Hi

Hi

Is Lionel Messi the greatest football player of all time or not ( soccer for fat americans )?

Yes

He sucks ass

why?

Explain yourself

he hasn't accomplished anything on international level.

pretty fucking close.. the awareness to cross the box for that winner was amazing

No. The best players are found between the goalposts or in front of them. The best teams don't score the most goals, they concede the least.

Maradona es mejor lince

Yeah yeah yeah.
Calciopoli fan right here

He has the talent, but he does not come through when it counts. Pic related is a clutch hitter. When the game was on the line, this man hit home runs. That's the aspect that Messi's game lacks. He's just not clutch.

He just scored the winner in the classico you autistic fag.

broooo 500th career goal winner with the last touch of el classico, then stands gloating in front of the home fan

fuck yeah messi is goat

Well, shit. It's about time he didn't fold up like a cheap lawn chair when the game was on the line.

Nah. Best is best.

Murrican btw

>The best
>Never won a world cup

Same reason Messi will never be better than Ronaldo.

I don't think it's possible to compare an active football player with someone who played in the 50 s for instance, so I don't like this 'all time' thing. But he is definitely the best today and one of the greatest ever.

His place is near Pele. Can't say who is better but before Messi people agreed Pele is number one.

Fat Ronaldo or Fake Ronaldo?

Is this his fault that idiot Higuin (idk his name) or Di Maria cannot score on 1v1 or to empty sheet? He takes them to the finals, other people make shit and this becomes Messi fault?

Brazilian Ronaldo is GOAT.
Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi. Messi is an amazing player don't get me wrong, but CR has proved himself in two leagues and on an international level, whereas Messi hasn't. Also, Ronaldo has worked to get to where he is...he's a beast and with more goals than appearences for RM he is the best player in the World atm.

Has cr ever won one? No, and both Messi and Cr carries their national team in every tournament the teammates are just not always good enough

Neymar is better, he can solved a match by himself

Lol, okay bro

Cr won the euros

Who doesn't suck ass then?

Hala Madrid hijos de puta.

I'm so fed up with these PL thing. Messi scored a hattrick against city, raped arsenal several times but u guys think he couldn't handle a west brom defense? Pls just no

no doubt the greatest. besides its Ronaldo's team that got him the international trophy. individually, MESSI IS THE GREATEST THERE EVER WILL BE.

Pele would be the level of someone like sergio aguero if he was playing today

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Saludos

I meant how CR7 is better than Messi because he won the Euros with Portugal. Likewise, R9 is better than CR7.

Thats why Pele will always be the best player ever. Any moron can win with Barca/Real/Bayern/Juve etc. It takes skill to win with a team of shitmunchers.

goat

Maradona is the best , messi sucks he only plays with barcelona , at argentina he sucks

>Messi scored a hattrick against city...
Right, so all the other Barcelona players had nothing to do with it? I suppose you think Messi destroyed Real the other day all on his lonesome?

How can anyone hope to win a World Cup with Northern Ireland? Seriously, there was never a hope in hell for Best to accomplish anything on an international level

I don't agree with your reasoning on why CR7 is better than Messi. If that would be the case then we should compare them on the bases of length of career, titles won, finals played, goals scored, individual honors won, assists, etc.

And I believe Portugal won that final without Ronaldo on the pitch

Just reminding you fucking children that Messi has NEVER performed outside of barcelona.

Ever world cup he has been fucking useless, he has never played well for another club.

My fucking grandma could score 25 goals a season in La Liga playing against mickey mouse teams every week if she had fucking iniesta, suarez and neymar around her.

As soon as it gets even a little bit tough or things look a bit difficult he just walks around the pitch sulking like a little bitch.

Fuck messi, fuck that arrogant spineless little cuck.

That he didn't play but took all the credit cuz you know, he told during break to everyone that they will score. France goalkeeper was injured when Eder scored

That was an extremely lucky win. Theyve gone through groupstages with 3 draws and my beloved Hungarian team with almost non league players hit the post at 3-3 in the 70th minute. If that would have gone in Portugal wouldn't even qualify to the best 16. They only defeated Wales in 90 minutes. Gignac hit the post in the final too. And u know there are no south American teams in a euro which makes it far less valuable than a world Cup

Ronaldo was basically the manager of that last game. Games aren't always won on the pitch. The other players feed off his passion and fire. Besides, he practiacally got them to the final anyway. As good as Messi is, how well does he play without Suarez, Neymar, Iniesta or Xavi? Hasn't won a single international tournament with one of the strongest nations alongside one of the best selections of attacking talent.

And after all that shit and your wonderful decade, there's a difference of 6 European Cups, the same as in 1966...

Greetings.

Doesn't have to play well for another club since he was with Barcelona his entire career.

Whoa easy there Im not even a die hard Messi fan. But I just don't get ur point. Ronaldo didn't get help from United players in England? He did it all alone?

Of course not, he's a one trick pony, he can only perform well in the Barcelona Team where the whole system fits him.

The greatest football player is Zinedine Zidane. He won everything that could be won as a player, and is on his way to become one of the greatest coach ever.

I was going to explain that to but figured it would just be a waste of time.

Messi would go to England like Pep and quickly realise he's made a mistake. Everyone thinks the EPL is easy and we're all just shit, but face it, the competition over here is real. We can't focus on the CL because every game in the league is important.

He was the manager??? C'mon man, any other player could've stayed by the sidelines and shouted at his teammates, The coach is the coach, he was just cheering them on. I've heard this argument before and I believe it is stupid (no offense) to think that because he "coached" them Portugal won. Also, "The other players feed off his passion and fire"? Same could apply to any other player of any other team, hell Arbeloa could have so much passion and fire that he was the reason that Madrid won the Champions league in 2014, by your logic. And just to remind you, Messi has managed to lead Argentina to 3 consecutive finals of 3 major tournaments. Yes, he didn't win, but he can't do it all by himself.

I don't know if ZZ is the best footballer ever, I just can say he is the best I've ever seen. Poetry.

EPL is better to watch too. Less diving and other random faggotry

Lol, looks like I touched a nerve there! And what does the "cono-cido" has anything to do here?

Didn't u see yesterday how Messi dribbled through the whole real defense alone? I guess xavi helped him there lol
Btw I haven't seen Ronaldo dribbling for two years. He is an extremely effective goalmachine but most of his goals are one touch finishes from marcelo and kroos crosses, without these he would not be so good

he is a little bitch

>Poetry

It's even better than that, the guy is an artist.

He carried his team to world cup final in 2006 and... did a panenka in the final.

>dribbling through a spanish defense
>good

Then how the he'll is hazard so godlike in Pl? He is barely stronger than Messi physically does he have so much better technic or what?

>godlike
>couldn't shake off Ander Herrera

With that logic, you thinik Zlatan is the best.
>played everywhere
>Malmo
>Ajax
>Juventus
>Inter
>Milan
>Barca
>PSG
etc
>won everytime
>the only valid player in Sweden

just watch 2006 World cup game against Brasil, if you don't have an hardon, you don't know shit about football

Dude when Manchester city played against Real last year why couldn't those super PL players like sterling dribble through that 'spanish defense'? They have not even made it to the box in Madrid..

Remember when he ended coquelins carrer against arsenal?

Not really. I only ever catch the aftermath at ArsenalFanTV. Quality banter.

Best is that white fat guy from argentina

>being this retarded

Fag.

>never played well for another club
>mickey mouse teams
>the iniesta and xavi meme
ayyy pls stop

Nowadays football is more professional and hard in comparison to the time when Pele played.
Messi is the best of all time. No doubt.

Zidan no doubt. Only one getting anywhere close is Ronaldinho.

The cono-cido is a world cup winner. And you know not everyone is ;)

>looks like I touched a nerve there
Nah, I'm ok with that, of course I don't like losing against Barcelona never, but is the semi finals back in 2011 that really made me mad.

Ronaldinho had the best born conditions any footballer has ever had. But it's not all about that. He could have been the best, but his mind didn't want to

Ronaldinho was a letdown all in all.

yes he defintely is. people say maradona was better because he won the world cup but i think when maradona played, football was not as difficult as it is today. teams didnt even know how to defend properly. players are more knowledgeable about their roles now. they also eat and train better. they are stronger. in short, messi's life is harder compared to maradona and he still performs well.

Btw funny how everyone in arguments like this only praises attacking minded players because they are more spectacular
I'm not saying now who is the best player ever of course but so many people don't even realize how great player eg. Philipp Lahm is

I was a goalkeeper so for me it was GiGi Buffon as best ever,

>football player
>posts a soccer picture
are you that fucking retarded?

That argument could be made about a lot of soccer players - Messi, Pele, Ronaldo, Maradona, Zidane . . . who cares.

Captain autismo right there. Dude had the mind of a genius. That's literally what made him become the player was.

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this is why americans shouldn't be allowed to comment on football threads altogether

also its by far follwed by then messi, ronaldinho, maradona, etc.

cr7 being the best is a joke

thats not what he meant you retard. he was a genius on the pitch but didn't have winning mentality and little ambition, cared more about fame and partying

No, he is not.

correction, meant to put r9 first

Absolutely

Try harder faggot.

It's funny how some people say if u haven't won anything internationally you can't be among the best. Sorry but if you would put Maradona, Ronaldo an Pele together in Cyprus national team they wouldn't do shit. YOU ARE FUCKING RETARDED.

And Messi not deciding/participating in big matches? Holy shit go watch some football. That you can say from Ronaldo, who NEEDS to play against Andorra so he can score 4 goals. We doesn't bring anything to any team, just goals.

I don't undersand you people, really. I mean this is 4 chan but there's a limit to stupidity

R u retarded?

This Showing up when everyone else is asleep is easy. Competing (and winning) at the highest level, when everything is on the line and everyone has gotten up for a match is something completely different.

Guys like Michael Jordan make losing teams win, make everyone better, play great offense, defense, on the court, off the court, and breed winning.

Also, it is difficult to label anyone as the greatest in football. Honestly, the sport is pretty one dimensional and the athletes tend to be one dimensional too. It is a fraction of how physically demanding most other sports are, requiring fast twitch, slow twitch, much faster coordination, higher agility, etc. Football is just 99% just feet and ability to run fast. Probably the least demanding of all sports in terms of strategy too. Just not a thinking-man's game at all. So how anyone can be the "best" is akin to saying someone is the best waiter, while ignoring the skill set and knowledge base required to be a chef, while not measuring the success of the restaurant itself.

yes

Jealous Madridiots

Ronaldo is better

>Messi
>Ronaldo
>Greatest
Kek, please go and educate yourself a little bit about football before you talk about it.

this pretty much sums it up
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who dat?

Odd post. Ronaldo himself has admitted Messi is better than him.

Actually CR is the top scorer in Champions League. Update your memes ;)

>didn't have winning mentality and little ambition, cared more about fame and partying
Exactly. I thought what I meant was obvious.

I bet u never played or watched football in ur life
'non-thinking' jesus
Sergio busquets is not fast not really skillful with the ball and yet he is one of the best players today just one example

OP, never make a football thread on a board full of amerifats.
I'm a Dortmund fan, and I think Messi is obviusly better than anyone. He plays for the team, unlike Real Madrid which plays for Ronaldo.

>Sergio busquets is not fast not really skillful with the ball and yet he is one of the best players today just one example

not him, but don't you essentially make his point for him by stating that?

i'm not sure you even get what he's saying
he is saying football is not that athletic and you not much strategy
your bringing up busquets only supports what he is saying

good job making us footballers sound even dumber

Damn it's late here I must have really missed the point then and I am way too tired to fix my mistake now and rethink it

Pepe is the best

>Ctrl + f Maradona found only once
ffs lads

Kaka. No homo.