Guardiola: ‘Nobody can doubt Leo Messi is the GOAT’

Guardiola thinks that prior to Argentina’s stunning World Cup victory in Qatar 2022, Messi was already deserving to be considered the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). The City manager, who had great success with Messi at Barcelona, believes that those who prefer players like Maradona and Pele over the 35-year-old do so for “sentimental” reasons. He also believes that no other player will ever have a resume as impressive as that of the forward.

“Everyone has their opinion, but nobody can doubt he’s there with the greatest of all time,” Guardiola commented. “For me, I’ve said many times: he’s the best.

Lionel Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini

Forwarder, Midfielder

ArgentinaArgentina

Age: 37

170 cm

72 kg

Season 2024
Played 5 4 Missed
Minutes 404 80.8 Avg
Goals 5 1.0 Avg
Assist 2 0.4 Avg
Attempt 17 3.4 Avg
Passes 245 49.084.6% AvgSucc
Yellow 0 0.0 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 13 times for 1132 minutes for Ligue 1.

Lionel Messi scoring 7 goals for Paris Saint Germain. He procured 10 assists. He received no yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 1st in Ligue 1. In the last match Paris Saint Germain won 3-1 against Quevilly Rouen. The next match in Ligue 1 will be against Strasbourg.

The last time the teams played each other, the score was 3-1 for Paris Saint Germain.

Paris Saint Germain performance and stats

Paris Saint Germain

Manager: Luis Enrique
Rank 1st
Win 18
Draw 9
Loss 1
Goals 65-24
Diff 41
Rank 2nd
Win 2
Draw 2
Loss 2
Goals 9-8
Diff 1

Paris Saint Germain is currently 1st in the Ligue 1 with 41 points.

In the last 15 games, it has won 13 times and drawn twice. In its last match, Paris Saint Germain won 5-0 against Auxerre.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 43 goals and conceding 9.​

Paris Saint Germain will play the next match in Ligue 1 against Strasbourg on Wednesday 28th of December in Paris.​

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