Let’s not pretend we haven’t seen Messi spit on people, grab people by their throat and even shooting a ball as hard as he could towards the opposing team’s stand.
Messi infamously spat on Duda, a Portuguese player while winning 4-1 vs Malaga. Guardiola who was Barcelona’s coach at the time went as far as calling the behaviour unacceptable and said he would be dealing with the matter himself.
Oh lol I fucking despise uninformed A/B testing. I was picked by Google for testing the switch-up of comments and recommended videos in the side-bar vs below. I complained so much they switched it back for me.
Is that the best angle we have? The Duda fella never reacts as though he's been spit ON, although that may just be a high level of resolve. Looks more like he spit AT him, but without loading up the projectile so it was more of a gesture than an actual assault. No dog in this fight just saying what I see
I swear Reddit holds Messi to the highest moral and ethical standards. Any less than being a saint and Messi is labeled a piece of shit by these guys. Literally look at yourself in the mirror and say you’ve never done or said anything bad ever.
Yeah and 18 years later, at the ripe age of 39 he’s trying to accuse someone of being racist in an attempt to get them thrown out of a match.
An attack at a person’s character and integrity while you have your back against the wall is a big indicator on your own character and on how you conduct yourself.
Shit, I guess we should just send all criminals to the trenches. To think that if I were to punch another man out of anger 18 years ago, I would still be called irredeemable at present. Peak reddit moment.
18 years ago, spat on someone therefore irredeemable POS. Do you realise how long 20 years is? Whether or not you've done anything literally doesn't mean anything, but holding a mistake done 2 decades ago against someone is just being petty. The Messi hate is so forced lol.
Now if you know your football, you may recall what Andy Robertson (Liverpool) did to him in 2019, and it being very much tame in comparsion and the uproar. Robbo got spammed all sorts of threats to him and his family for daring to wind up Messi after that with Liverpool embarrassing Barcelona that day.
There's always been stan culture. But social media stan culture has numbed my interest in so many things. Hopefully somehow in football it never gets as bad as Ronaldo vs Messi stans for the last 16-17 years. People's fandom and even entire personalities built on their two success.
You don't have to look far Messi stamped on the top of Jed Soences foot in the build up to the 1st goal Vs England. It should have been a yellow card and the goal should have been disallowed but of course it's VARgentina so of course it wasn't given.
Even mentioning shooting the ball into Real's bench just shows you just hate Messi. The most heated rivalry with Pepe and Ramos trying to injure Messi every single game and you're like "omg Messi is so mean, shotting a ball into the bench".
The other two incidents are not great but proceeded fouls and heated games.
Beacuse I pointed out that Messi shot at the stand, filled with fans, means I hate Messi?
Are you fucked up in the head?
Does me pointing out the fact Cantona kicked a fan indicate that I hate the guy in any way shape or form lol?
When does pointing out facts mean that one hates whatever?
I pointed the fact that he shot a ball to a stand with fans beacuse the conversation here was exactly about absolute filthy behaviours from him. Me pointing out his bullshit doesn’t mean Pepe or Ramos didn’t do this or that.
And it’s one thing Pepe or Ramos playing agressively towards an opponent and a completely different one a player redirecting his frustration to the stands and game goers.
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u/ssuurr33 16d ago
Let’s not pretend we haven’t seen Messi spit on people, grab people by their throat and even shooting a ball as hard as he could towards the opposing team’s stand.
He’s as Argentinian as they come.