DID YOU KNOW: Zlatan Ibrahimovic has played for Six Clubs that have won the Champions League, but he has never actually won the trophy himself.
DID YOU KNOW: Zlatan Ibrahimovic has played for Six Clubs that have won the Champions League, but he has never actually won the trophy himself.
DID YOU KNOW: Since the 2017/18 season, no player has scored more free-kick goals than Lionel Messi. In this time he has scored 21 free-kick goals, 8 more than James Ward-Prowse who is second.
Once in a lifetime player, Lionel Messi!
Since 2009, the Ballon D’or winner is either Lionel Messi or a Real Madrid player.
Messi vs Whole Real Madrid.
#LJR10
DID YOU KNOW:
The goalkeeper that led Real Madrid to three Champions League titles in a row.
The goalkeeper that led PSG to there first ever Champions League final.
The goalkeeper that led Costa Rica for the first time to three World Cup editions in a row.
One of the most underrated and under appreciated players of our generation, Keylor Navas!
Some of these World Cup facts
RONALDO AND MESSI HAVE NEVER SCORED IN THE KNOCKOUT STAGES OF A WORLD CUP.
INDIA QUALIFIED FOR THE 1950 WORLD CUP BUT REFUSED TO TRAVEL AFTER FIFA DIDN’T ALLOW THEM TO PLAY BAREFOOT.
THERE HAS BEEN A EUROPEAN TEAM PRESENT IN 19 OF THE 21 FINALS.
NO TEAM HAS EVER WON THE TOURNAMENT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A FOREIGN COACH.
DID YOU KNOW: Some of Luis Suarez’s most underrated records:
Won the European golden boot without a single penalty goal.
Only player except Messi to have more Goals/Assists than matches played in the 21st century.
Won 2 European golden boots in Messi and Ronaldo prime era, while also playing in the same league.
Third most assists in football history.
One of the best players ever, Luis Suarez.
Only 3 players in history have ever been awarded the baton of leadership and command of football.
Pelé
Diego Maradona
Lionel Messi
Greatest of all times.
Argentina’s NT right now:
South American Champions
Intercontinental Champions
World Champions
1st FIFA World Ranking
1 loss in the last 45 games
35 clean sheets from 59 games
133 goals scored, an average of 2.1 goals per game
Historic.
The Estadio Azteca will become the first stadium to host three World Cups
It’s already crowned two of the greatest players to ever step on a pitch
Did you know? Clarence Seedorf is the only player in history to be Champions League champion with 3 different clubs.
Legend
22 years old Messi scored 4 goals against Arsenal in the Champions League On this day in 2010.
His four goals in the quarter-final against Arsenal was the first time a player had scored 4+ goals in a single UCL game against an English opposition.
The Best ever!
Samuel Eto’o is the ONLY player in HISTORY to win TREBLE with TWO different clubs in two consecutive seasons:
Barcelona 2008/09:
Champions League
The League
Copa del Rey
Inter Milan 2009/10:
Champions League
Series A
Coppa Italia
In 2009, Messi led Barcelona to a historic treble, winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League. He scored 38 goals in all competitions, including a crucial goal in the Champions League final against Manchester United.
In 2010, Messi was even better. He scored an incredible 58 goals in all competitions.
GOAT
Lionel Messi was the player who scored:
Barcelona’s last free-kick
PSG’s last free-kick
Argentina’s last free-kick
The impact is real.
Lionel Messi has never been knocked out in the group stage of any tournament in his entire career.
Very impressive.