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until he retires

messi’s still the goat

so he’s got time

but he’s younger

mbappe’s efficient too

messi’s efficient

oh right

he’s played 5 wc’s

wait what

messi’s averaging 0.5

he averaged 3

so per wc...

but in 4 wc’s

he had 12

what about pele?

haha

for now

but messi’s still king

maybe

so mbappe’s future goat

messi’s retiring soon

mbappe’s got time

then pass messi

he’ll tie

if he scores 4 more

mbappe’s catching up

messi’s still close

but he scored a lot

he was quiet

i forgot about klose