There's no debate Messi greatest most complete player of all time rest all some media propaganda

He points to the sky because he dedicates it to his grandmother who was the one who started him in soccer.

The reason why a debate existed between messi and ronaldo: • they played for the biggest rival clubs in football history at the same time and scored unbelievable number of goals • ronaldo has won back to back champions leauge trophies while messi was losing back to back international finals. This provided ronaldo admirers with arguments to stretch the debate for years. But now at the end of their career messi came back for all the trophies he could possibly win and denied all naysayers. There was never a debate on individual level, messi was always better

As an American myself, I didn't grow up appreciating the game of soccer, either. But I happened to be in Germany in 2006, during the World Cup, and Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were the talk of the cosmopolitan town. I got hooked on the sport and started paying attention when I got back Stateside and.... Lemme tell you: I don't think there's ever been an athlete in my lifetime, in ANY sport, who captured my imagination like that little dude. When he finally won the World Cup a couple of years ago, at the age of 35, I wept like a widow. The man is literally divine. All of his fellow professional peers will tell you the same. Having said that... If you're a soccer/futbol novice... Well, you need to check out Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Zlatan was not as good as Messi or Ronaldo or Pele or yada yada whoever, but... Zlatan's highlight reel is unmatched.

I think of all his atributes, the best is that he's the best playmaker. Never mind his ridiculous amount of goals, his exceptional passing, his unparalleled dribbling, his vision... ignore the fact that he's won every trophy that exists, that he has maintained a level of perfection for more than a decade... he creates opportunities where there were none. He's flawless because he makes the impossible look easy. I think you anyone can tell just by looking at him.

You are probably the wisest I’ve seen react to football. As you said in the beginning, all highlights of other players are goals, but Messi is so much more than just goals, and you understood that. He dominates the whole field when in possession of the ball. Either he creates the opportunities himself, or he combines with his teammates and create the most mesmerizing team plays. We will not see anything like him ever again

3:53 what makes this clip so iconic is that this is against Jerome Boateng and Manuel Neuer, who were according to many the best defender and goalkeeper respectively in the world at this point in time.

Ronaldo is a goalscoring machine and that stops there..the only reason the debate exists is because it's marketable .

Messi points to the sky, yes because he might be thanking god. But he points to the sky mainly, to dedicate his goals to his grandmother, who got him into football first.

There are a lot you don’t know about him yet … I m been following him about 16 years now and he is just magic. his IQ football is beyond excellent

The debate was fabricated by the press. Cristiano would have been the best player of his generation by far if Messi wasn't there. Messi and Cristiano play at archrival clubs, and Cristiano has incredible statistics. So the press from Real Madrid created and held the debate, but it isn't real. Messi plays at a different plane than anyone else. BTW, yes, he used to dribble 5 guys every game. He wasn't only incredible, he was constantly incredible. He did every game the kind of play a great player does once per season.

goat debate was a PR campaign to boost both players and Messi is a team player that's why he is the best he can play from anywhere on the field

If you know football deeply you probably know Messi is a genious beyond every football player in the past, present

Messi is like 3 players in one, he is the best scorer, best passing assist, and the most important for a team the best playmaker.

Messi in a Interview: "'I was small, we would all go to the neighbourhood club where the whole family always went; my brother and cousins would all play, each in their respective category as we were all of the different ages. 'I was one of the youngest ones and therefore there were no categories for me yet. The ‘86 team, a year older than me, was playing and they needed a player - so my grandmother told the coach 'put Leo in the team'. 'No, how am I going to put him in the team, look how small he is, you’re crazy, he’s going to get hurt,' the coach said. But she kept saying 'put him, put him'. 'Apparently, when I went, I did some things and from then, my grandmother came back and told him: ‘Buy him football shoes and next week I will bring him here for training’ - and that’s when I started. It was an amazing time.” 'I scored two goals although truthfully, I do not remember much as I was quite young, but that is the story as my grandmother used to tell it.'" Leo's grandma died in 1998 when Messi was 11. Every time he scores a goal he points to the heavens to pay tribute to her.

You need to watch around 200more hours of Messi(youtube) videos. And you will still be amazed.. the greatest player ever💜💜💜

He is currently 36 and plays for Inter Miami, together with his old teammates Suarez, Alba and Busquets. He has coverted a lot of Americans to soccer and has turned Miami upside down. even if he is no longer at his peak, he still is a genius.

Dude, this guy is the GOAT. Ronaldo - fantastic. Pele - brilliant. Maradona - even better. But Messi: nah, he's so far ahead of the rest it shouldn't even be a discussion. It's NOT CLOSE!

Messi es el mejor de la historia simplemente. Solo tienes que mirar para saberlo. Talento, disciplina y una persona que culda de tener buenos valores.

Since you are not a soccer connoisseur, I am going to tell you what is well known in the soccer world, unlike what the reel era distinguishes in all sports and news. In the world of football there is only some debate about the GOAT between Messi, Maradona and Pelé, all of them from different eras and characteristics. You will only see a debate including Ronaldo if his fans or Real Madrid fans do it. It is even debated whether Ronaldo is in the top 10 in history. Ronaldo is an incredible striker, and added to that, he is so good-looking that he conveyed his talent to others through his image. But there is no real football debate between Messi and Ronaldo for many reasons that I could mention if you are interested

2012 was his best year and that player was the best that the game has ever seen… but he’s been the best for the last 15 years or so

The reason he always points to the sky is to show appreciation for his late Grandmother who never got to see him go pro but always believed he'd be the best, in fact it was because of her he even became a footballer

He is the goat

There's literally no one else, he is the 🐐

In the pantheon of greats Art in motion Fortunately, his career has been archived for future generations

I just realise now how i be lucky to see messi play in my childhood😭😭😭

Tbh I don't get why there's a debate between Messi and Ronaldo either when it's clear Messi is the better complete player, although Ronaldo is a phenomenal goal scorer. Umm, Messi weakness- supposedly his right foot, headers and body strength but tbh I don't see much evidence of those because he's scored about 26 headers (including in a Champions League final), tons of goals with his right foot and his body strength seems outrageous at times. At 36 I can't say he's at his peak any longer but he's still stupidity good 🐐 There is a great video out by a channel called the retro route titled when was Lionel Messi at his peak? You should check it out 😊

He is 36now, the carier is slowly stoping. But he is still the top3 player. For me number 1. Last year he was the best still✌️

so glad you’re doing more reactions to the goat Messi 🐐. Magicalmessi makes amazing vids on youtube

He is the Goat and who says he is not he does not know football.

He was meant to play football. He has talent (god given)

He's pointing to the sky when celebrating a goal. He's thanking his deceased grandmother who believed in him when he was a child.

Messi celebration pointing in the sky is for his grandma. She died when he was yung. She was the reason Messi get professional footballer

Given how popular and competitive football is it's crazy how much better Messi was than everybody else at his peak. The term "GOAT" gets thrown around a lot these days but with Messi it's completely valid. Football could go on for another thousand years and we may still never see someone on that level again.

There's a debate because Messi destroyed his rivals and rival clubs for so long that the supporters of those rivals started hating Messi because of that and naturally they support their best player in their club. Or it's just because people just chose to idolize a more taller, athletic and handsome player to boast in the social media apart from the footballing aspects.

When Messi started to play for Barcelona, it was a magical combination of Messi Eto'o and Ronaldinho, but after the latter two fell out of favor, they contracted Neymar jr and Luiz Suarez and that became the greatest trio in Barcelona's history. They were called the "MSN".

These videos always leave out his passing... best goal scorer ever, best dribbler ever, but his passing is the most beautiful aspect of his game in my opinion.

Messi with small hair is the genius and with long hair was the monster ❤

I ve been Lucky seeing Messi year after year doing amazing things in my city's team FC Barcelona, besides of being the best football player ever, lightyears away from others, what amazes me the most is his humble personality and low key profile. Probably i won't see a player like him anymore.

You can’t get enough of Messi ❤😢❤ I am so blessed to witness him 🥺🙏🥰

Most complete player I ever seen and I remember all the way back to Maradona and Pele. By the way you mentioned about why he points up to the sky? that's because he does that to his dead grandma; she's the reason why he started playing at a very young age when no one wanted to give him a chance and she would take him to every game. I swear his life could be a movie of its own.

Messi can switch directions so fast, on full speed with the ball glued to his feet, but still keeps the composure balance and head up to see what’s around him…his technical ability in small spaces, his football iq, one touch passing, decision making…you don’t even need to mention his insane stats, goals assists trophy’s…even without them he is the goat. His stats just makes it beyond INSANE! Unimaginable and unmatched. Ronaldo was a entertaining player in his younger years, at least for the casuals. Those circus skills he had wasn’t my cup of tea. Later in his career he became a goal scoring machine, with an incredible eye for space and knowing where to be. But lacks all the quality’s Messi has, wich makes him not even close to being as complete Messi is.

MESSI is the GOAT!!☝🏼🔥🐐

2018-2019 was the best version of messi,he is so good that people call them messilona instead barcelona,bcause the team was underperform hes carrying the team and its look like hes playing alone

Messi is the most complete player in the world.

Messi is the greatest of all time

The Greatest of all time.. Lionel Messi 🐐

Messi is the GOAT,Messi is the best player in the planet,is the number one,Ronaldo is the number two.

Messi is not at his peak anymore. But, even at 36 he can still change a game in an instant.

Messi doesn't have a weakness. He is an Alien. Messi has lot of primes. His entire career is like a prime. And no player in the history is equal to him. Messi is the GOAT. After that there's Pele, Maradona, Cruyff

Messi is the all time greatest. His vision, his abimtion to score and create chances is far beyond anyone else in this game. Ronaldinho was the one who made me love this game but Messi is and was the most effective player of all time. He is another level.

The only GOAT in football is LIONEL MESSI! 🐐

Messi IS the football

there's no debate mate, its the media. Football fans and experts know he is the GOAT. Period.

Lol the magic of Messi is shown to a newbie. It can be easy to forget that the players he is dribbling past are professionals, the best of the best. And he makes them look like amateurs :)

It’s not a debate…Media tried to make it because it helps them but it was never a real debate. 99% of players,coaches,legends and real football journalists say Messi is the best ever …. The stats and the eye test also say he is the best.

Fun fact, David Beckham retired after playing against Messi. He said it himself that Messi retired him. And now he plays for David Beckham 🙌🏽 and you can go watch him play!

He was superb when he was young with long hair. He got better of course with time. He was best with shortish but not short hair and beard. That was his best look.

Messi is an alien like you said, and even though his peak has passed, he demolished other teams in the World Cup last year and won it, and even won the best player in the world award for that performance. He is very consistent so it's difficult to point to his prime, as his prime is like 2007-2019 or something crazy like that. But the year he broke a 40 year-old record was in 2012 when he scored 92 goals in 1 year. The 40 year old record was 85.

He was at his vest at three different times. Back around 2012 he was the greatest goalscorer ever. At around 2015, he was at his physical peak. Around 2019, he was literally carrying his team by himself for the whole season. If you look up the 18/19 La Liga stats you'll see what I mean. He was 1st in every category except defensive ones. Yeah he is in his twilight (he's 36 right now) but he still has the brain and the skills.

The thing people keep forgetting (sometimes myself included), is that the players that he dribbles and dominates, are also professional athletes! Sometimes the best in the sport! And he just makes them look like they are regular joes on a weekend buddy match.

Messi is the GOAT.

Self proclaimed media goat🐫❌ One & only football GOAT🐐✅ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 ⚽👑

Messi is the best player in history! Flat earthers: "Hold my Beer" 🍺

There's no debate, some people prefer other players but by metrics, no one is as good as him, even the 2 biggest legends before him, Pelé and Maradona.

This is our reaction when we watch Messi. Our jaws drop and we say how.

Messi is the greatest dribbler too✌️

The debate exists only for those who know nothing about soccer… he is by far the best there has ever been. No debate!

It's actually a massive insult to Messi that there's still a debate in my opinion. The gap between him and whoever's second is enormous.

Bro he is the Goat of football history no doubt

Messi is the best of all time and really that much better than anyone else. He is really unbelievable - absolute anomaly, but the thing with football is that there are many styles one can have like being great in the air, off the ball, physically dominant, etc., therefore there are many ways to be great other than just ball control and technical aspects with the ball. Having that said, the skills on the ball are the most important aspect and Messi is unparalled at those in history of football. Some might be as good as him at passing or dribbling or shoting, but nobody other than Messi is all time great at all three most important aspects of football. There is really no debate. It is quite unlikely we will ever see someone as good as him in football.

Messi makes it look easy ✌️

Messi is that one player you allow to walk around the pitch with no contribution to defense because of how good he is on the ball.

he is just that much better than everyone else

Messi was always at his peak and that is also why he was (probably still is) the best. When you see amazing players they usually have a peak of 3 or 4 years. Messi and Cristiano did it for 15 years. But the best of messi was 2012 and 2015 (for me the 2015 version was unstoppable, mature and couldn't stop scoring and assisting goals).

Messi is the MJ in football. He's considered the GOAT but you can still make the case for other top players that dominated their eras.

🐐🐐🐐❤❤

2012 Messi.. absolute peak of his powers

Messi was a cheat code for over 10 years incredible player

Messi was in his peak in 2012 scoring 91 goals and 69 assist in a calendar year 🤯

Once in a generation, a football player ⚽ comes along and defies everybody... his skills beyond comprehension... his career captures the attention of the world. Lionel Messi of Argentina is this generation's #1 player - Greatest Of All Time... Before him, it was Diego Maradona, also of Argentina, whose career in the 1980's just obliterated his competition... No player was that good and opponents would resort to physical violence on the pitch just to stop the 5' 5" guy who could play the game like nobody else in the sport. Maradona is almost a diety in Argentina and in Napoli, Italy... the club he raised from obscurity to the championship titles.

The long hair was when he was younger and he was better in both era, he was very good even as a young and old player

GOAT M10 🫶♥️👑✌️

Messi makes me so emotional ❤😢

He is that much better than there ever has been.

He is not only striker he is complete player ever who can does every role in team to decide match

Messi 🐐

You should also watch Ronaldinho; they used to play together at Barcelona in the beginning years of Messi.

He is now way past his peak

I is a "debate" because of fanatism for Ronaldo. He is clearly a monster of football but he is only a goal scorer, and people who dont understand football thinks that the only that matters are goals. But football is everything, is assisting, dribbling, scoring, defending, saving a goal as a goalkeeper, is intelligence, is vision, is timing, is instant quick solving. Thats why there is a debate 😂

Messi in his prime, and his prime lasted long, he was absolutely unstoppable.

When you see highlights of other footballers you'll only see goals and goals throughout the video but in Messi's case when you see his highlights video for example if you're watching 30 minutes video then the 10 minutes will be just the goals and the rest time will be the magic which he produces in the pitch❤ he's the greatest 🐐❤❤❤

Messi doesn't have that speed anymore, but the passing technique, long-range shooting, is like a conductor in an orchestra. Messi has been playing in top form since he was 19 years old. Only last year, when he played in Miami, it was clear that you can't stop age. But yes Messi the best player of all time.

Thing is that a lot of people discuss about who scores more goals or has the most trophies and things like that. As far as skill goes and how good of a player they are, nobody comes even close to Messi. He is BY FAR the greatest player to ever play the game. And even so, he still has like a million trophies and scored a million goals (even 91 goals in a calendar year, which is insane). No matter how you look at it, he's the GOAT. People prefer other players which is completely fine obviously, they're just not at the same level as Messi.

I get emotional when I watch him. Just like any great art

i went to Camp Nou and saw him agianst atletico, he is even more amazing IRL. Nothing comes close to Lio

It's worth trying to find his goal against Getafe. It's one of the greatest goals of all time and he was 19 years old!

Was a clip I haven't run across lately where Messi is in a dead run, plants his forward foot and does an about face running the other way.

There is no debate for managers and great footballers but the fans have a strong emotions to their team players so don't wait a madrid fan to love messi he tortured them for years !!

Messi is only 5ft 7ins and some say his "lower centre of gravity" (along with his obvious skill and talent) gives him an advantage over his opponents. When Messi was 11, he was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), a condition caused by insufficient amounts of growth hormone in the body, leading to an impaired growth & development. He was treated with growth hormones that saw big needles injected in his leg frequently. Without the injections, his doctor said he would grow no taller than 4ft 7ins.