Watching Luka feels like how it felt to watch 17 year old Messi
The skill, the vision, the understanding, the enthusiasm are all eerily similar.
That is all.
Posted Feb 9, 2019, 12:00 AM UTC
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Can confirm. In European sports, 18-19 is the normal breaking out age for top talented athletes.
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Closest comparison of possible career trajectory is Kylian Mbappe.
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I beg to differ. Messi drove past 8 player and won he's first CL when he was 19. He humiliated a whole Manchester squad all by himself when he was 20 yo. I think luka will be a legacy player but do not compare him the goat of football. I think it's fair to have the idea since we all feel tjat luka could be the recepiant of an all time great but messi already was when he was 20.
Pardon the selfcentred hailing messi comment i just dropped but i am a big of football...aaaand i m leaving.
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Everyone forgets the real god of football, Ronaldinho. That was his UCL.
And to be fair Luka won the EuroLeague at 18 while being the MVP, that is the same success but with more protagonism than what Lio had when he was 18.
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what a painful year for a madrid fan but holy shit that barca team was insane
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Luka is not a great athlete but Messi is. Messi is very fast and agile and has great balance. Just cuz he is short does not mean that he is not a great athlete.
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Dude Messi is 33 now. When he was Luka's age he was a bag of bones.
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i don't understand - you are contesting the emotion i felt watching messi and feel watching luka?
and as the other guy points out, leo hardly won his first CL by himself and luka so far has been surrounded by absolute scrubs - who would even be the harrison barnes of football? certainly no one at barca
i didn't put much thought into this post, but thinking about it a bit more, i'll go even further - luka feels more like 18 year old messi
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True. Let's hope he make it up there with the greats and make us feel proud.
However i remain on my point messi was one in a lifetime prodigy Luka is a prodigy but not a one in a life time
Sorry for not being a hyper luka fan
And i admit i was wrong about commenting. I thought it was like a statement not as an impartial observation and pardon for the last word.
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we'll see if he gets there but i'm watching the nba for 25 years now and he's the best rookie i've seen - only one even on this level is timmy, and he was like 4 years older
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Even vs Lebron?
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messi was injured when they won that champion ,he was showing flashes of his magic but wasn't a superstar yet just like luka is doing now idk if luka is gonna turn up to be as amazing as messi but i think it's a good comparison
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Lol, that UCL was won by Messi just as much as Damian Jones won GSW the titles. He didn't "humiliate the whole Manchester squad by himself at 20".
Why are you reimagining history lol
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As a huge soccer fan, I can say that Luka is a great player for his age but pls do not compare him to Messi. Messi at 20 years old was miles ahead of everyone else, he had it all, dribbling, vision, scoring ability.If Luka was putting 40 points a game and was the best player in the league, that would have been a fair comparison, but right now Luka has a lot of things to improve-defence, scoring percentage, athleticism, just to name a few
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When Messi was 20 the best player in the world was Ronaldinho BY TOO FUCKING FAR.
I'm inclined to believe you did not watch Messi's early seasons in real time if you say that by then he was better than Ronaldinho or Thierry Henry or even Gerrard. He did surpass them but they were miles ahead of Messi when he was 18-21 years old.
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You totally missed his points and comparison, reread it.
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difference is Messi has elite physical traits for a soccer player whereas Doncic does not for a basketball player. There's a lot of delusion out there when it comes to Doncic. I mean, he's shooting just 43% and you want to compare him to possibly the best soccer player ever? wtf?
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Elite physical traits, lol. You seem to be the only one with delusional meltdowns.
If these are elite physical traits them I'm fucking Godzilla: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/1005/soc_messi_04.jpg
Messi was a 5"7' bag of bones with some skin around them.
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Huh, body size isn't everything. Especially not in football AND when you're a winger.
He was incredibly fast, quick on his feet, great balance and could turn in tight corners like nothing.
Matter of fact, Messi was more physically gifted as a winger than 99% of players. Its only when he plays as a center forward that you can say his size is a disadvantage. But then he's played more as a #10.
This is like saying KD doesn't have elite physical traits for basketball based on his skinny body.
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When playing for Argentina between 18-20 he was bodied around the entire game. He could not make true impact until he put up some weight and muscle. He had unbelievable ball control and that was his biggest feat but was only able to showcase it at the beggining of his career in Spain because they played defense on the ball instead of on the man. And they were pretty bad at that during the time too. He had to improve his body more than his skill or IQ in order to become the legend he is now. I don't see why anyone would not notice it.
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Well having strenght and being strong is not necessery for an elite soccer player. Messi was always very fast and agile and he also has great balance when the ball is at his feet.Dennis Smith and Bron are both considered great basketball athletes despite the fact that only one of them is big and powerful. It is the same with Messi and Ronaldo.
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well lets hope luka turns out to be messi of basketball hehe
Jordan/Lebron Who?