John Bruin

Well, yeah, I know what you're saying about outside of football, but I think when your life inside of football...

is so incredible.

When you've done what Messi has done and continues to do, then it rebuts all other arguments.

I mean, we know all the stuff that, you know, like the Saudi stuff and all this kind of stuff that is... But I think, like, he's just such a phenomenon.

And he is... It is...

So fascinating that he remains so compelling to watch in a way that you wouldn't think anyone would be compelling to watch when they're doing so little so much of the time, when they're observing.

Messi had that shot that was saved when he's going for his hat trick and the camera cuts to a smiling Gianni.

You just thought, oh, you've spoiled it again.

You know, it's like, do we have to see this guy?

And you can see the grin of like, oh, it's all coming together.

If Messi does this, then the headlines move on from the issues of visas and...

players being searched on runways and, you know, referees not allowed and all the rest of it.

Isn't it mad?

Because Messi, yeah, Messi scored, yeah.

Yes, that's very well put, yeah, yeah.

And that is what is happening.

It's, you know, get the ball out and hope that something good happens so that we can just remember how good football is.

And...

Listen, we're not new to this.

This has happened.