Messi And Argentina's Goalie Talking A Bunch Of Shit To Guys Missing Penalty Kicks Is Exactly What Soccer Needs To Stay Awesome

My sweet Jesus, this is how you talk shit. I've talked before about European soccer being a different breed and rightfully so, but South American soccer? Now we're talking legit crazy. You don't want to give up an own goal if you play for a South American country. You also don't want be pissing off guys like Messi and Emi Martinez. Soccer has a ton of dumb rules - yellow card accumulation, away goals, delayed offside flags and VAR just to name a few - but this? This is what we need more of. Of course the ref tried to ruin it because refs are simply the worst people in the world, but give me this sort of rivalry. Give me a goalie calling someone a pussy before making a save. Give me a goalie telling a guy to look at him right in the face before he kicks a penalty kick. It's like Baseketball psyche outs, but just straight up shit talking. I want more of that across all sports, but especially in penalty kicks. This is what Messi is referring to when he screamed about dancing: 

Wasn't even against Argentina! Makes me love it even more. Just straight up hatred of a dude dancing. Again, I have no problem with this. I know, I know. That PK didn't seal the win for Colombia at the time. But it's still a PK goal to go up 3-1. It matters. I'm all for shit talking and celebrating. Have some fun with it, it's sports. Just know if you celebrate, you have the target on your back and can't retaliate to someone talking shit to you. 

Honestly, Emi Martinez is the real star here. His shit talking is impeccable. From straight up telling the dude he's nervous to saying he knows exactly where he's shooting, I love it. But the best move? The pelvic thrust at the 39 second mark. Just a straight up hump move that's laugh out loud funny since it's just one pump. Love it.