Reminder that Messi is Player, not an Entertainer.

I've seen a lot of angry comments (Mainly on Twitter, unsurprisingly lol) about how Messi only played for about half an hour before leaving. And while i understand that people spend a good amount of money to go see him play after his international call up, he's not there to put up a show, he's there to win.

Messi had a noticeable discomfort on one of his legs (Which is most likely the reason he didn't play against Bolivia a few days ago) and leaving him play the rest of the game, risking it evolving into an injury against a subpar rival, days before a Final ONLY to get some Ticket-Value TikTok Highlights Messi Goals is like the dumbest thing they could have done.

I will gladly take Messi playing half of an already won match if that means he can recover and store energy for when is truly necessary 🖤🩷