5 theories about Lionel Messi that might be true

Lionel Messi has been one of the greatest ever footballers of all time. He is currently participating in the Copa America 2024 for Argentina and achieved a new milestone as the footballer with the most appearances in a major tournament. He made his 35th appearance in the opening game of the tournament against Canada and achieved the milestone of being the most capped footballer in the history of the Copa America. 

LM 10 has 54 goal contributions with 26 goals and 28 assists to his name combining the World Cups and the Copa Americas. The most by any footballer in the history of the game. He has numerous records to his name and some of them are unbreakable as well. The Argentine all-time leading goal scorer has the most goals for a single club, and has the most FIFA World Cup ‘Golden Ball’, along with several other individual accolades in his trophy cabinet.  

The 2024 edition of the quadrennial tournament will be his last as he turned 37 on Monday. He defied physics in some of the goals that he scored. In the article, we will be looking at the theories about Lionel Messi that might be true. 

Here are the 5 theories about Lionel Messi that might be true

5. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are good friends 

Ronaldo and Messi are two of the greatest footballers that have ever played the game. The two have had an intense rivalry over the years on the pitch as both of them have tried to surpass each other in every aspect of the game. But off the field, they have immense respect for each other, despite pushing each other to become the best on the field the two greatest footballers have a good relationship. 

4. Bottle Flip challenge

He has been known for defying laws in the games but this time it was off the field. Messi can be seen doing a behind-the-scenes shot for Pepsi when he gets the notion to do something special. He places a Pepsi bottle on top of a football and then kicks it into a round prop. The bottle flips before landing exactly on its bottom, and Leo pulls off this incredible magical trick, virtually impossible stunt by surprising and easily shocking everyone as there is some science over flipping the bottle. 

3. Insane goal against Athletic Bilbao

The former FC Barcelona man yet again did the impossible, as he did in the game against Athletic Bilbao past three defenders with an acceleration of 19.5 MPH in just under 3 seconds, before unleashing a 48 MPH shot that went into the goal. He did it all in just over 11 seconds, scoring one of his career's best goals and making the impossible possible. 

2. Leaping header against Manchester United

Messi is not the man best with headers due to his height and physicality. He replied to the very theory by doing a remarkable feat in the 2009 UEFA Champions League final against Manchester United. He jumped above a much taller Rio Ferdinand and scored a looping header over Edwin Van Der Saar which was the winning goal of the game for Barcelona. 

1. Most goal contributions

Messi has 833 goals and 372 assists beside his name, making a total of 1211 contributions; previously, he had 1200 contributions. This makes him the footballer with the most goal contributions in the history of the game as only Ronaldo is near him with 1147 G/A across all club and national competitions.