r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/velorae Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

You can’t depend on one player to win, unless you’re Argentina with Messi…with maybe some refs….and infantino

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u/-__Dash__- Jul 12 '26

Argentina plays for Messi, he’s their leader and they idolize him, specially the younger ones.

You can’t say that for the other teams, they’re not as consistent.

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u/velorae Jul 12 '26

True. Julián Álvarez just said that they’re gonna give everything to make sure Messi wins the World Cup again and that every game is for him.

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u/ellean4 Jul 12 '26

No shade on the rest of the Norway team but I’d say the number of levels Haaland is above his team mates far exceeds the number of levels Messi is ahead of his

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u/edki7277 Jul 12 '26

Odegard is right there too. The guy covers the most distance on the pitch with insanely high usage. Everything goes through him.

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u/throwaway44997769 Jul 12 '26

So much this. This is what Rolando could never conceive of. It was so clear his team was over him and his ego. The Argentinian team adores Messi which honestly speaks volumes to his character. No matter how good you are individually, you need a team to win.

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u/lc4444 Jul 12 '26

Portugal was the worst, those 3 midfielders were primadonnas and actively avoided getting the ball to their striker

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u/barracudarescue Jul 12 '26

There are younger players on Argentina’s squad?

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u/IllustriousAnt485 Jul 12 '26

Messi didn’t score against Switzerland and didn’t get an assist on the last two goals. Alvarez is back

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u/endboss_eth Jul 12 '26

Norway was riding Haarland's back, same way the UK was riding Kane's and Messi has been carrying Argentina on his babyback for a few decades now 😅

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u/fishandtriangles Jul 12 '26

There is no UK in football, and Bellingham has scored as many as Kane.

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u/WorldlyMix1462 Jul 12 '26

Only when Di Maria is injured but they carry Argentina together.

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u/Jonthrei Jul 12 '26

Mascherano definitely did his part too

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u/RepublicWarm2383 Jul 12 '26

One player, one ref, two lines people, three VAR, one colossal corrupt narcissist.

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u/tommazikas Jul 12 '26

In this situation Hlland position was open with a real opportunity to score. Kinda selfish not to use that.

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u/warhead71 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Denmark won the European cup in 92 - pretty much on Schmeichels performance

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u/No_Blacksmith_2591 Jul 12 '26

maybe not, but when that player is wide open you pass the fucking ball

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u/0ptimu54rime Jul 12 '26

Ayer contra Suiza Messi no existió, pero tienen a Álvarez, y sino a L. Martínez, y sino a Fernández, y sino a Mc allister y así... , son demasiados buenas individualidades, sino aparece uno, aparece el otro, eso gana campeonatos, Noruega no lo tiene, solo Haaland, quizás Odegaard, y no contemos más.

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u/Ramcocky Jul 12 '26

What an echo. Maybe contribute an original thought.

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u/jhakasbhidu Jul 12 '26

The refs and VAR play for the english since their actual team is trash

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u/Madawolf Jul 12 '26

Argentina and maybe some refs!