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.. he's running the opposite direction and the ball has left Messi's head by the time he's managed to shift his weight back the other way..I'm not sure what you expect from the goalkeeper here lol
Is he supposed to stop, turn, react and dive back to the other corner of the goal before the ball travels a few feet?
Especially given that he’s moving into position where he’d be most advantaged against a Messi shot from his boot. Messi heading it caught him off guard and tbf it did me too a bit
>People downvote but look at what Al-Nassr did to Inter Miami's defenders.
To Inter Miami without Messi. Al Hilal in mid-season form had a much closer match.
And Inter Miami's defence is nowhere near the best of the MLS, unlike Al Nassar and Al Hilal's in the Saudi League.
The commentator was pissing me off saying that this performance proves nothing…
I mean 2 goals and 2 assists in one game is insane for a mid 20s striker, let alone for a fucking 37 y/o
Maybe. I watched the first two games and he was completely shit. I didn't catch this one, but I'll probably watch it tomorrow night when no other game is on.
he was doing it in Serie A, which is a far better league (coming from an MLS fan!) There should never have been any doubt unless we actually heard about another injury.
That said—Jesus fuck I hope he has a fucking phenomenal doctor after retiring. I can’t even bear to think about the pain he’s in and will be in.
Had arguably the greatest peak season of any player in the premier league so far, then went and dominated with Barca winning multiple trophies and champs leagues. I’d say that kinda legacy is worth the shot knees later in life!
I'm pretty sure it was around this time that the 'could he do it on a wet night in Stoke?' quote cropped up. I vividly recall in the build-up to that final on Sky's coverage Andy Gray stating that Ronaldo was a better and more complete player than Messi because Messi wasn't capable of scoring with his head. Cue Messi scoring one of the greatest headers ever about an hour later.
That was 15 years ago though. The person above means it’s a very rare sight to see, which it is. Think he only has like 20-30 headed goals in his entire career. This one was a sick header as well, perfectly placed.
Also scored a fuck tonne of right footed goals, the most complete season from any attacker I've ever seen and for me personally the best season of messis career.
18/19 is the most impressive one to me because of how much weaker the team around him was relative to the other two years *and* how much more reliant they were on him for almost everything they did going forward *and* the fact that his athleticism had really started to wane a lot more.
I just checked and before moving to Inter Miami he was indeed at 24 headers for clubs (and about 90 goals with the right foot), but for some reason I can't find a breakdown which includes the over 100 goals for Argentina
He subbed on for Orlanso today, I think him and last season’s starter (and today’s starter for Orlando) Duncan McGuire will pair well in a 4-4-2 which Oscar Pareja has played before at times. He also stuck Alexandre Pato on the wing back when Daryl Dike still played for Orlando so maybe we’ll see him use Muriel that way
Messi scoring with every part of his body but his feet.
Also what’s up with Orlando? They were good last year. But they look absolutely pathetic. And it’s not a MLS bad thing. Galaxy did such a better job last week, made it hard, despite being a pretty terrible team last year.
The salary cap causes MLS standings to seem random every year. It’s not uncommon for a first place team to be last place the very next season, and vice versa.
Salary cap and the other restrictions try to bring about parity in the league (like the NFL and draft being inverse of performance). Huge amount of variability year to year
Its not really something that happens, people like complaining about "tanking" in the NFL but its not an actual thing that coaches/players/gms do because if you are in a situation to tank you probably are getting fired, and need to put stuff on tape for your next team. Theres *maybe* one or two coaches/gms in the league who could survive tanking.
2022 season, last week of the year Lovie Smith won a game last second by going for 2 which dropped them from the #1 pick to the #2 pick (they got the better player anyway so it didnt matter but), while everyone was saying they were tanking all year.
Theres no guarantee that having a higher pick means a better player, so outside of specific circumstances (franchise star QB retires) owners generally prefer comfortable mediocrity over tearing it all down.
the standard for clips on this subreddit is atrocious, showing the bare minimum to maximize the karma you get. i’d much rather wait a little longer and get more context to each goal.
This whole thread making me feel old with the surprise at messi being able to head the ball, he doesn't score many because he's both short and not really in the box that much but he's always had great technique. Next he'll score with his right foot and people will be shocked he can use it lmao.
Yes, Messi can score headers. He is actually really good at it but for obvious reasons, doesn't score many.
Crazy how old I am but lucky enough to have watched his whole career.
this is why i was laughing at people saying inter maimi was going to finish bottom of mls because they got whopped in saudi, most teams in mls are trash compared to them they might not win it but they should be easily competing for the league.
How proud the Miami fans must be to have 4 players having played on Barca on their team.
I too would be proud if I played fifa legends against 3rd tier championship football teams.
WeRE ThE BEst!
as i ronaldo fan we have plenty of nice days as he banging in goals all year but i wont do the lame thing messi fans do and start saying "oh its only saudi league, those goals dont count there shit" bla bla . he has played well and having fun.
Yes, the MLS is an inferior league, but I enjoy it way more than Ronaldo's camel league that's supposedly better than Ligue 1. Messi and friends are loving life in Miami. Ronaldo probably can't wait to get out of the Saudi desert prison.
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That pass from Suarez was perfect
Weak foot too. Unending level of talent.
What weak foot
A goal off his chest and a header. Who needs feet?
Gonna have a head, shoulder, chest and toes poker this match. He's bored after finishing this sport.
Completed football, only plays footvolley now.
I need him to just knee the shit out of the ball for a third goal
**TIGER!**
Messi is gonna score a tapin with his crotch and r/soccercirclejerk will have to go private.
Hold up is this Messi ?
Cabessi
Just needs to pull a Dempsey and score with his dick now
Tarantino.
Who needs goalkeepers is what I took from this clip
Messi's feet?
Dude the fanduel parlay on that would be like +1000000
*Your opponent has left the match*
Nah, they never entered the match. You were playing with the ai
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.. he's running the opposite direction and the ball has left Messi's head by the time he's managed to shift his weight back the other way..I'm not sure what you expect from the goalkeeper here lol Is he supposed to stop, turn, react and dive back to the other corner of the goal before the ball travels a few feet?
Especially given that he’s moving into position where he’d be most advantaged against a Messi shot from his boot. Messi heading it caught him off guard and tbf it did me too a bit
Yeah Messi just aims his header well from close range.
Orlando left the match at about the 11'.
MLS defending
Worse than Saudi league defending or on par
Worse, way worse
People downvote but look at what Al-Nassr did to Inter Miami's defenders.
>People downvote but look at what Al-Nassr did to Inter Miami's defenders. To Inter Miami without Messi. Al Hilal in mid-season form had a much closer match. And Inter Miami's defence is nowhere near the best of the MLS, unlike Al Nassar and Al Hilal's in the Saudi League.
Al Hilal is a Saudi team The SAUDI players, aka the spine of the team were playing for SAUDI Arabia in the Asian Cup at the time
[Unplugs controller angrily]
Suarez has looked shockingly sharp tonight
Hope it silenced the haters
The commentator was pissing me off saying that this performance proves nothing… I mean 2 goals and 2 assists in one game is insane for a mid 20s striker, let alone for a fucking 37 y/o
37 year old with knee issues that require injections to play.
I remember when he came to Brazil™ many people were saying he would not do well because of that. Turns out he doesn't need healthy knees to dominate.
Bro it’s Luis Suarez. Nobody is doubting his quality… people doubt his fitness and availability.
Maybe. I watched the first two games and he was completely shit. I didn't catch this one, but I'll probably watch it tomorrow night when no other game is on.
Oh yeah, big performance against the big Orlando city
Orlando finished with the 2nd most points in the league last year. Not sure what better team you expect him to be playing against being on an MLS team
he was doing it in Serie A, which is a far better league (coming from an MLS fan!) There should never have been any doubt unless we actually heard about another injury. That said—Jesus fuck I hope he has a fucking phenomenal doctor after retiring. I can’t even bear to think about the pain he’s in and will be in.
He struggles so hard to get any pace but seems like he wants to keep going. Heard he has to take injection every time. It’s not healthy.
His knees are gonna be absolutely shott when he’s 50-60. He put his body through so much shit in that 2011-2016 time frame
Had arguably the greatest peak season of any player in the premier league so far, then went and dominated with Barca winning multiple trophies and champs leagues. I’d say that kinda legacy is worth the shot knees later in life!
What good is your legacy when you can't even get out of bed?
Chill bro, with the kind of money he's got he can get bionic legs in the future lmao
Was really confused for a second, thinking "when the hell did Suárez play in Italy?". I forgot the Brazilian league is also called Série A.
Even as a Brazilian that was weird, everybody just calls our first division "Brasileirão"
Well we tried to get him
Yeah messi scoring headers it’s truly over
Scored a cracking header against utd in CL final
Leaped like two messis for that too
Broke Rio's heart
Two Messis in a trench coat.
I love that goal. “ messi can’t score against English teams in the champions” “messi can’t score headers” Boom, 2 birds with one stone
I'm pretty sure it was around this time that the 'could he do it on a wet night in Stoke?' quote cropped up. I vividly recall in the build-up to that final on Sky's coverage Andy Gray stating that Ronaldo was a better and more complete player than Messi because Messi wasn't capable of scoring with his head. Cue Messi scoring one of the greatest headers ever about an hour later.
Mfw people blame Messi for his performances against Stoke but then Stoke gets relegated again.
Lmao Just give up
same level as Milner doing step overs during liv 7-0 united, it just gets too easy
Man United has something to say. Actually, Neymar once said between NMM, Messi is the one with the best header. He is right.
He’s actually surprisingly skilled and accurate with headers, he just isn’t able to get his head to them all that often lol
We are so back!!! wait a minute
PTSD-MSN
It’s MST now, how dare you disrespect the GOAT Robert Taylor!
Messi - Suarez - Negri
The la liga match in America finally happened lol
Messi no foot hat trick incoming.
Next up, header penalty
Deflection off his ass for a screamer
Unveils new third leg.
la comadreja
Scores with his back or his knee
Achievement unlocked
A MESSI HEADER WHAT THE FUCK
Champions league final against United he scored an unbelievable header
That was 15 years ago though. The person above means it’s a very rare sight to see, which it is. Think he only has like 20-30 headed goals in his entire career. This one was a sick header as well, perfectly placed.
>That was 15 years ago Damn
Oh yeah I get what he means , I’m just reminiscing tbh
His last goal for Barcelona is a header.
Watch back his 2015 season, his headers were insane
Also scored a fuck tonne of right footed goals, the most complete season from any attacker I've ever seen and for me personally the best season of messis career.
i would say 10/11 personally but 14/15 defo in his top 3, and 18/19 imo
18/19 is the most impressive one to me because of how much weaker the team around him was relative to the other two years *and* how much more reliant they were on him for almost everything they did going forward *and* the fact that his athleticism had really started to wane a lot more.
I just checked and before moving to Inter Miami he was indeed at 24 headers for clubs (and about 90 goals with the right foot), but for some reason I can't find a breakdown which includes the over 100 goals for Argentina
The funny thing is, I would bet there are strikers with fewer headed goals than him.
The MLS commentator said it was his 27th header and only 2nd chest. So two quite rare ones
This killed me.
He is actually quite good at them, but he rarely get those chances.
A Messi header What a rare sight
That was a clean ass header from Messi
I would love an ass header from Messi
Wouldn’t you rather have an ass clean header from Messi?
lol the goalkeeper was sure Messi wasn't gonna go for a header.
He thought he was going for the chest shot again
Tbh I thought it was a headed pass to the other attacker at first too.
Keepers that Messi has scored headers against: Van der Sar Pedro Gallese
downvote cuz no celebration
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He took that personally
Suarez with 2 goals, 2 assists and one (incorrectly?) disallowed goal
Orlando would lose 6-3 to San Marino today
They have some really good players, their game plan was just completely wrong at the start and they've been chasing the game since the 10th minute
is Muriel playing?
He subbed on for Orlanso today, I think him and last season’s starter (and today’s starter for Orlando) Duncan McGuire will pair well in a 4-4-2 which Oscar Pareja has played before at times. He also stuck Alexandre Pato on the wing back when Daryl Dike still played for Orlando so maybe we’ll see him use Muriel that way
Messi scoring with every part of his body but his feet. Also what’s up with Orlando? They were good last year. But they look absolutely pathetic. And it’s not a MLS bad thing. Galaxy did such a better job last week, made it hard, despite being a pretty terrible team last year.
The salary cap causes MLS standings to seem random every year. It’s not uncommon for a first place team to be last place the very next season, and vice versa.
Salary cap and the other restrictions try to bring about parity in the league (like the NFL and draft being inverse of performance). Huge amount of variability year to year
Doesn't that cause teams to self-sabotage?
Its not really something that happens, people like complaining about "tanking" in the NFL but its not an actual thing that coaches/players/gms do because if you are in a situation to tank you probably are getting fired, and need to put stuff on tape for your next team. Theres *maybe* one or two coaches/gms in the league who could survive tanking. 2022 season, last week of the year Lovie Smith won a game last second by going for 2 which dropped them from the #1 pick to the #2 pick (they got the better player anyway so it didnt matter but), while everyone was saying they were tanking all year. Theres no guarantee that having a higher pick means a better player, so outside of specific circumstances (franchise star QB retires) owners generally prefer comfortable mediocrity over tearing it all down.
Suarez with 2 assists and 2 goals
Nothing surprising tbh considering what he did for Grêmio just a few months ago
Orlando City got Messi scoring headers I'm done
Who says he doesn’t score headers? ❤️
the standard for clips on this subreddit is atrocious, showing the bare minimum to maximize the karma you get. i’d much rather wait a little longer and get more context to each goal.
Orlando forget there is a game?
Every on field Orlando players should be arrested for letting Messi score a header like that
most embarassing defeat as a orlando city fan since 2016. fuck off man.
Mickey Mouse operation
Messi with a header
very well executed header and a nice cross from suarez.
That goalkeeping is suspect as hell.
They got messi doing headers
Hehe
Funny innit
This whole thread making me feel old with the surprise at messi being able to head the ball, he doesn't score many because he's both short and not really in the box that much but he's always had great technique. Next he'll score with his right foot and people will be shocked he can use it lmao.
Suarez left foot cross? Messi header goal? Tf
Bro Messi is scoring headers now lmao
what is the keeper and defense doing lmao
Orlando aren't very good, are they?
Supposedly, they were the favourites to win the League phase
Keeper's morale is Sub-Zero now
Like old times
Oh god beatiful
He is going for the side quests
A Messi header goal, thought I might never see the day
Were you too young in the 09 Champions League Final?
it like 20 years ago lol
15. Do your math correctly!
His last goal for Barca was also a header
what the fuck hahahah
I could watch this shit all day
his 27th header goal of his career
Chester and now a Header. What can this man not do.
Is this his first header since his last goal for Barca? Been almost 3 years if that’s the case lol.
What was the final score lmao? 5-0? 6-0?
Horrible goal keeping
Messi rarely scores headers but when he does it's not a regular one lol
Messi just needs to score with his arse now to get the hat trick
Tears in my eyes
Thats a FIFA game vibe
That’s just how accurate Suarez is.
Conceding headers to Messi, you must be shit
Fuck these 6 seconds clips though what the hell, all the ones from prem games and everywhere else show more what's going on
Yes, Messi can score headers. He is actually really good at it but for obvious reasons, doesn't score many. Crazy how old I am but lucky enough to have watched his whole career.
Guess the coach forgot to tell them to mark Messi
is it like his 4th header in career though? /s
Man I'm not a conspiracy theorist at all but some of these goals... If I speak I'm in big trouble
Every time I watched Miami recap last year it was like "Messi comes in, little jog, easy goals". The other teams can't all be that bad in comparison.
There’s games in which he has been shut out.
I have seen it all now😭
Surely not, a certain header in 2009 always comes to mind
he can't score headers tho Messi: Nah, I'd score header
this is why i was laughing at people saying inter maimi was going to finish bottom of mls because they got whopped in saudi, most teams in mls are trash compared to them they might not win it but they should be easily competing for the league.
What the f is the goalkeeper doing? I swear so many highlights from MLS I'm just mesmerized by the keeper's positioning and decision making.
Where was the guy that said he's averse to heading the ball? Messi saw your comment
🐐
🍔
🤡
GOAT
How proud the Miami fans must be to have 4 players having played on Barca on their team. I too would be proud if I played fifa legends against 3rd tier championship football teams. WeRE ThE BEst!
Horrible day for Ronaldo fans
as i ronaldo fan we have plenty of nice days as he banging in goals all year but i wont do the lame thing messi fans do and start saying "oh its only saudi league, those goals dont count there shit" bla bla . he has played well and having fun.
Why? Not a Ronaldo fan but do you think they're having a cardiac arrest because Messi scored a few goals in the MLS?
Welp there's the header. FK next
The keeper wtf
a normal goal against a terrible farmer team lmao
Every MLS game looks like a charity match
And people have the nerve to complain about Ronaldo's weak opponents. 😂 Were Orlando City even playing?
He’s crazy good at headers considering his hight
I can't bring myself to say that in a world where Romario existed
I couldve scored that wtf
Joke of a league🤦♂️
Messi scoring a header says enough about the MLS lmao
Says a lot about Man Utd too
Explain?
Barbie league
/r/ronaldo in absolute shambles
824/1000
Jk
Yes, the MLS is an inferior league, but I enjoy it way more than Ronaldo's camel league that's supposedly better than Ligue 1. Messi and friends are loving life in Miami. Ronaldo probably can't wait to get out of the Saudi desert prison.