Brings back memories. His dribbling in this game, and the Semi Final was unreal. Also, the amount of uncalled fouls on him was ridiculous. The fact the ref didn't give what was such an obvious penalty is a reminder why VAR is needed.
10 years ago but feels like yesterday. This Messi was a beast. He was perfect in almost every footballing aspect. Only thing he lacked was that strong dominating nature and inspiring leadership which he procured from being the captain (leader) of Barthelomeu's dead Barcelona(2018-2021) team and giving his all to carry that disastrous team to win trophies. That team didn't deserve Messi. That team without Messi would have not even qualified to Europa league. The Messi in this video had quality players around him (Iniesta,Xavi,Bus quets,Mascherano) who would often captain Barcelona ahead of Messi. You cannot imagine this Messi saying ' Que miras bobo' in the world cup. This change was one of tha main reasons why he was very influential in the Netherlands- Argentina match in 2022(every match of w.c) but barely influential vs the same manager coached Netherlands in 2014 world cup.
True maybe he was a better dribbler back in the days but now he is a leader and in the clutch moments a warrior thats why messi is always in his Prime every Version of Messi is Prime Messi in my eyes
@@dinhoo1016 For me 2018-19 season was Messi's best season. There was no xavi,Iniesta,villa, eto, Dani alves to support him in that team but still his performances were out of the world. He became Barcelona's permanent captain then. From this season and the copa america 2019, we all saw a different Messi- A leader Messi.
So true! Back then he was an alien, but didn't posses the leadership skills he has today. His struggle with Barcelona in the 2017-2021 period, when the whole team relied solely on his creativity, made him the leader he is today. Without that struggle, maybe he would not have the international success he is enjoying in the last few years.
In his vision of football, there is no leader , no leadership . He was team player and he understand the open spaces way better than his teammates , that was the problem. Every touch he does had a idea behind , he was always 2-3 steps front of defenders and his teammates wasn't .
@@LNLBD Still remember the 8-2 loss vs Bayern in 2020. It was the worst Barcelona team I have seen in my lifetime. Many sports journalists and pundits proclaimed it's high time for Messi to retire and he can't perform well without Xavi and Iniesta. Little did they know what was about to happen after that. Messi stayed with Barca fully knowing that it was a drowning ship and gave his all to win amist all problems in club(Batholemu). Even God was baffled to see Messi's selfless dedication and knew this Barca do not deserve Messi. This is not the right place for Messi. Out of the blue, Messi who wanted to finish his career at Barcelona was left with no choice but move to PSG which shocked football world. He had very limited role to do there as it's 99% sure that they're going to win Ligue1. That move helped Messi mentally and physically. Unlike in Barcelona, Messi was not supposed to carry PSG on his shoulders. Not only did he get enough rest, but also got accustomed to a new footballing culture, new life and learned how to handle more physicality in Ligue 1 at his age which made him grow as a better footballer though it cannot be measured by any statistics. Unlike in the last years in Barcelona where he had to create and finish chances all by himself players like Mbappe and Neymar helped Messi concentrate more on playmaking, improve his passing skills and excel more in controlling the tempo of the game. The tension relieved, fully rested Messi was able to use a lion share of time in PSG to concentrate for Argentina national football team and the world cup in Qatar.
Yeah funny thing is i also look a bit like messi(almost the same facial structure) and even tried this same haircut, and boy it really suited on me. And after watching this comp im considering to get this haircut again lol
@@user-ix6bm1kl2bmessi,Otamendi,Di Maria and Martinez(Keeper) with the youngsters broke that curse,now Argentina will continue and only get even more better at winning trophies
Such a shame Messi had to play with Piguain. He could've achieved more if Piguan did not bottle each and every opportunity he had for Argentina in 2014-2016
Vean cuando recibe la pelota, todos los compañeros esperando a ver qué hace que haga una genialidad el solo cuando deberían darle opciones de pases y no quedarse parados.
Colombia wasn't playing football here. I don't know what the hell that was but thats not football. They were very primitive in what they tried to do on the field. If I was one of those Colombians playing in this game, I wouldn't be proud of what my team tried to do in this match up.
Hi Mr. Raheem, can you share with me all the full videos of Argentina's match at the 2008 Beijing Olympics that you have? I am a fan of Messi and Argentina, and I want to collect as many videos of Messi's full matches, especially in the tournament when he won with Argentina 🙏🙏🙏
