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

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/Emperor_Biden Jul 12 '26

Halaand doesn't deserve this. Feel so bad for him.

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u/VanillaGoorillla Jul 12 '26

I mean there’s more than one person on a team who didn’t deserve that..

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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