{"id":157893,"date":"2026-02-08T16:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=157893"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:26:33","slug":"why-did-this-player-try-to-square-up-to-messi-and-regret-it-%f0%9f%98%b1%f0%9f%90%90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=157893","title":{"rendered":"Why Did This Player Try to Square Up to Messi\u2026 and Regret It? \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\udc10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5poBJzQ7ASs?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>One player got way too confident and decided to step up to Lionel Messi like he owned the pitch\u2026 but that was a huge mistake. \ud83d\ude33\u26bd<br \/>\nMessi didn\u2019t back down \u2014 he shoved him off, not once but multiple times, like a warning. The other guy thought it was done\u2026 until Messi pulled out a brilliant move that completely shut him down and reminded everyone why he\u2019s HIM. \ud83d\udc10\ud83d\udd25<br \/>\nWatch until the end to see what Messi did next\u2026 because the finish is wild. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>#Messi #LionelMessi #MessiSkills #MessiMoments #Football #Soccer #GOAT #Ronaldo #MessiVsRonaldo #FootballShorts #SoccerShorts #ViralShorts #SportsShorts #FootballHighlights #MessiMagic #SkillMoves #Legend #Trending #Shorts<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5poBJzQ7ASs\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One player got way too confident and decided to step up to Lionel Messi like he owned the pitch\u2026 but that was a huge mistake. \ud83d\ude33\u26bd Messi didn\u2019t back down&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10588,"featured_media":157894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/157894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}