Lionel Messi scores, reaches 20 World Cup goals
Lionel Messi takes a perfect ball in and finishes it, 1-0 Argentina
CJ Fogler166replay of Messi's work on that goal
Timothy Featherston17That pass is a thing of beauty. Good lord.
Bryan Hamilton, PhD7How is that not offsides?
buddhacant4Almost identical to Bergkamp vs. Argentina goal.
SaveMeASeat3That first touch, I mean christ it’s unreal
kethcl.bsky.social1Everything Messi (and Martinez) do to set this up is impressive. Messi starts offside then quickly jumps onside a moment before the pass. Martinez stays offside, I think to distract the goaltender and topside defender.
Micah185seriously what the actual fuck is that first touch, great pass and even better finish
LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍108Messi becomes a lot less impressive once you realize he's simply warping space and time with his mind
Mike Golic Jr62Momma, there goes that man
JP Acosta42The first touch here, whew
Anjali Dayal41nation after nation laid low by a guy who looks like he’s just ambling around a Gymboree with his kid until all of a sudden he doesn’t
Dave Levitan35deals with the devil, things of that nature
Jake6When you get into soccer, the first touch is always the thing you're explained to that is the ultimate difference. Everything else is subordinate to it Messi has the best first touch in the history of the game and #2 isn't even close
Anthony (game script enthusiast)5Beautiful first touch from Messi with the outside of his left foot to control the ball before roofing it for the finish And an equally beautiful pass from Lisandro Martinez to set it up
Chad Perman4What words are there even for Messi at this point, my goodness. Just a freaking 39 year old, 5’7” god out there on the pitch, like it’s no big deal to drop a shot like that in there for his 7th goal this World Cup 🐐
L'Histoire de Manon3Every time I think of the country Argentina, it's as a nazi haven. I honestly cannot think of it any other way. I'm not a huge sports fan, so Messi and all that stuff means nothing to me lol
