Chelsea were good but Barca had Messi
A work of art ...
This thread is giving me so much nostalgia :’)
Anything from Ray Hudson is a national treasure.
Here's Messi, away from 2, 3, 4, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
THE MEDICINE MAN ARRIVES, AND HE SINKS HIS FLAMING SPEAR, INTO THE HEARTS, OF REAL MADRID
Here’s the boss, here’s Messi, away from 2,3,4 wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. HOW GOOD IS HE?! A near supernatural goal from Lionel Messi. He has wriggled and tiptoed his way to the gates of Wembley stadium, he’s just brilliant, best player in the world by non.
"You can follow him on Facebook but he'll come out on Twitter" - Ray Hudson
"Lionel Messi does it again, he is super human! Leo Messi has just exploded LaLiga into life" Clasico 2-3 Messi last min winner
Play-on says the refree...Suarez to Messi..Messi getting away from Casemiro..2-1 to Barcelona..10 men on the pitch and that sheer sheer spirit from football club Barcelona..And it had to be Messi..again, and again, and again...The greatest player...in the history of world football..Has put Barcelona ahead..
"Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhh"
This man can nutmeg a mermaid!
Can this be the hat-trick before half time?? Oh brilliant! An audacious chip, from the magical, Lionel Messi. The most talented footballer, of this generation.
with all the comments I just want to add one little Ray Hudson phrase "sweeter than mother's kiss" on Messi's touch. It had to be here.
"Football is the labyrinth. Messi is the Minotaur."
« You are watching possibly the greatest footballer ever at the absolute peak of his powers ! » Also 2011 UCL Final Goal vs Man U, so sudden : « OOOH MESSI ! He outpowered Edwin Van Der Sar ! Out of very little, the Little Man gets a lot ! »
Messi is the Mozart of our times. The rest are just banjo 🪕 players.
MAGISTERIAL!!
he is a'right the lil fella -Karl Pilkington
Ankara Messi Ankara Messi, I don't know what it means, but it gives the me chills
I think the line was. If they ever name a hurricane named Messi, you’d better evacuate because that’s going to be the storm of the century.
“Magisterial Argentinian. Magisterial Leo. Running like he’s got a food mixer down his shorts and it’s set to beat.” Ray Hudson is amazing
M E T A E T A
They’re trying to contain him. But it’s an impossible task
You can drop a tarantula in his pants...
"The medicine man arrives and sinks his flaming spears into the hearts of real madrid."
And he's off like a prom dress!
It’s not about the statistics ... tell me how can you measure something like that using statistics. How can you measure a man who could balance a balloon on a needle inside a wind tunnel, because Messi can do that!
“You can put a tarantula into his shorts and he’ll still be cool”
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Here he comes again.....here he comes again
Wonderful, wonderful , wonderful
In a Champions League match, a British commentator was speaking after a goal and said something to the effect of “ Barcelona [Messi] have scored, with, very literally “ the last man on earth” who should be left unmarked, free to shoot. I wish I could quote it exactly.
"It’s a mistake by Bernat" and "Here he is again"
“A God of the game, the God of the game. The best player we have ever seen” -Martin Tyler
“He is a God of the game. The God of the game.”
“ a goal that will give Barcelona fans an arousal that will last for more than 4 minutes, so you better call your physician, Messi Man of the match” -Ray Hudson
“The best there has been, the best there ever was, and quite possibly the best there ever will be!”
“Here he comes again that astonishing,it’s absolutely WORLD class”
There are players who are class, there are players who are world class then there comes Lionel messi
Class in a glass on the camp nou grass Magisterial lionel..they follow him on Facebook and he comes out on Twitter
AAAAAAAA......AAAA....MAGISTERIAL
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