Best player: Pelé, Most influential: Pelé

Messi challenged his throne, and that’s legendary by itself

If anyone ever wonders how Cristiano is the top international goalscorer of all times, have them watch this match

So, if anyone wants to know why South Americans got so pissed off at Mbappe saying their football is more competitive, this is it. France and Portugal playing these games against amateurs while Brazil and Argentina are losing games to countries with much stronger traditions. Bolivia and Venezuela, our weaker sides, would absolutely massacre the sides you play in Europe.

I sincerely can’t imagine why would anyone make the case for Kane to be even in the top 10 right now. Bellingham is in great form (probably the best form in the world right now), but the season has just started and we should see how it develops for him. As a Brazilian, these debates are particularly annoying. Neymar and Vini both had stretches in which they performed as well or better than Bellingham is doing right now in the last few seasons and they never got this level of insane hype this quickly, with Vini failing to get even to the shortlist of 12 players of the best last year (while Declan Rice did). The way in which English-speaking media shapes the debates and perceptions is insane.

Messi is blessed in terms of genetics, very professional, and also walks less than the keeper in a lot of matches he participates. His playstyle with nearly 0 defensive duties certainly helped his longevity

Modric deserved it for his career and for carrying Croatia to a world cup final. Only Cristiano getting a Balon d’Or in that STACKED Real Madrid squad that won five UCLs would have been a travesty. I sincerely don’t get why Reddit is so annoyed by Modric getting a Balon d’Or, seems to be a “stats” thing.

Now that’s just hating, lmao. Venezuela wasted a shitload of time and he ended the game before he should, but we just shouldn’t have let the game get to this point.

Critics will say it’s an exaggeration. That I’m taken by hyperbole. That I went crazy.

Well, I insist: Dinizism opens the doors of perception.

Dinizism is a way of feeling the game more than playing or analyzing the game.

Dinizismo doesn’t talk about numbers, accurate passes, assists or even the perception of possession of the ball.

Forget objectivities.

Close your eyes and feel.

It’s the masses in a trance in the stands.

Did you hear?

It’s that scene from Star Wars where Luke Skywalker is told to turn off the machines and follow his intuition.

It’s the sacred dialogue between team and fans.

It’s movement, displacement, creativity.

It’s the insistence on the goal despite the score.

It’s pure meditation: living in the present, in this moment, in the multiple layers of now.

It’s anti-ChatGPT, anti-algorithm, anti-system.

It’s a touch of the ball.

It’s Brazil - the Brazil of cracks, of samba, of capoeira, of rezadeiras, of terreiros.

You can try to explain as much as you want.

Try putting it into data, spreadsheets.

Talk about performance, processes, management. Stop trying to put it in a box and label it.

Anyone who understands Dinizismo does not know how to explain it.

Whoever knows how to explain it doesn’t understand.

Wabi Sabi.

We don’t watch football; football we feel (cheers to Sergio Vaz).

It was a pathetic draw against a Venezuela that should have been easily defeated, those fixated on objectivity will say.

Forget the score: it was much more than that.

It was pure love.

It’s time to end Dinizism

Critics will say it’s an exaggeration. That I’m taken by hyperbole. That I went crazy.

Well, I insist: Dinizism opens the doors of perception.

Dinizism is a way of feeling the game more than playing or analyzing the game.

Dinizismo doesn’t talk about numbers, accurate passes, assists or even the perception of possession of the ball.

Forget objectivities.

Close your eyes and feel.

It’s the masses in a trance in the stands.

Did you hear?

It’s that scene from Star Wars where Luke Skywalker is told to turn off the machines and follow his intuition.

It’s the sacred dialogue between team and fans.

It’s movement, displacement, creativity.

It’s the insistence on the goal despite the score.

It’s pure meditation: living in the present, in this moment, in the multiple layers of now.

It’s anti-ChatGPT, anti-algorithm, anti-system.

It’s a touch of the ball.

It’s Brazil - the Brazil of cracks, of samba, of capoeira, of rezadeiras, of terreiros.

You can try to explain as much as you want.

Try putting it into data, spreadsheets.

Talk about performance, processes, management. Stop trying to put it in a box and label it.

Anyone who understands Dinizismo does not know how to explain it.

Whoever knows how to explain it doesn’t understand.

Wabi Sabi.

We don’t watch football; football we feel (cheers to Sergio Vaz).

It was a pathetic draw against a Venezuela that should have been easily defeated, those fixated on objectivity will say.

Forget the score: it was much more than that.

It was pure love.

It’s time to end Dinizism

Neymar is absolutely disgusting. I would foul him if I played against him too tbh nothing you can do

Smart, what to say. Burned a few minutes of the clock by abusing the opposition players’ fragile egos (“he made a trick with the ball that wasn’t necessary, me smash to protect my hurt masculinity!”). Almost got someone sent off too, probably would with a different reff.

17 years and 2 months, 11 professional goals