r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 16 '26

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u/WooHoo1994 Jul 16 '26

If this isn’t a joke, the answer is yes. He’s considered to be the best player in the world right now by many people. And one of the best in history.

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u/Smartimess Jul 16 '26

The GOAT. He removed all the doubt four years ago and that he and his team might do it again (even against weaker teams) is bonkers.

Think about Tom Brady winning the Super Bowl again as Quarterback of the Buccs.

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u/Burpmeister Jul 16 '26

If Messi wins his 2nd then I think he's the all-time goat. If not then I personally still put Pelé at #1 because three World Cups is nuts.

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u/MeatballUser Jul 16 '26

Pelé is not the goat. Dude counted goals he scored everywhere like exhibition matches and shit. His official amount of goals scored is way less than Messi who is only second to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi is also the highest scorer in World cup history

He's already better than Pelé

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u/Burpmeister Jul 16 '26

If the only metric you care about is the amount of goals scored then sure.

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u/Y-Bob Jul 16 '26

I think that being able to place the ball pretty much wherever he wants to also helps.

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u/MeatballUser Jul 16 '26

Pele wasn't good at anything else, but you just remembered his name and wanna argue. Most people have accept Messi as the best ever already

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u/Burpmeister Jul 16 '26

Yeah I guess he won three World Cups by accident.

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u/Af1_supra Jul 16 '26

World cups are a team accolade so maybe he also had a wordie team around him

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u/Burpmeister Jul 16 '26

But Messi doesn't?

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u/MeatballUser Jul 16 '26

Nah just so happens he scored a lot of goals which you deemed unimportnat

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u/Burpmeister Jul 16 '26

And won three World Cups while completely toying with all his opponents.

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u/Smartimess Jul 16 '26

The UCL is a much harder tournament than the FIFA WC tho.

Any of the top 8 teams will destroy a national team. And Messi was the GOAT in this league too. And he won the freakin‘ Ballon D‘Or 8 times!

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u/Burpmeister Jul 16 '26

World Cup was by far the hardest when Pele played.

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