Lionel Messi, hailed as the successor to Diego Maradona as Argentina's next great striker, has already recreated Maradona's famous "Goal of the Centrury." And now, by getting away with this handball goal against Espanya, Messi has also recreated Maradona's most infamous score, as well.
Up next for Messi: doing shitloads of cocaine and getting fat.
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It's not the fault of the Argentinians that they keep using their hands. Everything's backwards in the southern hemisphere — toilets flush in the wrong direction, soccer players use their hands instead of their feet, etc.
In the country of Rand-McNally, they were hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people!
if soccer was this good in US and A, people might actually watch it. but i doubt it
I can't understand a word they're saying.
Total flop.
Soccer is full or cheaters and floppers. Unlike basketball which has wholesome players like Manu ginobili, Avderson Varejo, and Bruce bowen. Those boys know how to play a sport right.
Wait a minute, wait just one minute. Since when can you not use your hands in football? Ohhhh, you mean soccer. Yeah, we don't follow that around here.
So did the goal stand?
I don't speak Argentininese.
Amazing. After all the talk about Leo becoming the next Maradona it actually seems like it's happening. I have nothing funny to say here, I'm just giddy to see he and Tevez roll over Brazil in Copa America.
What do we call this? The Hand of Jesus?
Nobody f's with The Jesus!!
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