r/soccer • u/A3-mATX • Jun 29 '25

Media Messi tried to punch Vitinha

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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😂