The True Peak of Lionel Messi's Goalscoring
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Lionel Messi has set stratospheric standards during his career, and established records which may never be broken. But when was his goalscoring peak and why is the answer not as obvious as it should be? An Athletic Original, written by Michael Cox, Dermot Corrigan and Tom Worville.
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#messi #argentina #fcbarcelona
All time top scorer for Barcelona at 24 is insane
To be fair barca were a pretty shit team before the la masia golden generation.
@@bigt1913 nope,they were the very fist team to knock out Real Madrid from the European Cup and reached several European Cup finals.They won 4 La Liga titles in a row,and reached 2 Champions League finals in 3 years in the early 90's(Won the first one).They still were a force to be reckoned with way back since the 60's.And players like Kubala,Korsic(Legendary players fron the Hungarian team of the 50's and 60's),Cruiyff,Maradona,Romario,Figo,Rivaldo,Ronaldo Nazario played for them in the past.
@@bigt1913 yeah, that's why some of the greatest players in history had played for us. Cruyff , Ronaldo, Koeman, Maradona, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, even di Stefano were to play for uf if not for some shady character that I better not mention.
You clown
@@bigt1913 lol you were shit ...
@@bigt1913 Barca is the most stable team in the world football history :D ... it you and people like you who don't know anything about football think that Barca was a bad team before Messi ..
2011-2015 really seems like his peak was extremely explosive and almost unstoppable. Nowadays he seems to save more energy and has become a better passer.
Thats why he's the best. During every stage of his career he's adapted his game in a way that can make him be the best. Very few players can actually do that.
Note: He's been a ridiculously good passer before, he just became even better now.
@God is Here CL is won by a team not by a player...even when ever he has been on the pitch, he has looked even more imperious without Xavi and Iniesta on an individual level
@God is Here lol @ u
Look at ronaldos teams, he always had Premium service by players like Kroos, Modric, Xabi Alonso, Di Maria, Benzema. Except for Real he always played for the strongest team in the league no questions asked and now at Juve? He doesn't have the quality service he received before and you can see his numbers dwindling. And where is that champions league he wanted to win for juve? And why did juve emberrasss themselves so hard in the past few weeks?
As opposed to Ronaldo Messi can actually carry a team as he does with Barca since Neymar left, you should also maybe look at some footage of messi when Iniesta and Xavi were still playing and you'd realize he still had an immense impact on buildup and dropped deep regularly despite two of the best midfielders ever occupying those spots, that alone renders the argument invalid. know who else can carry a team? Zlatan, just look at Milan since the restart.
Ronaldo is a primadonna with great goalscoeing ability, he doesn't control a game like Messi though and is nowhere near the player he is.
He’s still got his pace and can dribble past a defence to score. But it looks like a conscious tactical switch to have him as goalscoring playmaker
Today he's basically a midfielder now, his goalscoring decline meanwhile his assist rapidly increase
despite this he's STILL getting 20+ league goals per season. the fact that his status as the greatest of all time is debated at all is astounding
@@arjunkchandrasekar7966 cause there ll always be a case for pele or maradona or cr7. When it comes to a sport like football, there ll always be different opinions.
He is not a fucking Midfielder just cause he plays around the area doesn't mean he is ..,...
Some of u guys don't play football good damn it
Obukohwo Ogheneakpobo ok
@@obukohwoogheneakpobo3011 wow..expert😂
I love watching Messi play full games. He's like a soccer supercomputer. He just hovers around doing nothing until he works out the defence and then just flicks a switch
Yes, last 2-3 seasons have shown this a lot. This man just chills around half the time, and ends up winning the pichichi and registers an assist record.
*Football
The older he gets the more his gonna do this . He doesn’t need to dribble pass 10 guys anymore . Or his body doesn’t allow it . He’s brain is his deadliest weapon
soccer i spit
Football
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a a so true
looks like your copy and paste comment went askew
For f*ck sake do people not know how to type? Sometimes I wonder if smart internet users are in the minority
I don't think messi had any true peak years- he was just ridiculously consistent
Yes Younger years...Dribbling and Goal Scoring
Older years....Playmaking and Goal Scoring
You can prefer whichever you want..
@@vb2388 poaching? yeah some. but he's also scored a TON outside of the box even in recent years
@@LuisLRC lmfao thanks
warmageddon np bro
The average year for Messi is an outrageous one-season peak for any other attacking player
Peak Messi is the best footballer I've ever had the pleasure of watching and it's not even close. I'm a Chelsea fan that dislikes Barcelona ever since the UCL semis in 2009 and yet I watched La Liga games constantly just to see what magic he'd produce. Definitely some of my best memories watching football, the game won't be the same once he and Ronaldo are gone
@Niranjan Rajesh ok rajesh
Niranjan Rajesh referee gave abidal red card to reduce suspicion for favouring barca
@@Qhsjahajw is that still not a risk? Playing with 10 men? The ref was plain Bad, nothing else
@@sumzk i mean it's a hail Mary, he just gave them a lifeline , even if they were 10 men they still had a chance, whereas if pens where given there wouldve been no chance for barca
@@sumzk u have to take risk when losing while keeping ur reputation
Messi is like a shape shifting monster. This man will turn from a long range goalscorer, to playmaker, to controler in the middle on the field in the space of 2 minutes. Imagine thinking a 25-man team with all their combinations could stop this man. Truly the greatest gift to the sport. Truly the greatest of all time.
amen
I love this channel.
Same
Same
Haroon Jamil exact same
I think we all can agree
Same brotha
The fact that salahs peak has been achieved by Messi so many times just makes me crack up 😂
Messi worst season still better than some player best season
That was still an amazing season so what nobody can compare to lionel messi
THE GOAT
Premier league and la liga are not the Same bro
@@Kondogbia69 you right bro it's not the same.
Messi should have 99 strength the way he puts Barelona on his back
True
99 balance and stamina as well
@@erlinghaaland3523 add composure too mate
Yeah his shoulders must be real sore from carrying the team all the time!
Thats like saying ronaldo is carrying juventus lmao
As a Milanista I hated Barcelona because we always drew them in the CL. Yet Messi is one of my favorite players of all time because everytime we lost against them we could just say “It’s Messi” and forget about it.
Off topic, Congratulations on getting UCL football. Missed you since you last appearance. Mayeb Barça and Milan can draw again 😄
If You are a real italian You have to Say forgeddabouit
The goal at 4:01 vs Bilbao was completely mental. When I saw it for the first time, I was flabbergasted. So did thousands of people, non-barca fans included.
He takes on 3 players, goes past them as if they weren't there.. and slots coolly beyond the goal keeper without breaking a sweat. Its ridiculously good. Its mesmerizing to watch again and again. Pure genius.
That goal, along with the one against Real in CL semis in 2011 are the best goals ever scored by Messi, for me.
it's a shame how much hate messi has been getting on social media recently, there will never be anyone like him again I don't think
Arianna they are trolls you can’t argue with them
Even busquets claim the assist
that goal is literally best of all times......he really walked passed real's whole defence........and what a beautifull assist from Busquets!!!!
Its not one in the copa del rey final he is talking about btw. its a goal in a league game and i think the pass was given from thiago not busquets. What beautiful goals they both were tho. Messi is a genius and a pleasure to watch
Messi during the 2011-2013 period was just too deadly
He was fast and an accurate finisher in opinion back then and still is but less fastnow.
Dank_ Vader69 that’s age for ya
@@Rko2192randyorton but his passing game is second to none
@@fargo1234 True
@@fargo1234 And set-pieces.
Let’s all take a moment and appreciate how lucky we are to live in the time where Messi is playing football. This guy is the greatest, and will remain so forever. No one even comes close. And no I’m not a Barcelona fan.
You born on 2000's for sure lad. Messi does what Pele and Maradona was doing even better 50 to 30 years ago.
CR7 better player more complete and can adapt making him better leader too
Lauro lol @ your shitty prediction skills. I was born in 1982. Pelé would never be able to score his goals in a top league. Messi would be scoring 100 goals a season in a Brazilian league for 10 years straight
@@johnandersson543 Messi has adapted too lol. He used to be a goalscorer. Nowadays he builds the game and provides assists.
A Rmn where’d you’re comment go? Messi hasn’t showed up in an important game in over half a decade. Ronaldo has scored more knock out goals in UCL than Messi and Raul combined. What does that tell you? So to answer your comment that has gone missing yeah we did see today
Messi across 11-12 and 12-13 played 110 club games and scored 133 goals. In the league alone he scored 96 goals in 69 games. To put that into perspective, every 5 games messi played he scored 7 goals, for 2 entire seasons. The consistency is unbelievable, surely the most underrated feat in modern football.
Messi is always incredible it's a shame as I wasn't watching football back in 2012 till 2015. Watching old matches and highlights isn't equivalent to watching the games live while he was at his peak
Same here man 😞, started watching after 2016.
Its insane to believe how he completely morphed and mutated FROM a Dribbling and Goal Scoring God TO a Technique Oriented Playmaker...He should have a good case on being the GOAT just based on the number of attributes he possesses alone..
He *is* the goat
@MF Aphex Heads you are everywhere man 🤣🤣
Maleshwar Sastri...I’m a virus 🦠 really..
2015-16 season was the season where he showed the world his playmaking abilities. Even though Barça didn't have the best of seasons, Messi convinced me that he is the most complete player in history.
@@rahulsrinivas3224 15-16 was maybe his playmaking peak but the one season where he was completely unplayable was 14-15. Playmaker and scorer both.
Simply the greatest football player of all time. I’m one of Ronaldo’s biggest fans and I don’t think there’s ever been a more complete footballer than him. But in term of technical ability and sheer brilliance, for me it has to be Messi. Ronaldo in second place for sure tho. The two greatest footballers of all time competing against each other for virtually 15 years.. will we ever see it again? Absolutely not. The 🐐’s
Sergio Ramos is arguably a complete player as well.
Also I hate him. The man is infuriating.
@@miguelmateus5258 I'd argue that Beckenbauer was a more complete defender
@@applehack97 the most complete footballer ever.
Jesus! Has words lost all its meaning now. I'm Messi's biggest fan and I may be biased but one thing I know for sure is, he isn't a complete player. How can you be a fan and not know this.
Liverpool Vs Barcelona Champions League we would have killed off Liverpool on the 2nd leg only if Messi had shot from his right foot inside the dbox but he decided to switch the ball back to his left foot which gave the defender time to get back and tackle him. Let's be real here, Messi himself does not believe in his right foot yet people think he has an okay right foot lol. And no coach worth his salt is gonna set up air ball team tactics for Messi to score with his head. While he also lacks so much in leadership and can't handle pressure and people's expectations, it rubs off into his teammates during important matches, imagine seeing your best player and Captain with his head down and shoulders dropping down when the team needs him the most.
I can't begin to tell you how many times I've seen him head down when the team is down by a goal or two, it infuriates me! swing both your arms up high and shout at the team, pump them up, motivate them or do something not put your head down. FFS! You're the captain! Not an emo boy that can't deal with the slightest hardship.
With that being said, No doubt his playmaking, dribbling, ball control and scoring are awesome but he lacks in other departments. To say he is complete is laughable and a lie to make him more than he is. Sorry but that's the hard truth
If you take away Ronaldo’s penalty goals (14) this season he would have 23 goals and 5 assists (28G+A). If you take away Messi’s penalty goals (5) this season he would have 26 goals and 25 assists (51G+A)
And people are saying Messi had a bad season, GOAT levels
And Penaldo lovers state that scoring penalties is difficult....Tifo themselves have said its an easy way to score goals in this video....there is less skill involved and more luck..
I mean look at Cr play he can't even run with the ball properly and unnoticable in games how is he even in ballon d'or contention he should not even be in top 30 according to me( ps I was a Cr fan)
@Niranjan Rajesh kdb was injured for a long time so that is understandable, but what did Cr do to come 2nd in 2018
Niranjan Rajesh...how did cr7 managed to come in the Top 3 for Ballon d’Or in 2019 is beyond my footballing knowledge..
Bernardo Silva and Alisson had a way better year than cr7...his PR team is doing wonders for him 😂
@@Qhsjahajw In one way you are right but in the the stat point of view you can't say that. It sad that skill , talent doesn't seems to matter much in football only things matter is GOAL even in goal how he/she score also doesn't seems matter only matter WHO score. So all these individual award does't seem always fair.
Messi's Low > Modern Superstar's Peak
- CR7 fan btw
Why do ppl say who they’re fans of ? Lol
@@wholelottaanime2408 yeah same I don't get that either
@@wholelottaanime2408 Yeah i have noticed that in every comment secrion 😂😂😂 people saying "by the way i suppprt......". N**ga just say what you wanna say.
I bet he is a Messi fan
PhiStol TV fr 😂😂
PhiStol TV nah it’s cuz they’re basically saying they’re unbiased by declaring that they don’t really support Barca.
Messi is always adapting his style to the game and to what Barcelona need. When he just started Barça didn’t have a real winger, someone to hold the width. During Pep’s time there was creativity from every angle they just needed someone to convert. And now with Valverde and Setien they lack creativity so Messi drops much deeper than before to start attacks.
De jong's injury didn't help them because of the lack of creativity
I hope pjanic will add good nutrients to the squad and riqui puig tooo
To be precise....2011-2012 season where he (Messi) scores 74 goals *SEVENTY FOUR* in a season and won *nothing!*
But to be fair. That season, it was all on him. All the top forwards alongside were gone or yet to come.
Barcelona won the Spanish Super Cup, Copa del Rey, UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup in that season, and Messi scored a goal in every final
@@cesarcabrera97 *No La Liga, No Champions League.* Those Cups are just one-off matches.
Copa del Rey is like Spain's FA Cup, pretty much expected.
@@miamitten1123 Yeah, but to say that Barcelona didn't win anything isn't correct. The 2013-14 season would be a better example because they only won the Spanish Super Cup and the season was considered a failure, or even this season because they haven't won anything, with their only shot being the UCL, but it seems like a long shot at this point
@@cesarcabrera97 impossible this time to win ucl but I hope they can beat napoli.
It's disrespect to football comparing him to any other play.... Truly God of football
amen
Im sorry,but its disrespectful too compare the almighty god,with Messi. Because Messi is just a human,and he is a creation of almighty god.
Messi is the greatest. Everyone who knows football knows that.
Exactly. "Everyone who knows football"
nah
Pure skills wise , nobody touches Il Fenomeno.
@@algrand90 lol no
@@luka-yc5zh It's easy to tell from your username that you know much more about football than all of us mortals reunited! 😁
I still don't understand how he still scores so many even though it is almost retiring age
I think his biggest ability is his accuracy and ability to make room for shot
His left foot is something else, it's magical, I've never seen him place a shot incorrectly with his left, it's gifted, you can't train to make it better, Messi was born gifted
Jayraj Pareek
His biggest ability is always using his head before his feet, in almost every situation (even when he’s pressured).
When he was younger, he used to miss chances he wouldn’t miss now, he was sometimes shooting in the leg of the Gk...
Nowadays, he perfect the smooth side-net goals.....it’s like that even he kinda knows all the hidden secrets to score....
80% of his goals are against bottom 10 it‘s statpadding
@@buggydclown7724 except it's not.
For me. Nothing can beat 91 goals in a calendar year (2012). He is truely something else.
Unbelievable peak.. No one can match him
Can't believe they compare a dolphin with him
@God is Here Nope Penaldo can't win UCL without Modric,di maria, Kross, Marcelo and Benzema or him playing with Fergie's dream team back in 2008
All the players in real and Man U were helping him.. BTW with a weak team he can't win UCL and I think Juventus is a clear example
@God is Here Every sane person Knows Messi was the man Behind Barcelona's 2009,2011,2015 UCL titles and without him Barca's side won't even be in the final..
Remember what 😳 Leo did to Mourinho's RMA back in 2011
Great video (as always).
When we already speak about Messi, could you maybe make a video about his transformation in one of the best playmakers in the world, after departure of Xavi and Iniesta from Barcelona? And also the danger for Barcelona when he retire because they are obviously turning into one man team.
Anyway Its absolutely sick how much he improved his organisation in Barcelona's game, which we saw this season with his new landmark in asissts record for La Liga.
Given that Barca beat Inter without their biggest stars, I wouldn't say they are in danger. They will have to adapt to this new situation, as Messi is playing for Barca for the last 14-15 years. But with Messi they became one of the richest teams in the world and they have so many young and talented players that they can complement the existing talent with one or two good transfers and still belong to the elit of world football
@@nektarioss it seems to me that currently they are looking to buy a good players rather than producing and waiting for talents from la Masia to develop, because they want to use Messi's present to try winning some more trophies while he Is there, thus creating an instant team around him. Maybe after Messi they will be back on track with tradicionaln expulsion of talented kids from academy, or maybe not, we will see. The problem for them Is also a very bad transfers that just dont or didn't deliver what they are meant to (Dembele, Coutinho, Griezmann, Semedo, Malcolm, Arthur, Mina, Denis Suarez...the list goes on). With all that consider plus noticing that their most important players are all 30+ years old it really looks like they are on the brick of the downfall.
I refuse to accept that other players who stat pad using penalties are frauds, but nobody can disagree with the fact that Lionel Messi has consistently been the best player to have played this beautiful game. He has proven it in all ways possible. He indeed is the GOAT.
@@miguelmateus5258 You know that football existed before Messi as C Ronaldo?
@@miguelmateus5258 in nearly EVERY single crucial football stat, messi dwarfes ronaldo. You can prefer anyone you like, for example my favourite player is kdb, and ive watched more kdb live than messi, but messi is still far and away the GOAT, it isnt even close. Similarly, Ronaldo is quite easily the second greatest ever, or maybe he shares it with Pele. Even when it comes to compeititons like the UCL where apparently Ronaldo is better than messi, he isnt, as messi has more goals per game, more assists per game. The only few stats that Ronaldo monopolizes is more goals per game than messi in quarter finals and semi finals. Thats about it. For the apparent king of UCL, that isnt too impressive
I would love to see how would Ronaldo end up being evaluated like this, with all this talk about "non-penalty goals".
Yes please!! 😃
Better not talk about that, he's poaching goals and penalties are a part of his game, very big part
A whole video dedicated solely to Messi and yet still people find a way to talk negative in regards to Ronaldo
i heard that only a small amount of his goals are penalties
God is Here He played for Man U Real and Juve not For Norwich Eibar and Parma. The guy goes to the best teams and win trophies. Yes he plays a huge role in it but his teammates are world class. And in all the WCs he has played he hasn’t even come close to winning it or being the best player in it. If he was so good why couldn’t he carry that Portugal team to a WC final. And he won one Euro knocking out Switzerland and Ireland and won against France due to some solid defending ( and mind you he dint even play most of that game) and a piece of brilliance from Eder. Football is a team game and teams wins titles, not players. No player can carry a team to trophies. Without a solid defence and great goal keeper Portugal would have never won that title.
As a pure football fan, his greatness on a football field is unmatched.
An absolute delight to watch him play.
Lionel Messi tryly the most complete footballer ever
Dribbling
Goal -Scoring
Chance creating
Most conplete would be Alfredo di stefano
The Only Goat
@@abhaagrawal5780 To be fair, you can't compare the footballers from Di Stefano's time with modern footballers- at that time they were allowed to smoke, drink alcohol, didn't have any particular diet beyond what each one wanted to eat, nor the clubs had the logistics to make the most out of each player (in fact, if you check games from that time, you'll see that a lot of players aren't really fit) The game and all around it it's quite different now, so an extremely good player from that time would be pretty average nowadays (and to be fair, they could be much better footballers if they had been born in present times)
Ruud Guillit is the most complete footballer ever.
@@abhaagrawal5780 you've not even seen him play. Shut up
"Cristiano Ronaldo is a better goalscorer than Messi" is a myth.
I don't think anyone thinks that
@@andrijastimac1447 there are people who do, bro.
@@nilankoor In the UCL where it matters, Ronaldo is.
VINNYISSPEED Gaming The games played in the later rounds are almost the same.
VINNYISSPEED Gaming are you an idiot?
I always feel Messi didn't fulfill his potential, and the part that makes me sad everytime when seeing his whole career is not his world Cup final loss, Copa America finals losses, but the injury he had against PSG in that 12-13 season. that injury carried through into 13-14 season too. He lost his pace after that thigh injury. I think we never saw the best of him ever. Thank You Tifo Football for addressing this season. Most overlooked season marred by the Bayern domination.
I think he was back by 2015 season. Still fast as ever and more improved with his passing and vision.
Sometimes I do feel the same thing though.
@@randomrainbow8423 the injury recurred during 15-16 also, stopped every momentum he was building the previous year
Facts man. The World Cup loss led to a string of Champions League losses and many other finals losses. If he didn't get injured it probably could've been a Barca vs Dortmund Final in 2013.
@@revival25 yeah it's been happening every year since 2013 but I don't see much of a change in his game though.
love the channel and Messi but that animation looks nothing like him hahaha :'P what happened to the old one? that looked really close to Messi IRL
Perhaps issues with likeness? Copy righting issues maybe? Not too sure
@@MrDingLing22 issues with finding a skilled artist
he's just an international trophy away from shutting up those who think he's not the best of all time.🐐
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@@revival25 nah. I think be will definitely win 1 or 2 copa. As much as I want him to win a World Cup, it seems highly impossible.
@@aaquibtayyabi Argentina will win the 2021 copa America, they could've won in 2019 but the refereeing was horrible but I can't complain so 2021 should be the year,
@@aaquibtayyabi if the internal problems are solved and they hire a coach who can coach. at 34 and 35 aguero and messi respectively are enough to win against any opponent.
@@revival25 also dybala and icardi
Messi 2011-2015 is something I’ll always be grateful to have witnessed live. It was his true peak, culminating in 2015, where everything came together.
Also, I’m not entirely sure why Ronaldo won the Ballon D’Or that year. It seems like Messi was “punished” for that loss to Bayern. Barcelona won the league handily, Messi outscored Ronaldo in the league and in all competitions, Barcelona got to the semis of the UCL and the Copa (Madrid exited the Copa at the 1/32 stage). Yet, Ronaldo won it.
The fact that he is also capable of playmaking while also scoring goals is surreal. Add to that his passing, dribbling and vision. The most complete player ever
Nobody:
Literally nobody:
Tifo: (thinks - everyone says messi's best goal scoring season was that of 2011-12)
Fuck it team, we gotta come up with something crazy.
Thank you tifo, you always change the perspective for the better.
In my hearts of hearts I knew that 12-13 was my personal favourite era and this video made me realize why
There's only one player who's a better finisher than Lewandowski a better passer than KDB a better dribbler than Neymar yet being compared to someone who is inferior in every facet of the game
The standards...
Except athleticism
Ronaldo doesn’t come close in any of these attributes yet competes with messi for the best player since 15 years ... His Mentality is what makes him
@@raghavgupta8895 Ronaldo competes because of lack of competition nobody is close to being as goood as messi if the ballandor is given to the best player messi would win it every year it's just that it depends on the performance of the team and their results as well it's just a matter of form as well
@@oziomeni2730 athletisicm doesn't mean being able to do bicycle kicks or heading balls at insane heights it involves staying on your feet as well messi has the best balance in world football also messis unpredictable ability to manouver his acceleration makes him athletic there is noone else who is able to control their body and reaction time to such extent
Athleticism is not just balance. It’s a combination of speed strength leaping ability and coordination. Messi only beats him in coordination and balance.
messi literally never had any big injury after he turned 21, the longest missed period he had between the age of 21 to 35 was that 2013-2014 season, he missed like 2-3 months of game time. but after that the most he missed was a match or two here and there, this is the most consistent forward in history of football. I would argue he never really has a peak after age 21, he perfect his dribbling during his youth years and he him self r extremely gifted on this front no training r really needed. during the 08-10 season he perfected his scoring, after that he just spend the rest perfecting his play making. he literally play at peak starting at age of 21 all the way to 33 before he left barcelona. his psg days r more of a playmaker as he was old with less stamina, not the same role as he played back in barcelona. the reason he score less goal and barcelona always find it self eliminated in ucl after 2015 wasn't really his fault, he still pretty much at peak but barcelona isn't. it has more to do with barcelona core squad aging out of existence. I would argue he literally drag barcelona after 2017 to a place where it doesn't belong. the midfield of barcelona was on a decline ever since 2012, after 2014 it literally finished. u can just look at spain record and u understand exactly why I said that, after xavi gone downhill spain is finished and so is barcelona. give him the same midfield he got from 2008 to 2012, he will be the same messi through out his entire career and arguably score even more goal then he has today. but despite all that, he still dominated scoring/passing/dribbling success standing tells u all u need to know why he is the goal. the world cup win last year just solidify that claim and shut all the haters up once and for all.
"Penalties are often droped out of the players seasonal stats to assess their performance"
*Ronaldo fans sweating profusely*
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Calm down, it's just a joke
Is this just me or the Messi in the thumbnail looks more like Victor Lindelof of Man utd?
I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣
Looks like a non-licensed version of Messi in PES2020,
We actually need to appreciate what we’re seeing with messi, greatness unlike anyone else. The guy scores and assists more than most players annual appearances😭. Imagine the day he retires man
It’s pisses me me off watching Messi’s last years wasted because of Bartomeu wasting money over and over again
Who’s here after his wonder-goal against Napoli?
I'm here after 8-2
Don’t get me wrong ,I believe CR7 is a great player but the thing is their will be many players who plays like him ,players who depends on power rather than magical ball control and dribbling skills .But their will be no player like messi .I have benn watching football for ages but man never seen a player who has such godly skills .It feels like the ball is glued with foot .He makes it look easy destroying 6/7 defenders easy where it will be a outlandish dream for many great players .He is truly magical ,There was no player who did what messi does consistently.That’s the main word “Consistency” .Messi is doing this consistency for years but you can’t say that for CR7 . He used dribble somewhat nice(but not even close to Messi) but now he can’t dribble at all ,he has became more of a No.9 .But aging can’t even change Messi .
He is simply,The Greatest of All Time ❤️❤️
Nothing says peak Messi like him scoring in 19 consecutive match days
21*
Messi's 14-15 season was probably his best ever
I would love to see u make the same analysis about Ronaldoh, or make it a head to head comparison.
I think Messi is possibly the best finisher/shooter in the history of the game. The way he puts shots in the top or low corners so easily, or the way he nutmegs and lobs goalkeepers like it's nothing. His shots barely need crazy power, they're just deadly accurate. And I'm not even talking about his passing, dribbling, intelligence and free kick accuracy.
As a wise man once said
"He Only has one good foot, one skill
And a bad header"
Overrated and self proclaimed GOAT Pele said that. And Messi gave him a reply by scoring in the next 10 matches consecutively.
Ah, Robben. Wait
robben was better than messi and had a decent header
That one skill he has is being the best ever.
@@cbants1371 u r an idiot . even robben will be shocked if he reads your comment
"The best there is, the best there has been, possibly the best there ever will be."
I love the new animations it helps show what you mean
When he walks down the street, the people stop and say "there goes Lionel Messi, the greatest to ever play the game"
I am convinced the guys at TIFO created a content they would have loved to see growing up themselves this is awesome
The GOAT
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He scored 94 goals in one year, I think it was 2013. It's a shame he couldn't maintain it for the 2014 world cup, he still played well, but didn't score that much, especially in the latter stages.
Messi is too good for La Liga but barca should know that to win something they need a team even though Messi is the best in this generation he cannot single handedly carry his team to success
No-one can because football is a sport played by 11 players TOGETHER.
Exactly, he needs a TEAM rather than just big NAMES. Football is a team sport, not a star system thing or a celebrity gala
@@randomrainbow8423 see it's not that barca has a bad team it's their system that's flawed, the main component was Xavi and after he left there was nobody to fill that spot..... Even though I firmly believe that no single player can bring success to a team those things have happened to an extend with Zidane 98 France for Example, they had a solid defense and youngsters up front and Zidane controlled and Dominated games for France using all their pieces
Theres no peak in this man life its just Brilliance all through
Still not as impressive as 2019/20 peak Lingardinho...
@Green Mills 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great video, but please make an analysis on Milan's tactics in the second part of the season. There are a lot of interesting things to be seen.
102 Goals and assists in 60 games in 2011/12 is something that will never be topped, the greatest ever...no debate.
Weirdly Messi is underrated,if someone even got half of 102 goals and assist…JUST half,they would automatically be called the goat.
For example imagine if Sancho went ahead and got 50 goals and 20 assists in one season,people will automatically vote him ballon dor winner for the next decade but when Messi does it he’s “maybe the goat”
I know he’s rated very highly but I still think he’s underrated
His peak began in 2009 and has continued till this day.
Can you make a video on the SaveTheCrew movement and how the entire MLS pitched in to prevent the Columbus Crew from moving to Austin? A great story on how football and passion won against greed.
Not. Giving. Up.
Ya would be awesome if they covered it.
Fantastic background music selection! Really made it easy to focus on every detail of the video and I think it doesnt get praised enough✊🏾
That animation look nothing like Messi... I was on auto play (and on mute because work) and without reading the description kept wondering who the hell is this guy 😅
Yeah they probably changed animator
Due to living in New Zealand and only recently becoming interested in football I don't actually watch a whole ton of football games, full 90 minutes etc. But the first time I watched Messi play I was mesmerised. He just looked like he was playing a different game to everyone else.
Hey @Tifo Football why don't you do a vid on something like "What is a target man striker?" that would be good. (Lets get this as much likes as we can).
*Fun fact:* Messi is the only player in football history to have scored 700 goals with ZERO penalties. His overall goals are 819, and he holds the record for the most assists (361).
That right there is true greatness. God-tier goalscorer and playmaker.
D10S 🔵🔴
Maradona is D10S 🌞
Messi is Alien 👽
Great video as always, really liked the goal animations in this as well 👍🏻
The fact that the peak of many world class players is the standard on which Messi has been performing for well over a decade, season in season out. The righteous king of football.
People who say Ronaldo is better don't understand football
People who say Ronaldo is better understand the difference between a baby and a Man.
Like any great player he adapts, his 2012 raw speed power insane football iq and technical talent made him a goal scoring machine but nowadays he’s become the best creative player, dictating the pace of games and still contributing important goals he still has that amazing dribbling and finishing just less power and speed behind him
imagen messi and ronanldo never played football will be like someting else
In terms of goalscoring, the biggest difference between Messi and basically everyone else is that Messi can do all types of goalscoring consistently and often. He does long range, short range, poaching, solo efforts, free kicks, lobs, everything. He creates chances out of nowhere and scores goals out of nowhere, and that is a quality that no number can ever show you. Ronaldo has 800 or so goals, but very very rarely did he ever create a goal out of nowhere, and that says a lot.
Let's see how many likes this one can get
I mean the comment
please
Like hungry kid. Nope, not in this life time
Al Khaq nice profile pic mate
He’s just something else man.
he's miles ahead of frauds like Pele who count goals he scored against his dog
😂😂😂😂😂
Dog?
Breaking news
Pele officially crossed 2000 goals
He scored 500 goals in his background yard against his grandma
@@anirs8198 😂
@@anirs8198 pele dindt score against shit clubs, if that were the case Cruyff wouldn't have regarded him so much
I see TIFO football and Messi; I CLICK!!
Im impressed by keeping the minutes constant, that's a statistic move they teach you in college. Good job! More people should do this
I don't think there is a better football channel than Tifo Football. Hope they never change the narrator too.
Cheers to this channel for not unnecessarily mentioning about Cr7 when talking about Lionel Messi
Guys it really would be amazing if you could make a brief history of or tactics explained for Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Cesar Luis Menotti, Ralph Rangnick, Juan Manuel Lillo, Bilardo or specifically Johan Cruyff's 92 dream team as it a more outdated version or everything Pep Guardiola does with the positional play overloads and the inverted full strategy.
I love the new additions to the videos as well btw.
So is Ronaldo's 2012/13 it was his purest goal scoring season if you watch the TH-cam video of Ronaldo's 450 goals at Real Madrid you'll see his goalscoring is pure and divided across all competitions with very few penalties unlike 2014-15, So yes he scored well in his previous 2 seasons scoring 7 hattricks in each season that season was really the prime of Ronaldo and his best year, especially from January to May so I'd like to see a vid of him in that season too, am not a Ronaldo fan nor am I a Messi fan I just love both of 'em.
Let's get this channel to a million subs
If we based it off on per season and per year on just "Goalscoring"
- In the year 2012 , he scored 91 goals in OFFICIAL MATCHES in a natural year, surpassing Gerd Muller and Pele
- If we based it on the season 2011/12, he scored a whooping 73 goals
- And if we based off golden boots , Messi has 6 whooping golden boots , his two lowest registers were 34 goals in 2010 and 2018. And his max been 50 goals in 2012
- Also Messi have scored over 20 goals in La Liga for 12 STRAIGHT years
- Messi lowest numbers where 23 goals in 2009 , 28 goals in 2014, 26 goals in 2016 , and 25 Goals in 2020. The only years where he did not reach 30+ Goals.
- Adding to that, since 2009, Messi scores at least 40 goals + yearly in all competitions
- One fact that people should add into this is "when does Messi score them". In the season 2018 , If i am not wrong most goals from Messi came when Barcelona was losing or in a tie. Scoring a goal while your team is losing or in an disadvantage, has more weight than scoring when your team is already winning 2-0.
Classy. Not clickbait. Good job.
Hey Tifo, would it be possible for you to make a video about which country from Africa you expect to win the World cup first? With so many continental talent, especially in the premier league, I'd be interested to see which one you expect to perform best in 2022
hearing your voice while i work inspires me to do better! wished we had more of these of Cristiano Ronaldo or the Portuguese League 19/20
bloody hell moving graphics has tifo is living in the year 3000!!!
2011 to 2013 Messi was the Prime pure goat Messi
He's been the same all throughout his career. It was just more noticeable at that time because barca had a fantastic team and the world's best manager.
@@randomrainbow8423 Agreed. I think had he played with wingers that played like Villa and Pedro, he'd have the same 55+ Goals every season.
In 2009-10, Messi regained the ball 2.1 times per game in La Liga. By 2011-12 that was down to 1.2. Since Guardiola left, that figure has never risen above 1
Quite true that. This becomes more and more weaknesses of Messi (and any classics No.10 players) that teams with similar statue to Barcelona can exploit, like Bayern did.
I repeat, the all time goal scorer of Barcelona at the age of 24!
That is mind blowing..
Great video! But the kit you drew for 11-12 was actually 10-11
Can you do a video of the history of football in Riga. It looks a bit nuts from what I can see online.
Hey can you make video on pirlo's progress as manager of U23 Juventus , it would be great to see how capable he is to manage the main team and his tactics and formations