Polémicas, más estadísticas y ganadores inesperados por el fenómeno Messi

Controversies, more statistics and unexpected winners due to the Messi phenomenon

I swear that I would like to touch on other topics, politics and the economy in my country is enough to write entire books, although I have no idea how to finance them, everything that is valued for services and things is so disrupted that no one sells for fear of not being able to replenish and few can buy what is offered for the crazy prices.

But I was born and live in the country where Messi was born and sport is one of my favorite subjects, therefore I continue to be obliged to deal with this subject, mainly because the GOAT never stops surprising all.

Yesterday, Sunday, I went in for a few moments to see what there was about sports on some social networks, and in all of them there were comments about Inter Miami and of course Messi, most of them of course praising what they had achieved in just a month, some trying to become famous inventing hot water and criticizing unusual things due to the ridiculousness of the proposals.

But in this scant month that the man from Rosario has been in the MLS, he has caused an endless number of events that have many winners, starting with Beckham of course, and the club itself. Still, there are also unexpected beneficiaries such as the Apple TV network, the streaming service that has been opening up. path among others much older and more powerful. Some will say that it was a strategic move of an extraordinary level, but most of us think that it was just luck that they were the only bidders for the exclusive transmission of the North American league matches, of course, a much lower competition in audience worldwide due to what we all already know: a shortage of figures and low quality of competition compared to the European and South American leagues. Nobody knew that Messi would end up accepting Beckham's offer and appearing in that league that had an explosive expansion in the number of viewers and viewers just to see the soccer phenomenon, surely Apple must be celebrating as if Steve Jobs himself were alive and presenting other technological innovations. The other chains are surely chewing on anger and some heads must have rolled there.

A couple of days ago I talked about statistics and the controversy generated by Messi's goal against Philadelphia where it was discussed whether it was the longest of his career or not. As soon as the mess was resolved and the controversy silenced, another envelope of the number of titles that the brilliant player achieved with this last one a few days ago arises. 43 or 44 is the number that is being discussed, the player's own father fanned the flames of controversy by posting a photograph on social networks where the figure of Messi is seen with the number 44 on his back, obviously, a photographic assembly that tries to show the number of titles, but many say that in reality, that number is "only" 43 because the Spanish Super Cup that Barcelona obtained in 2005 should not be counted since the Argentine player was not among the 18 summoned by coach Frank Rijkaard, in that super-populated squad of hierarchy players, although he was already part of the team and had played several league games that year.

Ridiculous discussion that surely Messi should not care in the slightest, let's say there are 43 and he has just matched his former teammate Dani Alves who is currently in jail for issues of gender violence. Here there is also another controversy and there are not a few who say that for a matter similar to that of Messi, the titles that should be computed for Alves are 42 and not 43. In any case, it is very likely that Messi surpasses or has already surpassed to the Brazilian and even if he didn't, nothing would happen. We all know that the achievements are overwhelming and he continues as if he just started playing.

Something that this controversy has reminded many football scholars is that a very young Messi, 3 days before that controversial final in 2005, made his debut for the Argentine team, in a friendly against Hungary in Budapest, entered the second half and in a dispute for the ball with a rival he pushed it away with his arms, the Hungarian player fell to the ground spectacularly as if he had been shot with a shotgun and the referee showed the Argentine a direct red card, only 50 seconds had elapsed since his admission, thus achieving another record that is still valid, he was the fastest national team player to have been expelled in all of history.

Statistics dominate sports and for those who follow them, here is another one, easy to calculate, but impossible to explain if it weren't for the fact that the protagonist is the great Argentine player: he has won 7 (or 8) more titles than years of life he has.

This movie is not over yet and it gets more and more enjoyable.