So did Jack Charlton
Lionel Messi
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Hehehheh
Argentine players love Messi so much
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Well deserve win for Messi. He finally has a major trophy for his country.
The curse is gone. Messi can finally relax and enjoy his last years of football without any form of pressure. I'm just so happy right now. Even Neymar smiled the whole time, like he won the final together with Messi, instead of losing it. But he was always like that. Back in the days at barca, Neymar was more happy for Messis goals than his own.
Now I just hope Messi can end his european career at barca and not at psg. That would be too painful to watch. Laporta, you got one job. Sell Dembele, Coutinho and Griezmann together if it's necessary to hold on to the GOAT for another 2 years.
Now I just hope Messi can end his european career at barca and not at psg. That would be too painful to watch. Laporta, you got one job. Sell Dembele, Coutinho and Griezmann together if it's necessary to hold on to the GOAT for another 2 years.
I didn't know that, is that confirmed? It would certainly explain a lot of the way he played in this game; didn't look right.
Well done Messi absolutely delighted for him, he doesn’t deserve to have the ‘no international trophy’ hanging over him when he retires.
Cementing his GOAT status.
I reckon they can finally stop making a new Copa America every 2 years now that he won it right?
Well done Messi and Argentina. Player of the tournament along the way to winning in the final vs a superior Brazil team. Everyone wrote Argentina off before the match, so hats of to them.
They didn't made Copa for him.
2016 Copa was to celebrate the 100 years of Copa America.
And from 2020 they wanted Copa America to be held in the same year as Euros.
Fair play finally after all this time. Well done
Glad he won something big for his country, well deserved and player of the comp as well. Hopefuily he can be respected back home in some parts as a few years ago it did get ugly.
So why did they have one in 2019?
Happy for Messi, he was the GOAT anyway but if he retired without an International trophy there would have been that little smudge against his status as the true GOAT. No doubt about it now.
2011, 2015, 2019. sequence.
Than in 2018(when 2019 was already scheduled), they decided that they should be holding it same years as Euro, so they instead of waiting for 2024, they announced 2020.
Ignore the title by fanboys. But Messi made some nice tackles this tourney, when he was arsed to 
Look at the history of the Copa America. It’s always been a random number. It went from annually to 2,3,4 and then back to 3,2 years. It’s never been a consistent number of years between.
Which just supports the points about insane scheduling, no?
Oh, I know, but the poster I responded to said it's been packed lately because they did an anniversary edition in 2016, then decided they wanted to do it in line with the Euros, which didn't really tie up with their being one in 2019.
Yes it is insane scheduling but it isn't that those were held so Messi can win one.
Scaloni "You can never do without a player like him, even when he is not fully fit like in this game and the previous one.”
Messi still hasnt won a World Cup. Pele, Maradonna, Brasilian Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Beckenbauer etc all have.
Yeah I was hoping to wake up this morning to find he had won the world cup
Messi fanboys can paint it however they want. He will never be equal to Maradona for Argentina without a WC to his name.
He still needs Emirates cup and he can finally claim his GOAT title. But without that I am not sure yet.
Definitely managed to secure himself the title of SGOAT last night. Congrats
Even if he wins world cup, still people will prefer someone else.
I mean I see people in social media and youtube arguing that the likes of Roberto Baggio, Recoba, Ruud Gulitt and so on being better than Messi and Cristiano.
That is how football is, and will always be.
Their is still a section who believe that Charlton was better than Best, Garrincha was better than Pele, Rivaldo was better than Ronaldo, Puskas better than Di Stefano, Finney better than Mathews and so on.
I mean I see people in social media and youtube arguing that the likes of Roberto Baggio, Recoba, Ruud Gulitt and so on being better than Messi and Cristiano.
That is how football is, and will always be.
Their is still a section who believe that Charlton was better than Best, Garrincha was better than Pele, Rivaldo was better than Ronaldo, Puskas better than Di Stefano, Finney better than Mathews and so on.
Congrats Argentina, it was about time
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As a Copa America winner, surely he can now ask for a bigger pay packet?!
Stop dealing with facts, people won't like it. Also pretty hilarious how extra Copa's were all to help Messi when the 2019 edition was in Brazil. Also the officiating in the SF that year was pretty bad. But aye both were created solely for Messi.
Yeah the whole extra Copa's being created to allow Argentina to win one has been one of the more amusing takes in the Messi debate. (And this being from someone who will always be on the Ronaldo side of the debate).Stop dealing with facts, people won't like it. Also pretty hilarious how extra Copa's were all to help Messi when the 2019 edition was in Brazil. Also the officiating in the SF that year was pretty bad. But aye both were created solely for Messi.
He was invisible last night, apart from missing a sitter that is.
Absolutely.
I don't think this really changes that does it? He still needs to be the catalyst in a world cup win to put that to bed. That's the level he's up against when it comes to who is the greatest player ever.
Scaloni: "Messi played injured the last two games, but we needed him for what he brings even injured."
Maybe it will be a good omen for England that Messi ended his long wait for an international trophy who knows
He was injured and decided not to wave the towel and be helpful to his team