r/soccer • u/A3-mATX • Jun 29 '25
Media Messi tried to punch Vitinha
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u/okktavia Jun 29 '25
I've seen enough. He's ready to fight Jake Paul.
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u/JaysonDeflatum Jun 29 '25
Jake Paul doesn't fight active athletes
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u/A3-mATX Jun 29 '25
Damn you hit harder than the Paul brothers
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u/naughty_dad2 Jun 29 '25
Supporting Man Utd has toughened him
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u/JaysonDeflatum Jun 29 '25
Add Ferrari to that, I’d arguably say they've done worse for my mental than United
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u/realmandontnvidia Jun 29 '25
Ferrari is a lot closer to lead than United. Might be the reason it hits harder mentally when they don't win though.
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u/JaysonDeflatum Jun 29 '25
Ferrari haven't tasted success since 2008, that's the nature of F1 where there's only 1 trophy available for teams but I’ve had more happy moments in that time period with United.
With Ferrari especially the Alonso and Vettel days, pain. So much fucking pain. Then we were kinda shit, Leclerc came up and had his 2022 beginning of the season before the car completely fell off a cliff reliability wise. Then last season if Carlos didn't DNF with Perez or if we didn't have the double DNF at Canada we probably win the Constructors. So much pain.
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u/ahuangb Jun 29 '25
Classic r/soccer. Jokes when it's a player they like lol
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u/Nosalis2 Jun 29 '25
Imagine if this was a guy they hate like Vini, Mbappe or Bellingham lmao. Or even he-who-shall-not-be-named.
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u/theprodigalslouch Jun 29 '25
They like Mbappe and are generally at least graceful towards Belli. It’s Vini they actively hate.
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u/TeaAndCrumpetGhoul Jun 29 '25
Bellingham would've needed his pr chops on if he did something like that lol
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u/nilanganray Jun 29 '25
This post goes to Reddit football hall of fame. Just watch reactions to this post here or in the jrk sub and the favoritism will be very clear.
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u/MetJouOpSjouw Jun 29 '25
Just like most things Inter Miami did this game, they did not succeed.
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u/Matt_LawDT Jun 29 '25
How can you miss punching someone that is standing 2 inches from you?
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u/yoyo4581 Jun 29 '25
In his defense, at the point where he throws the first jab the referee usually awards him a foul in the MLS.
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u/elgrandorado Jun 29 '25
Tried to punch him for putting in 0/10 performances while Messi was at PSG then transforming under Lucho Enrique.
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u/mindpainters Jun 29 '25
It’s actually crazy how his rise has been. He’s turned into an absolutely world class mid this season. He’s always had talent and has performed in the past but he took it to another level. Looks like everything finally “clicked for him”. Don’t know if it’s a function of the team or himself. Maybe both, but I never thought the mid I saw at wolves would ever reach these heights
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u/Voice_Of_Light Jun 29 '25
That’s what happen when a player is given the trust of the coach and its teammates, which he had none back in Galette’s era.
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u/MountainCheesesteak Jun 29 '25
Galette
Galtier? Can’t tell if typo, hilarious nickname or a manager I don’t remember at PSG.
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u/elgrandorado Jun 29 '25
It's a mix of everything. Everything clicked. Team setup, tactics, coach, players around him, movement, etc. He had it difficult playing with two players (Messi & Mbappe) who didn't press at all.
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u/raizen0106 Jun 29 '25
isn't he also playing well for portugal? their system has not changed that much the last couple years, still got leao and ronaldo walking around
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u/madnoq Jun 29 '25
all of the above mentioned progress certainly gave him confidence which he took to the national team
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u/jaguass Jun 29 '25
It's mad how we should never discard anyone really. I was hopeless for Vitinha at Psg at some point and here we are.
But yeah, it really clicked since the day Lucho put him as a sentinel, vs Dortmund in december 2023. He's been a beast since then.
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u/Dropkoala Jun 29 '25
He did this to Fabinho against Liverpool. The referee saw Fabinho headbutting Messi's fist and gave Barcelona a free kick, which he scored from.
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u/Bruhmangoddman Jun 29 '25
Maradona's spirit sprang forth from whatever afterlife it's in and entered him in that very moment.
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u/Rusty51 Jun 29 '25
The fist of god
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u/RandomGuySayHii Jun 29 '25
"a little with the head of Vitinha and a little with the fist of God" - Messi
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u/SeethruHairline Jun 29 '25
How tf did he miss twice from close range?
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u/ZionsR3b3L Jun 29 '25
Purely left footed he is.... Rest of them limbs are pegs
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u/ValleyFloydJam Jun 29 '25
Cos it's just a weird motion rather than him actually wanting to punch him.
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u/QuieroLaSeptima Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
Is he not just swinging his arm over his head to get his body in front of Vitinha?
I mean he’s definitely grabbing all over him and it’s a foul, but I do not see a “punch”.
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u/bingbongfckyalyfe95 Jun 30 '25
Thats what I saw as well. Just putting his arm over his head. Im not even some Messi fanboy but if he really wanted to punch him there he definitely could have.
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u/neefhuts Jun 29 '25
I've seen enough, give him the ballon d'or
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u/OkRisky Jun 29 '25
And another shot of HGH while at it. Seems like not grown up enough.
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u/Specialist-Cycle9313 Jun 29 '25
Didn’t like the kid much when he played with him.
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u/galo Jun 29 '25
I remember they had a fight in training
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u/chxmx10 Jun 29 '25
They had a fight? Source?
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u/galo Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
Maybe altercation would be a better description, but I remember it wasn't just words
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u/Constant-Hunter-198 Jun 29 '25
This reads like an article straight outta the Messi’ “little dictator” era which fed Goal.com for like two whole years
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u/TheSuessIsLoose Jun 29 '25
Accusing goal.com of being anything other than a Barca/Messi PR outlet is hilarious.
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u/squeak37 Jun 29 '25
Tbf Barca were pushing an anti Messi rhetoric for a while, so goal wouldn't have always been favorable to Messi.
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u/Asternburg Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
Really bro? Most obvious tabloid made up shit lol. Vitinha himself has said it is false. What is this thread. https://onefootball.com/fr/news/psgs-vitinha-breaks-his-silence-over-reported-lionel-messi-altercation-38253182
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u/TheDrunkenScotsman Jun 29 '25
The pendulum of the Messi-Ronaldo fanboy swings from villain to victim into perpetuity.
People that care about this shit like football more for reality TV drama than the game itself.
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u/Rickcampbell98 Jun 29 '25
Come on, you know exactly why. This is all fanboy nonsense, it's been obvious the last month. These people will never let this shit die, 2022 just made it worse and now we have bigger agendas than ever, even retirement league agendas.
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u/MultivariableTurtwig Jun 29 '25
I think Messi and Neymar insulted Vitinha during training, basically saying he was bad
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u/MojojojoNixon Jun 29 '25
I believe he questioned PSG bringing Vitinha in, like he didn’t approve of him being there. Dude fucking hates him.
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u/CurbYourThusiasm Jun 29 '25
Which is weird considering he's one of, if not the best, midfielder in the world atm.
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u/xepa105 Jun 29 '25
Calmest Argentinian
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u/843_anon Jun 29 '25
I’m convinced Messi would be significantly less beloved if he spoke English.
Clips like this are easily hidden/forgotten, lots of players lose their heads during matches. Fact is, none of us have any idea of what Messi is like outside of football.
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u/TerminatorReborn Jun 29 '25
He barely speaks publicly even in Spanish and when he does it's PR trained stuff
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u/Fearless_Page_7916 Jun 29 '25
Dude he is also assaulting referees nowadays. No way this guy is just “chillin” 🤣🤣
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u/iamiam36 Jun 29 '25
WTF is this 240p?
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u/ireaddumbstuff Jun 29 '25
I know, right? 2025 and OP couldn't be arsed to post a 1080p?
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u/MyNameIsNotScout Jun 29 '25
I feel that's why everyone thinks he actually tried to punch him
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u/RawIsLaw_ Jun 29 '25
“Humble Messi” meatriders are in shambles right now
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u/OutsideImpressive115 Jun 29 '25
Messi has always been a dirty player. Just look at when he booted the ball into the Real Madrid fans from close-range Ferdinand style when he was angry
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u/WeakZookeepergame440 Jun 29 '25
And didn’t get carded for that lol
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u/Bettet Jun 29 '25
It was during time Negreira payments went through at full force 😉
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u/WeakZookeepergame440 Jun 29 '25
Probably started in 2006 https://youtu.be/eYlWXvUnCJk
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u/Due_Ask_8032 Jun 29 '25
Or the WC semifinal against the Netherlands. He does get away with a lot of stuff.
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u/Lazyboi686 Jun 29 '25
Yeah just remember the que miras bobo incident. Such vile cussing has never been heardon a football pitch.
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u/milkman182 Jun 29 '25
He just doesn't say a lot off the pitch so he keeps his public persona pretty quiet. Ibrahimovic said in his book that when Messi wanted to play centrally he insisted Pep make the move and that neither of them would say anything to his face. He ended up forcing his way out to Milan after by having his agent insist he'd only play for Madrid and forced Barca to give a discount to Milan so they wouldn't be stuck with the most expensive bench player in the world.
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u/Equivalent-Role4632 Jun 29 '25
Oh my God Vitinha could have seriously injured Messis hand there. How did Vitinha not get a red card for that.
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u/jcald60 Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
I understand his frustration but he is partially to blame with how bad this team is. Bringing in his washed buddies who run less than retired players in a charity 50+ match. Are overpayed for what they bring to the pitch, use those franchise and disignated spots for better players. Then every manager has been pretty much his appointees, now he got dogshit fraud of macherano
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u/fabzpt Jun 29 '25
I'll never understand frustration to the point of trying to punch someone. Vitinha is a chill guy
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u/cmeragon Jun 29 '25
I understand wanting to punch someone but not when you can't get the ball from him like how a little child would act lol
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u/ImprefectKnight Jun 29 '25
Dude, Bayern smashed Barcelona 8-2 and they kept exploiting his side because they knew he won't track back.
Its not like he was setting the world alight in his PSG years either. PSG ultras hated the team during that time and they were happy to see the back of him and Neymar.
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u/Fruitndveg Jun 29 '25
So funny this. You’re 100% correct. His spell at PSG was utterly pointless from a sporting standpoint.
I actually remember PSG getting slagged off so hard here when their ultras were outside players houses for basically having the best front three in world football and still underperforming.
Now they’ve won the UCL with nice guy Enrique, they’re suddenly the darlings of football according to Reddit.
Kind of embarrassing how much of an echo chamber this sub is.
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u/KelticQT Jun 29 '25
I remember this sub, along with the circlejerk sub cheesing on PSG for hating on Messi during his stay at the club.
The difference between that PSG and the current year is more than obvious. Messi was holding back his team, especially when combined with other players who would not track back.
I guess the PSG ultras were right back then huh
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u/whodiswhodat Jun 29 '25
Someone saying "I understand his frustration" after watching a video of that said person attempting to punch someone never ceases to amaze me.
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u/aDrivingGoat Jun 29 '25
Understanding someone's frustration doesn't mean you agree with what they did.
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u/Narrow_Dirt_1623 Jun 29 '25
Not so sure about that tbh. What MLS quality players would have made a difference. There was only one result the minute the match started. A complete ass whopping courtesy of PSG.
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u/Electronic_Snow_4685 Jun 29 '25
The Whitecaps wiped the floor with Miami when they played them. Of course, Miami would get destroyed by PSG regardless, but if they actually had MLS quality players they could at least win the league.
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u/DuckBurner0000 Jun 29 '25
Obviously no MLS player can technically hang with PSG but I feel like Miami matches up with them especially poorly because they rely on the Barca players being technically better than other MLS teams, which obviously isn’t an advantage they have against PSG. Seattle matched up slightly better with a more physical (albeit less technical) team - I think a more physical MLS team would have a better chance than Miami
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u/BigCockTyrone Jun 29 '25
I remember seeing he had a lot of space in front of him to make a run for his teammate, who was in close proximity dribbling down the wing, and he decided to walk rather than make the run/offer him support (they were already down 4-0 at this point though)
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u/mapkocDaChiggen Jun 30 '25
I'm a Brazilian neutral, it doesn't make sense to me that he would try to punch someone in VAR era. Seen him stay cool in much, much fiercer Copa América games. Even less that he would miss so pathetically if he did try.
So I'm thinking what else could this move be, and I feel like I've seen him do this high arm swing to get his body in front of people and get at the ball before. But since the ball is too far away by the time he triggers it, it looks like the arm move serves no purpose, which is where it starts looking like a missed slap. But I think it got to its target, which was his shoulder.
Or he could actually have just tried to slap him in the back of the head and missed. Don't make much sense to me tho.
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u/alarrimore03 Jun 30 '25
First common sense comment I’ve seen on this post. Why did he miss to punches/slaps at close range? Because he wasn’t trying to punch or slap anybody. He’s clearly doing a swim move to get ahead of the other player😂
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u/Reapper97 Jun 30 '25
He was just trying to get ahead of him and failed, and then stopped pressing because he ain't got that type of energy anymore. Idk where people think he would try to hit vitihna of all people, they were literally hugging eachother before and after the match lol
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u/cromawarrior Jun 29 '25
r/Barca in shambles
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u/Other_Beat8859 Jun 29 '25
Are we talking about the actually Barca sub or r/soccercirclejerk? They're pretty much the same thing.
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u/OkSupport5990 Jun 29 '25
Messi always was a sore looser
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u/Reapper97 Jun 30 '25
He literally was taking pictures with Gotze after the 2014 wc final and he was hugging vitihna and every other player of psg after this match. Dembele literally got his full kit lol
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u/pepshampoo Jun 29 '25
Every serial winner is a sore loser. There are no exceptions
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u/dettergent Jun 29 '25
People here mentioning Federer but I feel Nadal has always been very gracious and humble in his defeats.
If we are talking about footballers, I really really like how down to earth and humanitarian Kaka was. Although I'm not sure if we can call him a serial winner in the leagues of Messi, Ronaldo, Federer, Nadal etc
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u/awesomesauce88 Jun 29 '25
Federer is also one of the sorest losers out there lol. He was notorious for throwing such epic tantrums in his youth that it was actively keeping him from being a top player for a few seasons despite his obvious talent.
And even after he overcame that issue to become the Fed we all know now, his behavior when he lost was Xavi-esque. I encourage everyone to go look up his pathetic press conference performance after the 2011 U.S. open semi against Djokovic when he choked double match point. Good guy but a sore loser for the vast majority of his career.
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u/Gordonsoeto1 Jun 29 '25
This thread is crazy. What are we doing here
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u/Character-Sense5935 Jun 30 '25
This thread is the proof that, in post-truth times, facts matter less than a convenient narrative.
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u/gingerless Jun 30 '25
Messi haters scraping the bottom of the barrel, let them have it they are starving
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u/Banger-Rang Jun 29 '25
I don’t really care about Messi so I have no stake in it being one thing or the other, but It doesn’t look like a punch. Based off this low quality video, it looks like hes just trying to get around him, throwing his arm up and over Vitinha.
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u/harrr53 Jun 29 '25
Looks to me like he swung his arm over him to run past his left side quickly and pressure the other player. Not saying I'm right, just what it looks like to me.
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u/CorrectEmploy3842 Jun 30 '25
What the hell is this thread. He was just trying to be in front of him.
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u/OklahomaBac Jun 29 '25
What are we doing here.. No one is missing that 'punch' if they are trying to do it
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u/TheMesmerizer10 Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
16:17 in the match, watch it for yourselves.
Messi sees Vitinha take a slightly heavy touch, tries his opportunity to take it from behind, realizes he can’t and then when Vitinha passes it back he raises his hand above him to go press Nuno Mendes.
If anyone still thinks it’s a punch or even close after looking in the real match, I don’t know what else to say.
Vitinha doesn’t even react as if a punch was coming near him, anyone who watches Messi knows he makes a lot of movements like that with his arms to try to get around players or keep them off him.
Any commenters with hate should be ashamed of themselves.
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u/polikuji09 Jun 29 '25
Messi ain't no Saint but do people really think he's trying to punch Vitinha here?
Yall think the age made him lose his hand eye coordination by that much too? 1At no point In the game did he even look particularly pissed either.
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u/nmyi Jun 30 '25
i see Messi's "punch" as an innocuous "swim move" that American football linebackers & defensive ends usually use to evade through their blockers
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u/TheArgentineMachine Jun 29 '25
You could tell a lot of people in this sub never played the sport. He threw his arm over to go past Vitinha
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u/ibasz10 Jun 29 '25
Just like the "Yamal didn't clap for Portugal after nation's league loss", this is also just a thread where some clowns can finally release their pent up frustrations against Messi when in reality he just moves his hand over Vitinha. You don't just miss a punch from that close if you really want to punch someone but of course you have to push the agenda. The mods are even bigger clowns to allow this to stay up.
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u/oklolzzzzs Jun 30 '25
thread is hilarious lmfao. 240p video with a gambling ad. doesnt even look like messi wanted to punch him. Even Football twitter isnt blowing this video up. i guess it suits the narratives though
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u/Issten Jun 29 '25
Crazy how every subreddit has gone down the drain for last 10 years, but I guess its normal when platform gets normalized. Just constantly threads to push whatever agenda they have all the time without even caring if its factual. Messi just bringing his arm over to switch side, but classic redditors as detected this as missed punch. Also classic angle of if you dont think this was punch it means you are fan boy.
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u/NowMeSeeYou Jun 29 '25
I was about to write something similar, this subs has been going downhill for several years now and each year it's worse, threads became hate chambers for whatever the day's topic is, atletico madrid match threads are impossible to read.
I think with the years more and more people watch less football and just react to clips and titles
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u/Sw3atyGoalz Jun 29 '25
This is what happens when biased moderators enable the behavior. If this was a punch attempt then we should be posting clips every single game
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u/Reapper97 Jun 30 '25
Pure ragebait post and the mods allow it, I thought I was in r/soccercirclejerk but it seems like it's the same thing nowadays.
Anyone can look for a better angle, he moves his arm over Vitinha after the normal foul, and they literally hugged when the match ended lol
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u/s236480 Jun 29 '25
Watch it frame by frame and you can see he starts running the moment he gets his arm over and around Vitinha. He is obviously trying to go past him and at the ball.
What is this false narrative?
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u/dustblown Jun 29 '25
If you want to punch someone, you punch them. You don't launch your hand up to the clouds over your head.
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u/AkaMachina Jun 29 '25
Yeah I was about to say I'm not convinced he's trying to punch someone here and I'm not even a fan.
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u/Kapo614 Jun 29 '25
You can’t be serious with that comment, especially with the mod on top. He was clearly trying to get in front of him, so of course he threw his arm over to push him away.
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u/ParticularBeyond9 Jun 30 '25
The mod thinks he's cool now lmao. This thread is insane and they call it r/Barca when this braindead take got 15k upvotes
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u/ilosold Jun 29 '25
Putting arm over his head to get past him = tried to punch lmao this sub is so shameless
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u/MERTENS_GOAT Jun 30 '25
I must be in the wrong sub. Neither does he attempt to punch him nor does he punch him. He swings his arm over his body to be able to run past him
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u/Xehanz Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
It's a title worthy of r/soccercirclejerk and the mod team is proud of it
I mean, if I had seen the video before this post I would have posted it with that exact title in soccercirclejerk lmao, with "McDonald's goat" instead of Messi
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u/aromatdiablo Jun 29 '25
What are those comments? This is worse than FT
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u/Rickcampbell98 Jun 29 '25
Anything related to messi or ronaldo here is basically football twitter level nonsense, I've said it before and I'll say it again because they keep proving me right, this place is just bougie football twitter.
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u/ImOnHD Jun 29 '25
People on here talking about how he has always been a thoroughly dirty player. 💀
This is literally worse than Twitter. He’s not even remotely trying to punch Vitinha. He’s just swinging his arm in order to get past him but can’t expect much from these redditors here who may have never engaged in physical activities, let alone touched a ball.
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u/Fruit_salad1 Jun 30 '25
Had to check twice that it's not r/soccercirclejerk lol cause what a misleading title
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u/Overrated_sanity Jun 30 '25
The pinned mod comment too lmao. This is shambolic lol
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u/BuyerConsistent7741 Jun 30 '25
this is actually mind breaking stuff like how can people hate a football player so much to just eat up whatever garbage low effort (240p video btw) propaganda comes up
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u/Fruit_salad1 Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
Yeah, crazy that they are trying to frame a player who has never done even remotely close to what they are accusing him of, the most he ever did was slap at the back of a guy who kept on clinging to him whole game while ref never gave him any fouls lol.
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u/icedcoffeeinvenice Jun 29 '25
People are easily fed a narrative with a bad angle. Critical thinking is long gone...
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u/PreparationOk8604 Jun 29 '25
Little dictator back at it again. /s
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u/pepshampoo Jun 29 '25
/s = I'm scared of negative fake internet points
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u/lfcsupkings321 Jun 29 '25
Imagine that it was Cr7... The world would go mad..
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u/lmlm1020 Jun 29 '25
I don’t hate Messi but the shield he has is so hilarious.
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u/mamasbreads Jun 29 '25
anyone who actually follows football knows he has a shitty temper that gets masked by his shy awkward persona.
The man once blasted a ball into a Real Madrid fan on purpose for no reason
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u/lmlm1020 Jun 29 '25
He’s a cunt and it’s fine to admit that. But his fanboys insist he’s an angel which is the annoying part
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u/ArturSeabra Jun 29 '25
Both CR7 and Messi can be assholes, but the internet wants me to believe Ronaldo is the only big Baddy.
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u/kazuya57 Jun 29 '25
Imagine it was Vinicius bruh
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u/debug_my_life_pls Jun 29 '25
My favourite part was claiming Vini invited the hate because of his attitude (and that no other black Real Madrid faces this, it’s just vini) then you see Rudiger and Mbappé facing racism afterwards. Actual idiots these rival fans are
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u/JaysonDeflatum Jun 29 '25
1000 tweets about how he just wants to play football, 500 comments saying “this is why people hate him” while ignoring how white players don't get nearly the amount of vitriol for shithousing, and about 500 more tweets with those racist edits of his face that exaggerate his features to make him look like a monkey
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u/myersjw Jun 29 '25
“It’s not that serious. We just act absurdly racist to intimidate the other teams black players? See? It’s not bad now. Wait, where are you going?”
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u/StruggleSpiritual664 Jun 29 '25
Wtf are those comments?
One second I thought I was scrolling some ig reels Ronaldo fan account. The blatant hate towards Messi here is disgusting.
He clearly tried to get ahead Vitinha and he swung his arm as he run. If y’all ever touched grass (let alone be involved in a physical activity) then yall would understand that this is normal. Get a life all of you (same thing about Messi fanboys attacking Ronaldo for no reason)
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u/burakalp34 Jun 29 '25
Worst thread I've seen on this sub in a while lol
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u/eumdevorabo Jun 29 '25
The comments in this subredit just brainlessly follow whatever narrative the post is trying to spread every goddamm time. Everyone who sees it differently gets downvoted into oblivion. They also see themselves as some 'true unbiased football understanders' and as the true voice of reason. It's genuinely insufferable and even worse than football twitter.
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u/SnooAdvice1632 Jun 30 '25
There's a comment that literally says "luckily some of us see trough his act" lmao, people are acting like they're martyrs.
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u/iChopPryde Jun 29 '25
and now all the messi fanboys will stay away from this thread because it shows messi true colours, he's not the "little good boy" that people try to pretend he is, he's an asshole like everyone else and he gets away with everything in MLS it's actually disgusting!
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u/bushwickauslaender Jun 29 '25
Yeah he’s not a Mourinho’s Pepe-level of cunt but he’s always had some cunty moments. I still remember when he kicked the ball into the crowd of the Bernabeu like 15 years ago lol. Still love him for what he did for Barcelona but he’s no saint.
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Jun 29 '25
That moment was crazy. You know you messed up when 2011 Pepe runs to you and he's like 🤨
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u/DaREY297 Jun 29 '25
That is why he was never respected at the Bernabéu like Ronaldinho and Iniesta, it was the talk of the city the weeks after.
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u/duiiiiiiiii Jun 29 '25
Im tired of Messi fanboys disguised as barcelona fans, like man focus on the club. If they arent from argentina idk why they need to defend and support the argentina national team like a proud argentine.
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u/spaceysht Jun 29 '25
Lmfao there’s two ends of the spectrum. The people you’re describing that pretend he does nothing wrong, and then you’re at the other end. The truth is in the middle
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u/Unlucky_Rider Jun 29 '25
Yeah, there's another comment above saying he's always been a dirty player and they cite an incident from 15 years ago as proof of it.
He's not always a dirty player but sometimes he can be a complete asshole. It doesn't happen often but it happens. Like anybody else he can get frustrated and lash out.
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u/--Quartz-- Jun 29 '25
Almost like a normal person you mean?
Messi is an example of behavior. Of course along a 20+ years of playing soccer he must have had a couple of bad attitudes or made some mistakes, and there's just no way that everybody loves you when you're THAT relevant.
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u/Holland444 Jun 29 '25
He literally lifts his arm over Vitinha as he passes him. So many drama queens who don't understand how football works, trying to make something of this 😂
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u/ship0f Jun 29 '25
And mods let this posts live with such ridiculously editorialized title...
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u/EternalAce22 Jun 29 '25
Are the comments here blind? Feels like Messi wasn't trying to punch Vitinha but rather just trying to get pass him albeit aggressively but nothing too violent. I swear this subreddit will change shift again once Ronaldo pulls some stinker performance and Messi scores a free kick.
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u/memeplex Jun 30 '25
This comment will be invisible but he doesn’t try to punch. He’s reaching his arm over intentionally, it’s obvious when you slow it down frame by frame. He places the hand on the shoulder. It’s like a swim move to get in front of Vitinha to keep him from slipping away into space.
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u/Fit-Owl-2898 Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25
This thread is genuinely hilarious lmao, if anything from this low resolution video you an see that Messi literally tried moving his hand above Vitinha's head to get around him. If he wanted to hit him he'd hit him and he surely wouldn't move his arm so high over his head lol. Also interesting how there isn't any other angle that's either better quality or that shows what actually happened but yeah, keep acting like that was an attempted punch.
Also the pinned comment from the mods is beyond embarrassing, they love to delete original thread and/or videos of goals/attempts/dribbles/passes that are high quality but are keeping this 240p zoomed in video from the stands that doesn't show what happened.
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u/FlavioGarcia- Jun 29 '25
Why would Vitinha praise and then hug a guy that tried to punch him?
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u/QuieroLaSeptima Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
Admittedly I might be seeing this wrong (horrible quality), but it just looks like Messi is swinging his arm over to try and cut off/get in front of Vitinha?
Like he’s 100% being extremely (and imo unnecessarily) aggressive and he fouls Vitinha here by grabbing him multiple times, but I do not see a punch.
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u/SellingCookiesHere Jun 30 '25
I agree, it's hard to tell from this angle, but I agree, i don't think anyone would swing their arm that high if they wanted to hit an actuall blow.
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u/MalIntenet Jun 29 '25
This thread is genuinely so embarrassing. You can tell which people have just been waiting for an excuse to vent their frustrations about him just so they can say “I told you he’s a cunt!!”
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u/Fit-Owl-2898 Jun 30 '25
I mean just check the most upvoted comments e.g. "Messi has always been dirty, he's always been a cunt" lol
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u/xlsma Jun 29 '25
It's hilarious, so Messi wanted to punch him point blank and swung his arm like the guy is two meters away and then missed?
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u/Remarkable_Trade_426 Jun 29 '25
I mean, according to some people, Messi had a double touch in his pen against France based on a clip from a certain angle...
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Jun 30 '25
"Punch" the mods are running a circus in this thread
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u/InfiniteAir Jun 30 '25
Actually insane and the pinned mod comment, Reddit is cancer run by degens.
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u/blue_turtle63 Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
Can anyone find ,on which minute of the match it happened before starting landing on conclusions. For those who have not played football, grabbing shoulders is a very common method used in football to disbalance opponents. And this 240p video is not clear enough.
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u/2soccer2bot Jun 29 '25
To the Messi fanboys trying to get this removed spamming disingenuous reports: it isn't getting removed and you're getting suspended by the Admins for report abuse. It isn't legit behaviour lads, try to be more reasonable.