Pavard's goal was lucky too hope that means it doesn't count. Guess Argentina win then. LOL
What's that even mean? Pavard meant to shoot and scored a worldie. Yeah, he's not gonna do it again for 20 years, but he got it right and it went in.
Messi's was a shot that was relatively weak and got deflected to end up being an assist.
Goal per game? Is that the threshold to judge players now? Forget total goals total assists I guess.
I mean, Ronaldo played 9 games less in La Liga (and it was the same in 2017 when Real won the league).
Partly because of suspension and partly because ZZ rotates.
In that sense, context matters. Ronaldo ended up with less total goals than Messi in 2017 too, but played less games and was absolutely out-of-this-world down the stretch both in La Liga and in the CL.
Except he showed up in the 3 biggest games of the season for his teams...You're on the sauce
I hate this whole narrative of players "not showing up". It's Messi, most of the time you cannot contain him, but sometimes it happens.
He, and his team, the favorites, the most expensive team in the world, went out to Roma in the quarters.
His WC was rather pedestrian, especially for his standards.
He came nowhere close to winning the 2 biggest competition and the ONLY best-on-best competitions last season.
Yes, he's the best player in the world. And in the history.
No, he didn't have the best season.
Yes, team achievements matter.
IN ANY SPORT ON THIS PLANET.
Players from team who bomb out in the 2nd round don't win the Conn Smythe, and feel free to insert comparison with any other team sport here.
I don't what that is. Random situations of Messi v Modric from their careers where Messi came out on top.
A - the whole video is ridiculous and a reaction to the vote, so bad it's hilarious (there's actually a few examples of Messi passing the ball past Modric... wtf lol)
B - since when is Modric a Gattuso that his game is just defense and stopping Messi or whoever
C - none of the clips are from last season (I mean... some are from 2007 lol)
D - I can do that to, find a pointless video from a couch fan labeled Modric DESTROYING and HUMILIATING people and posts. Means f**k all as far as this subject goes. In fact, I think I will. Oh look, there's Messi being "destroyed" in that clip as well.
I guess that means Messi's trash because he got beat a few times?
Also, your opinion of
He can do whatever Modric can in his spot but Modric could never dream of doing what Messi can in his position.
Shows me you either don't understand football or don't care to understand it. Modric is one of the most complete midfielders in the last 30 years, and for my money, only Xavi and Iniesta are in his tier.
Playing in central midfield is something completely different to what Messi plays.
Of course Modric can't do what Messi does offensively. Noone can.
That doesn't mean Messi would make a better CM than Modric, a better fulback than Lahm or a better CB than Nesta.
And yes, a CM role is THAT different from what Messi plays, it's not just dropping deep to get the ball here and there.
Utter nonsense.