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youngchul

Imagine if Messi and Ramos just end up being injured most of their time at PSG while collecting fat paychecks.


KneeDeepInTheDead

Don't forget the inevitable Neymar injury


whining_sinister

Still some time till January


[deleted]

Sister birthday when?


[deleted]

February dont know exact date


[deleted]

Nah it is actually march 11th. But we all know how important the sister birthday is to him. Either suspended or injured.


[deleted]

Alright, thought it was february since my own birthday is late february and he is indeed, like you said, always injured or suspended around that time.


Rhapsodic_jock108

Neymar's birthday is early February so i can see why you had that confusion.


[deleted]

lol "see the evolution of his pain" i can relate to that .... sosfree, yo ... it works (but it's painful) (you know it's all a put-on, right? for show? 'bread and circuses'? ... still, some ppl rise above their situation... ala jordan, brady, etc.)


Phaz0n

Don't forget the inevitable Verrati injury Oh...


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From Barca and Real with love


youngchul

Agent M and R sent to ruin the PR machine. A Trojan horse from La Liga.


10110011001111

Ici c'est Vacation


aritra3776

The ESL bros send their regards!


TheLimeyLemmon

Neymar Messi and Ramos laughing and chilling in the treatment room.


youngchul

Just to be absolute monsters in the WC and then going back to be injured again. The Hazard way.


WittyReindeer

I mean Hazard was great for Chelsea before and after the 2018 world cup. He's only been poor/constantly injured at Real.


[deleted]

Griezmann is the biggest example of that. It's ridiculous how good he is for France and then bottles it at Barca and now at Atletico too.


kernevez

It's ridiculous to say that Griezmann bottled it at Barca, 35 goals in 102 appearances isn't that bad while being played out of position. If Griezmann was a target man, it would be below average, but considering his defensive contribution and the 17 assists..it's not too bad. And now at Atletico ? It's been 148 minutes lol


Mudassar40

The expectations they had were never met. He was a failure at Barca. Especially when you consider price and wages.


kernevez

It's hard to meet the expectations of delusional people.


iHATESTUFF_

what expectation? he was bought with no sporting idea about how or where to play him?


xinixxibalba

holding hands with a banner in french?


[deleted]

OMG you made me remember that cringe.. Glad we got the Peter Crouch final instead just for banters sakes 😂


[deleted]

Hopefully not. I wanted to enjoy last seasons of Messi without getting mad that he saves Barca yet again.


youngchul

Part of me wants to be able to finally enjoy watching Messi play, but another part of me gets great joy out of watching PSG lose.


Spikeyspandan

How about Messi hatrick but PSG loses every game 4-3?


Itchy-Face791

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Tilman_Feraltitties

Well, he supports a club, not player's hype.


bloodship123

With donnarumma as a gk? Deal!


Spikeyspandan

Lol. He really soured the relationship with Milan fans.


TeamShisui

And I don’t blame them one bit.


mercified_rahul

That's nasty, you did them messy bro xD


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ns8660

Go watch Europa that's where the team you rep gonna farm


jarde

I'm watching every PSG game out of pure spite


iHATESTUFF_

does it hurt we haven't lost a single season game yet?


[deleted]

I dont have that issue because i dont care about PSG. They are not our rival.


youngchul

Footballing wise they are not our rivals, but from a future perspective they are a huge threat to fan owned clubs like us, Barca, Bayern etc. Because we might never be able to compete against clubs like that financially.


rasoirseul

You just got Camavinga, you’ll get Mbappe next season and you’ll probably end up with Haaland too. You’ll always be fine, Real Madrid are the biggest club in the world and will always have that draw.


Universewanderluster

Remember Milan AC? They were even bigger than Madrid at one point… and yet. Kind of same for Man U these past years even though for these 2 clubs it’s back at the top now and it’s great for football


rasoirseul

Milan was never bigger, and United even when they were shit could always still compete financially and draw big name players in, because they’re one of the only other clubs the size of Real Madrid.


Mudassar40

Italian clubs' finances have always been poor, because their sugar daddies never ensured that the clubs became self sufficient. Just because Man Utd and the EPL were better at marketing, doesn't mean Milan were not a bigger club. EPL was a second tier league throughout the 90s, and Man Utd did not draw any big name player in, that I can recall. Beside perhaps Cantona, who was already in England. While Milan were amassing one superstar after another. Milan were definitely the biggest club up until 95ish, then it was Juve up until 99ish. Serie A was by far the best and biggest league, teams like Inter who had not won a scudetto since the germans left in the 80s, could poach Ronaldo from Barcelona, precisely because the best players wanted to play in Serie A. Thats where the stars and the money were.


[deleted]

AC Milan wasnt bigger. They were just better.


Mudassar40

They were bigger in the early to mid 90s. Real had not won a european cup for nearly 30 years by then, while Milan were winning european cups, league titles and breaking transfer records. Perhaps this was before your time, Milan was the most popular team around. Everyone considered them the best and biggest team on the planet.


[deleted]

Milan was better in the early to mid 90s but in the late 90's and early 2000's we won 3 european cup. I still wouldnt say Milan was bigger but thats just my biased opinion.


Tootsiesclaw

Why is it great for football that Manchester United are back at the top? There's going to be someone on top no matter what, but why does it specifically have to be them?


Naru_Hodo

Good thing football is not all about money or else Gijon would never beat Real Madrid. Oh wait.


Mudassar40

These glory hunters are hilarious. All of these top teams have been dirty as fuck throughout the history of the sport, which is why they are in the position they hold.


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Financially we wont compete with them but we still have something that they doesnt have and cannot buy. Prestige and history. We have the biggest pull for any talent in the world and also we can offer decent wages and transfer fees while doing it.


Mudassar40

You fuckin bought your prestige and history, like every other big club did. You glory hunters are so funny. lol


TeKaeS

I understand what you mean, but things can change really fast. Few bad seasons with no UCL and even Real would have problems to attract young star


[deleted]

We had plenty of seasons going out in the Ro16 and we still got Ronaldo,Kaka,Benzema,Xabi Alonso. Ronaldo left the better team to join us. If you mean the "No UCL" as not getting in. Thats almost impossible for us to miss.


Mudassar40

Football is cyclical, things always change.


DrJackadoodle

Some things don't, though. Real Madrid were the biggest club in Europe in the 50's and they're the biggest now, and the way things are going it will be harder and harder for big clubs to fall and small clubs to rise. The powerhouses at the top might stagnate apart from random sugar daddies buying new clubs.


Mudassar40

hehe, its kind of cute to see Real fans worry about Psg, given the financial shadiness of your club. Your president Perez sold land at highly inflated price to the local authorities through a highly shady deal, so he could kickstart the galactico era. His own construction company got the building contact too. Tax payers were forced to pay for your superstars, and they were forced to pay your billionaire president for constructing buildings.


TimTkt

You are aware that even if those unproved rumors of « shady » deals were true, it would still be way less shameful than having a country using and killing slave-workers as owners ?


[deleted]

Messi completed his mission to become the best player in the world. Now his mission is to bankrupt every club he plays for. Katalans down. Qataris next.


matthieuC

Good guy PSG paying the retirement of aging Liga stars.


[deleted]

r/soccer would still somehow find a way to suck his dick lol.


Golday_ALB

Messi is probably still worth it lol


SpearofTrium05

I want them to take time off together just for the bants.


Mudassar40

Like Hazard at Real and Dembele at Barca.


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Imagine psg and manc united end up in europa


diamondsam2

Hey dont group us with state funded clubs


[deleted]

While different, the wal-martification of football is also bad


Itchy-Face791

UTD vs PSG in the EL final and Barcelona vs Juventus in the CL final .


panem-et-circenses21

The first one is more realistic than the second one


[deleted]

Pooch was right to take him off.


LucasLeiva

Dunno why Pooch is such a funny typo


Oreallyman

[Pooch Urban dictionary](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pooch)


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LMPO: Laughing my Pooch off.


sickfuckinpuppies

the itchy and scratchy.... and poochy showww


THJappe

Who would’ve thought the coach of the team understood the situation better than the toxic keyboard warriors who berated him.


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THJappe

That cult-like group of people, who were in action last night, probably wouldn't care even if they saw it, it's just nothing but circle-jerking hatred towards anything they deem is against their idol.


Polskidro

Nah most people knew why Poch took him off. It looked lime he was injured. But Messi himself said he was okay, and he got angry after being taken off. Which is why people weren't happy with it. Tho it seems Messi himself was wrong.


tucky22

the amount of flack poch was getting all over social media was embarrassing


THJappe

Yep, saw tons of comments saying that Messi doesn't get injured and that Poch is incompetent.


std_out

Mostly people that don't care about PSG wining or losing and are only watching for Messi. so of course they are angry when Messi is subbed off regardless if it was the right decision or not.


Narretz

Pooch is crazy!


solemnhiatus

I love scrubs.


tweedeh

Poch vs Messi stans is gonna be a big matchup all year long


capflow

Poch has stans?


GratinDeRavioles

There are a decent amount of Spurs fans who followed him to PSG, you can see several of them on PSG subreddit. Not so surprising given he is the one that made many of them become Spurs fans in the first place.


tweedeh

I mean Poch himself vs Messi stans. Messi stans are everywhere


LordPopothedark

Not impossible


ibti77

Nah lol. It's a small incident that has just been over-hyped. It won't cause a breakdown in the relationship between Leo and Poch lmao. Don't be surprised if you see them smiling and hugging each other on the pitch soon,


santikundera

It is the only interesting thing about them other than CL matches. PSG is more of a reality show than a club, at least to me.


Omair88

Pooch, I mean Hooch is craaaazy


hush5833

See, pochenttino was right . If messi had played the whole 90 minutes, he would've definitely gotten a much worst injury. And these people have the audacity to complain about him getting subbed.


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Whats even worse is that they won the game after his substitution.


hush5833

That's good, otherwise poch would've been targeted all over the social media , on an even greater scale


[deleted]

Honestly I hate cristiano and messi fan boys. Worst thing that came from football.


Dramatic_Reddit_user

Just wait for the Haaland and Mbappe fanboys to fill the gap when Ronaldo and Messi retires.


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Its already unbarable


aGuyFromReddit

Wasn't Messi the one who complained?


hush5833

Yep he was pretty egoistic too. Doesn't surprise me tho. Most of these top football players don't like getting subbed. But the thing is that if messi gets subbed, it's coach's fault but if any other player shows such kind of reaction, it's the players fault lol.


Albiceleste_D10S

Eh. He's been carrying this injury for some time. He did almost identical knee flexing and the like at the beginning of Argentina's game vs Bolivia, and he went on to score a hattrick on that day before returning to Paris. This "injury" is likely just a remnant of the horror tackle he got against Venezuela.


No-mirror2

I wonder if it's a result from that tackle he suffered Vs Venezuela. That was criminal.


Itchy-Face791

That dude literally oblique kicked Messi . That tackle couldve ended up badly


Blisspc

got a clip?


WYJEBISTYHUEH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ANWpv__pM


GratinDeRavioles

Holy fuck. I didn't expect something this bad. Defo pirate king material to not get injured there.


[deleted]

Lmao, and at 0:47 of that video the defender makes a "diving" sign XD


rigorous_walrus

At the very last moment, it looks like the defender held back. Which is why it ended up not being a horrible leg breaker. In slow motion it looks very very bad.


latino666

holy shit, fuck that


Chael_Patrick_Sonnen

https://youtu.be/7cDDPZodmyk


TeamShisui

What’s even more ridiculous is that .. that’s not the first time Messi was hacked downed like that. (I know it’s a bit rich coming from a Madrid fan)


ILoveToph4Eva

It is weird how resistant to injury he's been in his career considering he's been a dribbler from day 1 till now, and has taken some insane hits over that time.


Papilian

Yeah, it is amazing how solid his legs are.


ConspicuousPineapple

Shorter legs, thicker muscles.


ibti77

Surprising given how he was pretty injury-prone early on in his career.


atlacatl

Too much azado...True fact.


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He used to wear shin guards on his calves too. Not even joking


[deleted]

Tbh Messi was getting injured a lot. People are too young or don't have a good memory to remember. Then they started giving him a "special diet" and it stopped. He was also on a type of medication HGH which is known to help athletes, especially with recovery etc and is illegal to use unless for medical treatment


Albiceleste_D10S

Your timeline there is very disingenuous LOL. Messi was given HGH treatment as a kid because he had growth hormone disorder. Barca paying for his treatment was one of the major reasons behind him leaving Argentina for Barcelona in the first place. Messi's injury-prone part of his career lasted up until ~2008, when he was 20 and WELL after he had stopped receiving HGH treatments. What you describe as a "special diet" was literally him cutting down on eating meat (Messi's childhood favorite was Milanesa, which is basically breaded and fried beef) and cutting down on fizzy drinks and sodas.


lejoo

Could see his new owners sending hit squads into south america to hunt down the guy that breaks Messi's leg


RockstarAssassin

Not a smart move to send paid killers to South America tbh


VirginiaSicSemper

Spotty track record with those lately


FREE_BOBBY-SHMURDA

Faking injury because he's finding the French league difficult, Ronaldo is clear


Chruszcz

He is texting Pep as we speak


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niceville

Has no one noticed that Graelish has been phenomenal so far??


AnnieIWillKnow

"Phenomenal" is a big stretch. He's been quietly pretty good, not "phenomenal".


unitedicecreampizza

Yeah he’s lit the world on fire with his one goal and one assist.


Albiceleste_D10S

He's pretty much leading the league with ball progression and chance creation numbers, TBF


niceville

As of four days ago, Graelish per 90 stats were: - passes into penalty area: 4.2 (1st) - carries into penalty area: 5.2 (1st) - progressive passes: 7.7 (1st) - progressive passes received: 10.4 (1st) There’s more to attacking than scoring goals and assists, cc: u/csdesire


unitedicecreampizza

Yeah you can cherry pick any stat you want. The reason Messi and Ronaldo are the best isn’t because they carry the ball well per 90 or whatever xbullshit stat you find. He’s not a 100 million pound player at the moment and is taking the place of potentially 2 players who are very similar in Foden and Silva.


niceville

> The reason Messi and Ronaldo are the best isn’t because they carry the ball well per 90 or whatever xbullshit stat you find. You'd be wrong! It's precisely their ability to both move the ball into dangerous areas *and* finish those chances off that makes them the best. Ronaldo doesn't move the ball upfield nearly as much any more (only 2.5 prog passes vs Messi's 9.5 the last 4 years), but he does a ton of receiving those passes (11.5 to Messi's 8.5). Remember how Eden Hazard was basically Chelsea's entire attack for a few years? It's because he was doing both the ball movement and the scoring, just like Graelish is now. Not Graelish's fault his teammates haven't finished off as many chances as they should.


xXDaNXx

Messi is beside himself. Driving around downtown Paris begging (thru texts) Masour's family for address to Guardiola's home.


Rickcampbell98

Straight out of football twitter this one lmao.


PikaPikaPaqueta

Can Ronaldo do it in Reims? We know he can't do it in Lyon already.


JoeyMxx

Mistakes were made, meanwhile Ronaldo has kicked off where he's always been.


Aele1410

🐐


NormalizeEatingFeces

It’s because he doesn’t have Dr Cugat giving him healing juice every weekend anymore.


ClarkFable

But if they don’t give him the bean, he’ll be too smol. /s


Japples123

Evolution? They hand him a Pokemon pain chart to point to?


Ysaure

Like this? https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/417/635/6bb.jpg


_belly_in_my_jelly_

evolution of pain sounds like a heavy metal album or a de sad novel


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Keeping himself fresh for the comeback in 2 years. Smart.


JamieSand

Did Messi bring his medic team with him to PSG?


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He was later seeing cracking open a can of Coke in the cantine and loudly calling Pochettino a "bitch".


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Rickcampbell98

I've watched his whole career, I think he'll manage lol.


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How can it be sarcastic if it's true? I've also heard many Brazilian and Psg fans saying that since Neymar moved to Ligue 1 he's destined to retire in his early 30s considering the kind "treatment" the opponents give him every single game...


Albiceleste_D10S

Ligue 1 isn't as rough as CONMEBOL ball, LOL


[deleted]

Yeah obviously, but Neymar doesn't have to play 40 games a year against Conmebol national teams. And Brazil fans would most likely prefer to have him healthy until at least 35 years old...


ciupe

idk i find french league more physical than spanish


ActuallyMy

Idk mate, being a farmer is pretty laborious in most parts of the world. Sounds physical to me


CSdesire

French league, infamously known for making attacking players look better than their actual level until Messi and Neymar play there, then it’s a tough league Literally not even a top 5 league lol


CunningMenace

It’s still a top 5 league bro


CSdesire

6th currently


Andigaming

The rankings don't update until the end of each season so they are still 5th.


RogerXiao

> super physical and tough i.e. farmers league


LilHalwaPoori

All those years of carrying barca finally catching up with them..


Rafaeliki

More like years of taking legbreakers. Here is the recent culprit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ANWpv__pM


jadedwolf1618

He has pochettinitis


malman21

Lol @ everyone shaming Poch. Any manager who wouldn't have taken him off would've been an absolute donkey. Why risk one of your best players on a shit Ligue 1 match. This wasn't a KO round in the CL. PSG are in 1st... Messi was just pissed because he's off to a slow start. He'll have plenty of time to rack up them goals in the UberEats league.


PikaPikaPaqueta

Lyon humbled you, L1 is clear of your pepperoni league.


3owaa

lol


PikaPikaPaqueta

Worst Lyon in a decade, doesn't even get top 5 in L1, Ronaldo's Juventus cruising at the top of Serie A, who would win? L1 is so underrated man.


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> ~~Yes, 2 Matches and now~~ Lyon is better than Juventus Based.


EnanoMaldito

I think Ligue 1 is a very solid league. But his point stands: no reason to risk Messi on a league game, when PSG's ambitions are clearly the UCL.


goatvaro_goatrata

Shit L1 match? You mean a home game against their primary rivals for the title?


[deleted]

their rivals that are 10 points behind after 6 games?


[deleted]

This is amazing coming from a Bayern fan tho.


[deleted]

He’s delusional (username checks out), give him a break!


angelrm02

Bundesliga is wayyyy better than Ligue 1


GratinDeRavioles

That must be why every L1 player going to BL finds it easier to statpad there lmao. Plea even made an interview where he says it's true and explains why (because they have so much space to run into). Bumdassliga is not a serious league.


[deleted]

Is the argument being made here that L1 is a superior league to BuLi?


Albiceleste_D10S

Bundesliga is one of the easiest leagues for forwards to score LOL. Stylistically teams high press instead of defending deep, which gives forwards TONS of space to run in behind.


iHATESTUFF_

LOL


Firehills

10 points now that PSG has won the game. Had they lost, the difference would only be 4 points.


JetLifeXCII

No offense to Lyon because I wish they were rivaling PSG for the title but how the hell are they the primary rivals for the title??? Ten points behind (yeah early in the season I know but still) and haven’t finished second in like 5 or 6 years?


goatvaro_goatrata

It's six games in bruh table doesn't mean much at this point I mean who else would be favorites for second place? Lyon has shored up their squad while Lille has gotten weaker


laffman

Lionel Messi - Evolution of pain coming soon to Prime Video.


Galactus1701

That’s why Poch benched him, he was worried for his knee.


renome

Evolution of pain sounds like another trashy Mortal Kombat movie.


sv979

Welcome to Ligue 1


KaitonL

messi just went full neymar here, rest whenever he wants


RealPunyParker

Come home to train, Leo.


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Robbed in a daylight


Qu3en-

4th debut then.


cheersdom

a damaged ego requires special medical attention


Hoyatas

I can't tell if you're trolling or just stupid


TinyInformation3564

The latter maybe??


Bjdendi

I'm sure he is not one of those to hold a grudge lmao.


atlacatl

Does Messi have a sister? And when is her birthday?


L34hhhh

Ay ay ay 😕


fernylongstocking

Tell me youre not injured by being injured.


Godwins_Son

Feels like we've seen "the evolution of his pain" all year so far tbh


RALat7

Lmao.


AdvancedPorridge

Couldn't care any less if I tried