Top 5 memes featuring Lionel Messi

#2. They don’t retire

This is just too hilarious

One of the things about the Argentina captain is that despite being a phenomenon that has won almost a million trophies with Barcelona while also scoring just a little less than a billion goals for the Blaugrana, he is still not regarded as the greatest player ever by some section of the football fraternity.

The reason? His failures with Argentina. Despite playing in three finals in a row – World Cup 2014, Copa America 2015 and 2016 – he has failed to win an international trophy in his career and it seems unlikely that he ever might due to the fact that the next World Cup is in the colder country of Russia, where the performances of South American countries might not reflect their true quality.

So when Lionel Messi failed to win a final for the third time in a row with Argentina in the 2016 Copa America - and that, too, after missing a penalty in the shootout - he immediately decided to quit international football and focus on club football instead. The football fraternity went berserk and it was only after a lot of convincing did he retract his retirement decision.

The decision might have been an impulsive one after missing the penalty and subsequently losing to Chile, but this meme is just fabulous.