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You are trolling. But Messi is so clearly better than Zidane that it is laughable. Zidane could have won 4 World Cups and 4 Euros, and he would still definitely be worse. Team success doesn't make an obviously inferior player better. If it did, we'd also be saying that Xavi/Iniesta are...

To be fair, he COULD do more than he did today. It was not a great performance from him, and we should expect more from him in such an important match. Yeah, the tactics and the play of the other Argentines might prevent him from having an absolutely dominant display, but there's something...

I didn't watch the match. How did he play? Whoscored gave him a very good score, and says he made 11 dribbles (!), but I heard he missed a sitter at some point. What's the deal?

Ugh, Argentina got screwed by the craziness of Group C. They win their group and get rewarded by having to face possibly the best other team in the tournament (Columbia). At this point Columbia and Chile are the two biggest threats, with Brazil still next. Argentina will probably have to beat...

I'm not rooting for Brazil in this tournament, but to me that "head butt" is not worthy of a red card. It looks like he leaned in, their foreheads were already touching, and he just made a sudden downwards movement with his head. Obviously, it was an aggressive maneuver. But to me there's a...

Dribbles in the Copa America: Argentina's Opponents: 16 Lionel Messi: 17

It's funny. To some degree, I think you're right. On its face, that shouldn't be right. Argentina has lots of amazing players. Aguero is one of the top few strikers in the world. Di Maria is off form now, but he is generally world-class. Tevez is the best player in Serie A right now...

I'm not saying Messi can't play different types of games. But, as with any other player, his skill set is more suited to certain styles than others. He has lots of amazing traits, but IMO his three best attributes are: (1) GOAT-level dribbling, (2) incredible ability to pick out a through...

He misses plenty of chances for Barcelona too. Even the best strikers miss tons of chances. Overall, his scoring with Argentina since 2012 is not actually that much worse (he has 27 goals in his last 30 matches with them, I think). That's a bit below his Barcelona scoring, but Argentina...

It's not so much the teammates being average. Argentina actually has a lot of good players. It's about the fact that they are not used to the same style of play as Messi is. Barcelona's offense is really wildly different from other teams. Obviously, every team makes runs and does 1-2's, but...

I think Suarez was about equal with Neymar this year. But Suarez will not get nearly the plaudits his play deserves in a voted prize like the Ballon D'or. There have been too many controversies. The biting, the racial abuse, and the Ghana handball. I think perhaps he'll crack the top 10 this...

Messi was good, but not god mode. His form does seem to take a dip for Argentina. Not as big of one as people say, but a definite dip. I have some thoughts on why that is. I think the players for Argentina don't go on as many forward runs as Barcelona players do. And they don't practice...

I really do hope Argentina can win the Copa America. It wouldn't entirely shut up the people who harp about Messi's performances for Argentina, but it would go a long way.

Also, the last time a team won every round of the CL knockout stages by at least 2 goals was Dortmund in 1996-1997. And back then, the CL knockout stages were only 3 rounds, instead of 4. They also only finished 2nd in their group in the group stages. So I think we can lay claim to the most...

This is so great! Trebles are so rare, and it is even rarer for a team to win a treble without needing any significant luck or last second victories. We won the league before the last week. We won every round of the CdR pretty easily. We even won every stage of the Champions League pretty...

I get that. He was definitely good today. My point was just, as you said, "he wasn't his GOAT mode self today." And I think 2011-2012 was so good that I would only have put 2014-2015 above it if he had been in GOAT mode in the CL final. I said that before the final, and I am just reiterating...

I think, for me, it would've taken a bit more of a legendary CL final performance from him to get this year above 2011-2012 (something like his performance in the 2011 CL finals or in this year CdR finals). Not that he wasn't good today, of course. 1. 2011-2012 2. 2014-2015 3. 2010-2011 4...

We are talking about an attribute that is nowhere near one of Messi's best qualities, and you are dismissively acting like it is stupid to say there are a few players in the entire history of the sport that are better at it? That seems a bit extreme to me. Sure, Messi is so good that he is...

To be fair, the rules of engagement are different in hockey. It's also pretty acceptable to have a fist fight.

As for the top Messi season, I think it's really difficult. 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, and 2014-2015 were all so good. If I had to rank them, I suppose I'd say: 1. 2011-2012 2. 2014-2015 3. 2010-2011 And that's only because he got injured at the business end of 2012-2013. A great...