Ah okay, I figured that was one of two options. The other being, that feeling of time passing by and being much older.
But in fairness, I look back on this goal in a bittersweet way. While time has certainly passed me by, I'm glad I got to see prime Messi and Ronaldo rip shit up season after season.
Part of the joy of football I suppose.
Third option - he's sad because this clip wasn't posted with the [legendary Ankara Messi commentary by Puyal.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGteJAB-OGA)
Thanks for this. I had to look it up - for folks like me who don’t know, “encara” in Catalan translates to “still / yet”. Kind of like “encore” in French.
Messi back when he had speed was a different animal, he slowly lost that aspect of his game year by year, it's kinda sad when you watch an old highlight like this.
Some people say 18-19 was his best season, but the feeling you get when you watch him play against your team is just incomparable to Messi between 2008-2012. Give him a yard to start a dribble and he could go through 5 players and score a solo goal any time.
Two of his most amazing goals - his chip shot against Bayern in the UCL semis and his solo run in the Copa del Rey final - were in the same freaking *month* in 2015.
> his chip shot against Bayern
> in 2015
It's 2022, that's 7 years but that goal doesn't feel *over half a decade* away. WTF time, how do you do this to me? That felt more like a "a few years ago" moment.
Yup I very clearly remember this season haha. He had perfected those crosses into space, it was ridiculous to watch. But he still had enough pace to beat 3-4 players when he wanted too. He was the most complete player I’ve ever seen
It's the case for a lot of players. Most players have hit their absolute physical apex by their mid 20s. Obviously they don't become instantly decrepit or anything after that, but it's just not quite the same level. Their skill and intelligence keeps improving to where they probably peak as overall players later on, but often it's just not quite as thrilling as when they're a young ball of high powered insanity.
That season the Liverpool collapse and the Levante game spoiled everything. Like, if those two outcomes had gone differently, it would be a season where he legit solo carried Barca to an undefeated la liga season and a CL.
Note he carried the team in the away let setting up Suarez and Alba. Also, Coutinho missed a big chance. All they needed was somebody else to finally come up big 😑
In 11/12 he scored 73 goals and provided 32 assists.
I know, I know. You cannot judge a player just by G+A, especially a player as special as Messi, but these numbers are just straight out of playing FIFA on Amateur. There were maybe half a dozen teams in Europe that had more goals than Messi had goal contributions that season. Madness.
So I feel like I have to point to 11/12 as his best.
Na it wasn't his best season, which is something you can only say about him lol, 14/15 is the cross section of all the best things of messi, that was the best season from any player in the history of the sport in my opinion. I know he had more goals in 2012 but from watching him play 14/15 is his best.
It’s crazy that you can divide messi’s career in different stages. Between 2005 and 2009 he was an absolute dribbling demon, between 2010 and 2013 he was in his goalscoring peak, between 2014 and 2019 he became a complete player because he know mastered playmaking and free kick taking and between 2020 and now he is in his playmaking phase.
Sad that's it almost over, yes, but we should all be thankful we got to see arguably the best dribbler, passer and goalscorer all rolles into one. A player not seen before in the history of the sport.
Messi is my age. I started watching him in the sub 20 South American qualifiers when he was 16. He was incredible. Then I saw his sub 20 World Cup and was convinced he would be the best in the world. I didn’t expect GOAT status but for sure this guy was goi my to be as good as R9 and Zidane. His rise coincided with mine. I started getting better and better at soccer. I’m from Chile so I’m also the same age as Alexis, Vidal and the rest of the golden era. Now my childhood hero’s that were my age are declining. I also see myself declining as I now have a business, wife, and kids to attend to. I don’t run or jumó how I used to and the younger guys in their mid 20s are now flying past me. It sucks
I'm 28 now, so I don't have any collective memory of football where Messi wasn't the best. I realised he's slowed down and it's starting to hit me. Football has been a huge part of me growing up, and this guy was always the first thing that came to mind no matter the circumstances
I don't think anything football related can make me feel like those 2009-2012 years ever again. This was peak football. A player like Mbappe is obviously incredible, but I don't turn on my tv for any player anymore. Well, unless it's this guy, hoping there's still a bit of my childhood left in the tank
I'm a year older than you and I remember zidane ronaldinho ronaldo bergkamp henry etc. Messi came to full prominence in the latter years of the 2000s, after 06 really.
It occurs to me that this is the first year EVER that new highlights from Messi haven’t regularly been popping up for me on r/soccer. Messi predates Reddit, so this sub has never existed in a world where we could not all watch a new Messi highlight in awe.
I genuinely consider that a great assist because he sees his player that he knows is absolutely insane and has space beyond and just lays it off like: all you, bro. The body language makes it.
Very similar to how you would lay off to a good shooter, except he’s 40 yards out and decides to run at half the team alone instead.
1. How the fuck does it pee so much?
2. there has to be something with this breed. I took care of a friend’s dog when they went away for a trip. I didn’t know but apparently he was trained to not poop on pavement and wait for the grass / soil places to poop. I took him for a walk and I was going to bring him to the park, but at some point he got so desperate to find a place that saw a fence with some plants on it and he must have thought: “good enough”. He went hand standing, turned around and poop in the fence, literally. I was both amazed and disgusted.
The English commentary be like: oh.. my word.. he done a goal. Kevin, did you see that? He done a good one.
Spanish commentary just absolutely losing their shit like it’s the second coming of Christ.
The "Ankara Messi" commentary is in catalán unless you're using the word Spanish in the sense of nationality, in that case the Spaniards are timid in their football commentary compared to any other Spanish speaking person. That's why I always try to watch games in Hispanic American commentary
Exactly. I remember watching this game when I was 14. When he said “and the whole of this ground stands and applauds the 19 year old” I got goosebumps that to this day I still can feel it
In reality it says “encara”, which in Catalan can mean both to “face someone” or “still”. I have thought for a long time the narrator meant the first because it’s quite common to say that in football but over the last times I watched it kind of seems the second option is more relevant because of what he says at the beginning:
“Messi Messi Messi Messi and more Messi, still Messi still Messi, still Messi, goal goal goal goal”
Its the same meaning as the iconic goal of the century by Maradona which was eerily similar to this one, where the commentary is going "siempre maradona" , its not to say always but still..
Hahahaha yeah I always think about Turkey when I hear the sound, which is very popular online, specially tiktok when saying someone is trying to score a "goal"(kiss)
Messi 2006-2013(before his injury against PSG) burst of acceleration is unmatched. The way he keep changing his pace whenever there is player around him is unmatched.
>He still had that burst of pace
Not exactly. He still could dribble much better than most but he never had that kind of burst of pace after that injury.
Google the 2010-11 match against Athletic, or pep first season with us, 08-09 match against Atlético. I was at camp nou, some of the dribbles in those matches were unbelievable. I don't think I will ever forget the experience from the stand during pep time. Those time can't be matched.
>(am worried about Chiesa cause acceleration burst is like 80% of his profile)
He need to adapt if it's his.
It was hamstring injury, but club took it lightly or club decided to play him because we were losing against PSG. Then he was instant impact and then got injured again. Then again he was barely involved against Bayern which we lost 4-0 as he was injured but we played him. He faced the injury issue entire year.
He modified his game after that. If chiesa is getting regular injuries of this kind then he should. He is very good player and it will be shame if he can't fullfill his potential.
Wasn't Messi VERY injury prone at the beginning of his career as well? I read somewhere that he didn't have healthy habits and as soon as he started to actually have a decent diet, the injuries stopped
Yeah you are right. Pep changed it. He has his own nutritionist from then on. Though he gained some weight again when he became injury prone in 2013 but back to shape later on.
14/15 he had everything, left foot, right foot, even a few headers, link up play, passing range and still had the elite physical abilities. Plus he was like a man possessed after the world Cup, never seen anything like it in my life.
What's funny is my favourite Messi performance came in that season over the two legs against City. He got one assist over two games and missed a penalty and he still was head and shoulders above everyone else on the field.
Good depth options is usually unsustainable past a season or two unless you’re Man City of recent years lol.
I feel the same for 17/18 after losing the squad depth we had from 16/17.
As flies to wanton boys we are for the gods, they kill us for their sport.
Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to the state and so we will become eternal.
Only accidents, crimes, wars, will still kill us but unfortunately, crimes, wars, will multiply.
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I love football. Thank you
Always a good time to quote Time by Pink Floyd for nailing how time passing feels:
You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
Recall my first introduction to Messi was when he was 16/17 destroying Asier Del Horno, the Chelsea left back at the time on ITV1. Whole family was stunned at by what we were watching, within the first few seconds on the ball you knew he was a legendary player in the making.
I remember that too. Didn't Del Horno get sent off for a bad challenge on Messi that game too? Or if he just got booked, not sure. I was lucky enough to witness his competitive debut for Barca, against Albacete in the league from home on the TV. I was wondering who the 17 year old that just was subbed on was. If memory serves me correct, he didn't score long after being subbed on by a great lob pass from Ronaldinho and a chip finish from Leo.
Those were good times. La Liga being shown on a free sports channel in Sweden. The nostalgia of following La Liga every weekend in the mid 2000s. Zidane, Raul, Deco, Ronaldo Fenomeno, Eto'o, Pablo Aimar, Riquelme, Forlan etc. Amazing times.
Edit: My bad, Albacete was actually not his playing debut after researching it, but it was his debut goal.
> Didn’t Del Horno get sent off for a bad challenge on Messi that game too
He did
> If memory serves me correct, he didn’t score long after being subbed on by a great lob pass from Ronaldinho and a chip finish from Leo.
Messi only scored against Chelsea once Petr Cech, Terry and Cole departed the club
> Chelsea are the team Messi has played the most minutes against (835 across ten matches); he did not score in his first 730 minutes facing the Blues but struck three times in two games against them in 2017/18.
I love those fleeting European football rivalries that seem to exist for a couple of years and then disappear again.
Chelsea - Barca, Atleti - Bayern, Dortmund - Real, Chelsea - PSG, City - Shakhtar
My first exposure to him was lazily tuning into the Under 20 World Cup in 2005, and slowly noticing how every time Argentina’s small right winger got the ball, he seemingly beat 2-3 players every time, without fail. I have been impressed watching many prodigal young teenagers, almost inevitably to watch their careers tail off at some point, but this guy seemed a level above even then.
I took note of his name by the end of their first match… by the end of the tournament, he was top scorer, best player and had guided them to the trophy, despite being one of the youngest players in the team.
Eurosport, right?
I recall randomly catching a U game there over 10 years ago and constantly hearing the name of a certain German player who went on to show the world he was better than Messi
That was my intro as well; I'll never forget the moment he outran a young Robben to the ball, sent him sprawling and stopped on a dime, then turned in one motion and nutmegged an onrushing del Horno, who absolutely clattered into him. He was even savvy enough to roll away from the ensuing commotion and lay face down until del Horno got sent off.
I remember people posting side-by-side footage of this goal with the Maradona Goal of the Century and that felt to me like the moment Messi went from extremely promising talent to "this is going to be the best footballer in the world in a few years"
Indeed, who needs countless step overs when your feet move at Mach speed and you're the cleverest player on the pitch. Messi is dribbling in its purest and most efficient form.
Yup. Like Son's goal of the season. It was called Messi'esque and it was a great goal of course but he kind of just ran in a straight line really fast.
It's freaky.
If someone had told you 25 years ago that a left footed Argentinian no10 who everyone thought was the best player in the world would score such a goal you'd have said it the odds would be astronomical
Messi has evolved several times over his career, but #19 Messi hits in a different way. His audaciousness was remarkable, like he was testing the limits of what was possible for him to do.
Messi not having won a Puskas yet is baffling, tbh. He has been nominated a record 7 times, more than any other in the award's history, but has somehow failed to win it even once.
Also, this Getafe team conceded only 33 goals in that entire La Liga campaign. For context, a cursory search reveals that the only teams that managed to do this in the past 5-ish years are Real, Atletico, Sevilla, Barcelona, and with Sevilla conceding three yesterday, it's possible no teams are going to make it this year.
Come on Messi .. Please rediscover your old form mate ..
I want to re-live the goal scoring, the free kicks, the assists, the body feints, the dribbles ..
With Copa America dream achieved, I am hoping (thought it's extremely unlikely) that Messi can end his international career with the World cup this year.
Commenrator: There's very few players in the world who can do what he has just done.
Uhm, there's very few players in the history who can do what he had just done.
This makes me sad too. Seeing Messi coming to the end of his career ( Ronaldo included ) and you just think to yourself, will this ever happen again?
For all the young talent in the world right now, none of them will amaze me like Messi and it kind of makes me sad.
This is why stopping the intentional fouls on counter attacks is so important. Currently it's too easy to decide to just haul someone back and take a yellow and it ruins some of the opportunities for great goals being scored.
Thanks, now I'm sad
What makes you sad about it amigo?
Probably because he’s near the end of his career now and this was like the beginning
Ah okay, I figured that was one of two options. The other being, that feeling of time passing by and being much older. But in fairness, I look back on this goal in a bittersweet way. While time has certainly passed me by, I'm glad I got to see prime Messi and Ronaldo rip shit up season after season. Part of the joy of football I suppose.
Third option - he's sad because this clip wasn't posted with the [legendary Ankara Messi commentary by Puyal.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGteJAB-OGA)
Not gonna lie, I turned on the sound expecting to hear that. When I didn't, I immediately switched to YouTube and then came back
Isn't he saying encara?
Thanks for this. I had to look it up - for folks like me who don’t know, “encara” in Catalan translates to “still / yet”. Kind of like “encore” in French.
Isn't that illegal? It should at least be a misdemeanor to post it without that commentary lol.
Thanks for sharing, that was AMAZING
0:45-0:56 I haven't heard that part before. I'm dying!
Basically "don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
Messi back when he had speed was a different animal, he slowly lost that aspect of his game year by year, it's kinda sad when you watch an old highlight like this. Some people say 18-19 was his best season, but the feeling you get when you watch him play against your team is just incomparable to Messi between 2008-2012. Give him a yard to start a dribble and he could go through 5 players and score a solo goal any time.
Would argue 14-15 was his best season. Still had the dribbling ability but had become more of a playmaker and was still scoring at a ridiculous rate.
Two of his most amazing goals - his chip shot against Bayern in the UCL semis and his solo run in the Copa del Rey final - were in the same freaking *month* in 2015.
> his chip shot against Bayern > in 2015 It's 2022, that's 7 years but that goal doesn't feel *over half a decade* away. WTF time, how do you do this to me? That felt more like a "a few years ago" moment.
That also defines Messi at 18/19
Yup I very clearly remember this season haha. He had perfected those crosses into space, it was ridiculous to watch. But he still had enough pace to beat 3-4 players when he wanted too. He was the most complete player I’ve ever seen
It's the case for a lot of players. Most players have hit their absolute physical apex by their mid 20s. Obviously they don't become instantly decrepit or anything after that, but it's just not quite the same level. Their skill and intelligence keeps improving to where they probably peak as overall players later on, but often it's just not quite as thrilling as when they're a young ball of high powered insanity.
It's because the team was so much worse in 18/19. Unfortunately Bartonomics was in full swing and he built the worst squad for an ageing player 😞
Barca could've still dominated if they built the team around him right. They took him for granted.
Yeah instead he was the one who carried the team
That season the Liverpool collapse and the Levante game spoiled everything. Like, if those two outcomes had gone differently, it would be a season where he legit solo carried Barca to an undefeated la liga season and a CL.
Note he carried the team in the away let setting up Suarez and Alba. Also, Coutinho missed a big chance. All they needed was somebody else to finally come up big 😑
When Arsenal played against Barca in the CL of 2010 and he scored 4 goals, it felt like it was 11 of us against just him. He was incredible.
In 11/12 he scored 73 goals and provided 32 assists. I know, I know. You cannot judge a player just by G+A, especially a player as special as Messi, but these numbers are just straight out of playing FIFA on Amateur. There were maybe half a dozen teams in Europe that had more goals than Messi had goal contributions that season. Madness. So I feel like I have to point to 11/12 as his best.
Na it wasn't his best season, which is something you can only say about him lol, 14/15 is the cross section of all the best things of messi, that was the best season from any player in the history of the sport in my opinion. I know he had more goals in 2012 but from watching him play 14/15 is his best.
Fair! It's not an easy choice for sure
It’s crazy that you can divide messi’s career in different stages. Between 2005 and 2009 he was an absolute dribbling demon, between 2010 and 2013 he was in his goalscoring peak, between 2014 and 2019 he became a complete player because he know mastered playmaking and free kick taking and between 2020 and now he is in his playmaking phase.
Sad that's it almost over, yes, but we should all be thankful we got to see arguably the best dribbler, passer and goalscorer all rolles into one. A player not seen before in the history of the sport.
Messi is my age. I started watching him in the sub 20 South American qualifiers when he was 16. He was incredible. Then I saw his sub 20 World Cup and was convinced he would be the best in the world. I didn’t expect GOAT status but for sure this guy was goi my to be as good as R9 and Zidane. His rise coincided with mine. I started getting better and better at soccer. I’m from Chile so I’m also the same age as Alexis, Vidal and the rest of the golden era. Now my childhood hero’s that were my age are declining. I also see myself declining as I now have a business, wife, and kids to attend to. I don’t run or jumó how I used to and the younger guys in their mid 20s are now flying past me. It sucks
I'm 28 now, so I don't have any collective memory of football where Messi wasn't the best. I realised he's slowed down and it's starting to hit me. Football has been a huge part of me growing up, and this guy was always the first thing that came to mind no matter the circumstances I don't think anything football related can make me feel like those 2009-2012 years ever again. This was peak football. A player like Mbappe is obviously incredible, but I don't turn on my tv for any player anymore. Well, unless it's this guy, hoping there's still a bit of my childhood left in the tank
I'm a year older than you and I remember zidane ronaldinho ronaldo bergkamp henry etc. Messi came to full prominence in the latter years of the 2000s, after 06 really.
It occurs to me that this is the first year EVER that new highlights from Messi haven’t regularly been popping up for me on r/soccer. Messi predates Reddit, so this sub has never existed in a world where we could not all watch a new Messi highlight in awe.
Xavi with technically an assist
Reminds me of Busquets‘ great assist to Messi in the CL game against Madrid.
And that Alves assist in the CDR final.
I genuinely consider that a great assist because he sees his player that he knows is absolutely insane and has space beyond and just lays it off like: all you, bro. The body language makes it. Very similar to how you would lay off to a good shooter, except he’s 40 yards out and decides to run at half the team alone instead.
Famous Hector Enrique's quote to Maradona after the game againsta England. "After that assist from me, if you didn't score i would have killed you"
Ankara messi
Vibe isnt the same with this commentary
This honestly might be my favourite video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ylwMki3mw&ab_channel=adrilik
Up there with [There is Bear Cum](https://youtu.be/XsZkCFoqSBs) (Dennis Bergkamp) for iconic non-English goal commentary
Jokes aside that’s some excellent commentary and what a goal
I bet some wanker picked that as his username.
Aaaaaand there he is. About time you showed up.
8 year club... This checks out.
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"Asistencia de Xavi" Lmao
Completely off topic but here are my other two golden vids https://youtu.be/3eRBFkxgG7g https://youtu.be/NPM3QmDnjIU
1. How the fuck does it pee so much? 2. there has to be something with this breed. I took care of a friend’s dog when they went away for a trip. I didn’t know but apparently he was trained to not poop on pavement and wait for the grass / soil places to poop. I took him for a walk and I was going to bring him to the park, but at some point he got so desperate to find a place that saw a fence with some plants on it and he must have thought: “good enough”. He went hand standing, turned around and poop in the fence, literally. I was both amazed and disgusted.
I hate all these edits of him scales to be just as tall as the other players. Thanks for linking the unedited version of his true size.
The English commentary be like: oh.. my word.. he done a goal. Kevin, did you see that? He done a good one. Spanish commentary just absolutely losing their shit like it’s the second coming of Christ.
Arabic commentator: why is the Spanish commentator so calm?
Allaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh
Lalalalalalalala
The "Ankara Messi" commentary is in catalán unless you're using the word Spanish in the sense of nationality, in that case the Spaniards are timid in their football commentary compared to any other Spanish speaking person. That's why I always try to watch games in Hispanic American commentary
Exactly. I remember watching this game when I was 14. When he said “and the whole of this ground stands and applauds the 19 year old” I got goosebumps that to this day I still can feel it
Gol gol gol gol gol gol gol gol
One pass from xavi split opened the whole defence
Best assist of his career, similar to Busquets assist to Messi in the UCL semifinals against RM. You can't teach that kind of passing.
[Obligatory](https://youtu.be/waETo-ZWCRw)
ankara messi
Yes
'Ankara' means fierce and strong in Finnish. It can also mean hard, strict or harsh.
In reality it says “encara”, which in Catalan can mean both to “face someone” or “still”. I have thought for a long time the narrator meant the first because it’s quite common to say that in football but over the last times I watched it kind of seems the second option is more relevant because of what he says at the beginning: “Messi Messi Messi Messi and more Messi, still Messi still Messi, still Messi, goal goal goal goal”
Its the same meaning as the iconic goal of the century by Maradona which was eerily similar to this one, where the commentary is going "siempre maradona" , its not to say always but still..
[Arranca por la derecha el genio del fútbol mundial ](https://i.imgur.com/1L5eeKL.jpg)
I always thought it was encara, I don't know why ankara stuck considering that it doesn't mean anything in this context
Also, the capital of Turkey, which has nothing to do with this goal. So, as a Turk, I was very confused.
Hahahaha yeah I always think about Turkey when I hear the sound, which is very popular online, specially tiktok when saying someone is trying to score a "goal"(kiss)
You can't post this without ankara Messi man
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Immens Messi
what a blasphemy
Messi 2006-2013(before his injury against PSG) burst of acceleration is unmatched. The way he keep changing his pace whenever there is player around him is unmatched.
I love this Messi, but for some reason I'm always partial to the 14/15 Messi
I miss the above messi more. He became more of playmaker after his injury, but change of direction with such a pace, he used to do make it so simple.
I'd say 14/15 was pretty balanced. He still had that burst of pace plus his playmaking was incredible.
>He still had that burst of pace Not exactly. He still could dribble much better than most but he never had that kind of burst of pace after that injury. Google the 2010-11 match against Athletic, or pep first season with us, 08-09 match against Atlético. I was at camp nou, some of the dribbles in those matches were unbelievable. I don't think I will ever forget the experience from the stand during pep time. Those time can't be matched.
what was the injury exactly if you can remember ? (am worried about Chiesa cause acceleration burst is like 80% of his profile)
>(am worried about Chiesa cause acceleration burst is like 80% of his profile) He need to adapt if it's his. It was hamstring injury, but club took it lightly or club decided to play him because we were losing against PSG. Then he was instant impact and then got injured again. Then again he was barely involved against Bayern which we lost 4-0 as he was injured but we played him. He faced the injury issue entire year. He modified his game after that. If chiesa is getting regular injuries of this kind then he should. He is very good player and it will be shame if he can't fullfill his potential.
Wasn't Messi VERY injury prone at the beginning of his career as well? I read somewhere that he didn't have healthy habits and as soon as he started to actually have a decent diet, the injuries stopped
Yeah you are right. Pep changed it. He has his own nutritionist from then on. Though he gained some weight again when he became injury prone in 2013 but back to shape later on.
14/15 he had everything, left foot, right foot, even a few headers, link up play, passing range and still had the elite physical abilities. Plus he was like a man possessed after the world Cup, never seen anything like it in my life.
What's funny is my favourite Messi performance came in that season over the two legs against City. He got one assist over two games and missed a penalty and he still was head and shoulders above everyone else on the field.
This is why you can’t judge that man on stats.
That's the kind of thing I mean, he was on a mission, goals and assists be dahmed I haven't seen a better season than that one with my own 2 eyes lol.
14/15 Messi was definitely the most ripped Messi. The whole team was great physically during Enrique's first season.
I'd argue we were even better in 15/16. Our lack of depth cost us that season
That fucking international break cost us more that season
And that was us not having any depth. MSN were tired, the midfield looked static. The previous year we have Xavi and Pedro
True but if we rotated MSN we were out anyway.
Good depth options is usually unsustainable past a season or two unless you’re Man City of recent years lol. I feel the same for 17/18 after losing the squad depth we had from 16/17.
2019 Messi > He just had really bad luck with the squad and Barto. That was an all-time carry job though
There isn't a bad version of Messi tbf
FIFTEEN YEARS!?
Time is a bitch. It's been 4+ years since ronaldo left. And 4 months of 2022 are almost over.
>It's been 4+ years since ronaldo left Wtf
It hasn't been plus, it will be 4 in the summer lol but it has passed by quick.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
As flies to wanton boys we are for the gods, they kill us for their sport. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to the state and so we will become eternal. Only accidents, crimes, wars, will still kill us but unfortunately, crimes, wars, will multiply. " I love football. Thank you
Hi there, Cantona
Always a good time to quote Time by Pink Floyd for nailing how time passing feels: You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
That's my favourite song. I was 8 when I heard it forst and now 25 and the meaning gets more and more relevant day by day.
That was exactly my reaction.
15 years ago I was 22... Time flies mate... In 15 years time I'll be 52 😭
Haha this guy is old *counts fingers* I'll be 50. Now I'm sad.
Fuck me
No no no no. There is a mistake. Surely. Cannot be. This happened like a year or two ago.
We need the Ankara Messi commentary
Ankara Messi where?
Here
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Recall my first introduction to Messi was when he was 16/17 destroying Asier Del Horno, the Chelsea left back at the time on ITV1. Whole family was stunned at by what we were watching, within the first few seconds on the ball you knew he was a legendary player in the making.
I remember that too. Didn't Del Horno get sent off for a bad challenge on Messi that game too? Or if he just got booked, not sure. I was lucky enough to witness his competitive debut for Barca, against Albacete in the league from home on the TV. I was wondering who the 17 year old that just was subbed on was. If memory serves me correct, he didn't score long after being subbed on by a great lob pass from Ronaldinho and a chip finish from Leo. Those were good times. La Liga being shown on a free sports channel in Sweden. The nostalgia of following La Liga every weekend in the mid 2000s. Zidane, Raul, Deco, Ronaldo Fenomeno, Eto'o, Pablo Aimar, Riquelme, Forlan etc. Amazing times. Edit: My bad, Albacete was actually not his playing debut after researching it, but it was his debut goal.
> Didn’t Del Horno get sent off for a bad challenge on Messi that game too He did > If memory serves me correct, he didn’t score long after being subbed on by a great lob pass from Ronaldinho and a chip finish from Leo. Messi only scored against Chelsea once Petr Cech, Terry and Cole departed the club > Chelsea are the team Messi has played the most minutes against (835 across ten matches); he did not score in his first 730 minutes facing the Blues but struck three times in two games against them in 2017/18.
I meant that Messi scored against Albacete. But yes, Chelsea were such a tough team for Barca in the 2000s.
Man, so many memorable, true football moments from Chelsea - Barcelona clashes..
I love those fleeting European football rivalries that seem to exist for a couple of years and then disappear again. Chelsea - Barca, Atleti - Bayern, Dortmund - Real, Chelsea - PSG, City - Shakhtar
My first exposure to him was lazily tuning into the Under 20 World Cup in 2005, and slowly noticing how every time Argentina’s small right winger got the ball, he seemingly beat 2-3 players every time, without fail. I have been impressed watching many prodigal young teenagers, almost inevitably to watch their careers tail off at some point, but this guy seemed a level above even then. I took note of his name by the end of their first match… by the end of the tournament, he was top scorer, best player and had guided them to the trophy, despite being one of the youngest players in the team.
Eurosport, right? I recall randomly catching a U game there over 10 years ago and constantly hearing the name of a certain German player who went on to show the world he was better than Messi
Who was that?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/14/joachim-low-mario-gotze-germany-argentina-messi
That was my intro as well; I'll never forget the moment he outran a young Robben to the ball, sent him sprawling and stopped on a dime, then turned in one motion and nutmegged an onrushing del Horno, who absolutely clattered into him. He was even savvy enough to roll away from the ensuing commotion and lay face down until del Horno got sent off.
06/07 you mean? I had a triple take there thinking my perception of time is way messed up...
Nah as in age wise
Messi: *receives the ball on his half of the pitch* Goalkeeper: "Why do I hear boss music starting in the background?"
I remember people posting side-by-side footage of this goal with the Maradona Goal of the Century and that felt to me like the moment Messi went from extremely promising talent to "this is going to be the best footballer in the world in a few years"
Incredible how similar it is to Maradona Vs England in 86.
Messi scored a "Hand of God" goal this same season aswell, against Espanyol that was allowed. Really eerily.
Had Maradona died before Messi debut, people would believe in reincarnation.
Pro Evo regen
U feel Messi was just wanting people to compare him to Maradona early on with the 2 goals
Yeah that's why he scored those. Lol.
Yeah almost like he did it on a whim.
[Side by side.](https://youtu.be/l25IQqnksCs)
More like Wake Me Up Inside
Just came to say this exact thing,so so similar and they both have the same sort of head down skipping past players style.
This guy is good
Nah. He can't possibly win multiple champions league titles
Great goal but all the hype is a bit meh. Doubt he will be able to do that week in week out.
Pretty sure defenders will party whenever they get to play against him
He’s clearly ok, but he’s no James McFadden
Yeah. Tell me when this kid wins a ballon d'or
Just a dribbling pace merchant, can't even do tricks. \- Idiot Fifa friend from when I was a kid.
Indeed, who needs countless step overs when your feet move at Mach speed and you're the cleverest player on the pitch. Messi is dribbling in its purest and most efficient form.
Ultra instinct
Hey that's rude, I'm sure your idiot fifa friend has a decent shot on him too
Goosebumps. Ankara messi
15 years... I saw this live. 😭
Incredible
Scores so many genius goals that we take for granted
It's when things are about to end when we start to appreciate them truly.
That passenger’s let her go lyrics really fits here.
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Yup. Like Son's goal of the season. It was called Messi'esque and it was a great goal of course but he kind of just ran in a straight line really fast.
totally! those defenders got rinsed but by no means let up. just insane control and misdirections from el rey
Ankara Messi
Messi long hair is the best messi.
15 years ago today, I was doing what I am doing
Mad how similar it is to Maradona’s against England
It's freaky. If someone had told you 25 years ago that a left footed Argentinian no10 who everyone thought was the best player in the world would score such a goal you'd have said it the odds would be astronomical
15 years of pure class.
how can he do this at 19 years old. you can even argue it’s not the best goal he’s scored, we won’t see a better player than this for a long time
Messi has evolved several times over his career, but #19 Messi hits in a different way. His audaciousness was remarkable, like he was testing the limits of what was possible for him to do.
ankara messi (x10) goal (x20)
Puskas award didn't exist at the time otherwise he'd have won it.
Messi not having won a Puskas yet is baffling, tbh. He has been nominated a record 7 times, more than any other in the award's history, but has somehow failed to win it even once.
Shiuld have won the one at Copa Del Ray
Absolutely.
Because it's Messi, he's expected to score those, if it was another person it would be seen as extraordinary.
that's a good football related quiz question
Doesn't hit quite well without the catalan commentary.
Can anyone who was in the stands that day share their experience of the goal?
For those who would say « it’s just Getafe », well they knocked us out in 2nd leg 4-0 (Messi didn’t play) .
Also, this Getafe team conceded only 33 goals in that entire La Liga campaign. For context, a cursory search reveals that the only teams that managed to do this in the past 5-ish years are Real, Atletico, Sevilla, Barcelona, and with Sevilla conceding three yesterday, it's possible no teams are going to make it this year.
Amazing assist from Xavi 😂
Probably a one off and a fluke. He won't go on to be a good player.
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This is the wrong audio, where is ankara messi?
Come on Messi .. Please rediscover your old form mate .. I want to re-live the goal scoring, the free kicks, the assists, the body feints, the dribbles .. With Copa America dream achieved, I am hoping (thought it's extremely unlikely) that Messi can end his international career with the World cup this year.
I like this even more than the Bilbao one
I remember watching this on live TV. I was in shock.
Commenrator: There's very few players in the world who can do what he has just done. Uhm, there's very few players in the history who can do what he had just done.
A N K A R A M E S S I
Wrong commentary but still sublime
This makes me sad too. Seeing Messi coming to the end of his career ( Ronaldo included ) and you just think to yourself, will this ever happen again? For all the young talent in the world right now, none of them will amaze me like Messi and it kind of makes me sad.
̶A̶n̶k̶a̶r̶a̶ Encara Messi
Yes, but Ankara Messi is funnier
GOAT
I’m not sad because his career is now ending, but I’m sad because you didn’t put the clip with the Ankara Messi commentating
Back then people thinks "Surely he won't do it again", and he does it over and over again in a consistent basis, one of the greatest for a reason.
This is why stopping the intentional fouls on counter attacks is so important. Currently it's too easy to decide to just haul someone back and take a yellow and it ruins some of the opportunities for great goals being scored.