Do Americans Know Who Lionel Messi Is?

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[@sriram-rr4cp]

Usa is a only nation where Messi walks easily without any disturbance on streets

[@shenaridias9385]

sriram facts maybe even sri lanka

[@victoriababcock7087]

sriram facts if he walked by me I would stop him and get his signature, a selfie and go on and on about how he is the best

[@mbig1805]

sriram 007 not true in america he is very famous he cant walk in streets of argentina,mexico, colombia etc

[@furkanbozdag8198]

@@mbig1805 yeah we can see That

[@ephraimtan9695]

Agreed

[@mikepachon5770]

What do you expect from a place where there is a tournament between teams of their own country and call it "world series".

[@peter12246]

Mike Pachón 🤣

[@seonghunkim4206]

lol

[@markmolino6091]

Mike Pachón ,Exactly

[@aniesi2486]

Haha best comment 😁

[@thesce12]

Ok, pretty much, but still no. Canada has played in the world series, and is in their league, and won the world series in 1992 and 1993. When they won in 1993, Joe Carter hit a home run to win the world series.

[@amann7166]

I'm from Germany and my 85 year old grandmother who has never watched a football game and doesn't know one German football player knows who Messi is

[@rasheedelakhlaqsiz4753]

That doesn't make any sense!

[@user-xg9hw3mc3w]

@@rasheedelakhlaqsiz4753 أعتقد تقصد أي شخص يعرف ميسي تقريبا لانه مشهور كلش 😀😀

[@tiredbutbored3295]

Same I’m German!

[@mistyriazi1108]

My grandfather also.

[@weisscheiss2613]

Mein auch 😂😂

[@gunchinsurenmunkhdalai7667]

Ladies and gentlemen we just discovered a new planet. And it’s called U.S.A

[@anamelendez3441]

10/10

[@jasonaniniagyei5732]

Yh

[@mohammedsabith2014]

😂

[@ukeshjoshi4088]

this comment make me laugh for whole week..

[@etienne2419]

😂😂👌

[@iTzMajman]

Wait what.. americans that doesn't know something outside of their own country? what a surprise!

[@smileydude1195]

Majman they got ignorant people. If they were in Illinois everybody would know him. Trust me

[@leavenowitness3063]

why would we focus our time on other countries when we have our own problems? i swear people from other countries are just fucktards

[@swishgod6623]

It's not a popular sport In their country. Why should they care??

[@lacuna5239]

No one said focus on other peoples problems. But at least knowing about countries out side of your own, their cultures etc would be nice. It makes Americans seem really uneducated and self absorbed.

[@hollowkid97]

AKSEO why should they know athletes from sports that they dont even watch?

[@annikalindholm9543]

Being european, makes this 10 times funnier

[@juanandres961]

And latino. i bet they cant locate argentina lol or anything that is not mexico

[@liverpool3299]

Annika Lindholm lol I'm American and a Bigg football fan and this is just cringey

[@liverpool3299]

juan andres Arias well I'm in Barcelona rn

[@zoemartinez2340]

being for Argentina makes this a 1000 times funnier

[@taylorst4wart123]

Annika Lindholm Being anyone that knows the slightest about football it is funny. (Not talking about American football)

[@jaguarexpert6598]

Messi could literally walk all around the buzzfeed office and nobody would recognize him

[@tulparkultigintengrikut8440]

hahahahhaahhaah

[@shsgsbsgsb7993]

Only three people

[@hazzyg11]

That's because america

[@2345ronaldinho]

hell, they would probably call security on him

[@Mr.Starman-XD]

@@2345ronaldinho and when he tell everyone he's Messi, and everyone will be like "Messi ? Who? "

[@b.o2221]

Messi is bigger than the whole nba and nfl combined lmao😂

[@jasonaniniagyei5732]

Yeah

[@philmccracken179]

You do know the NFL MLB and the NBA are by far the biggest most successful leagues in the world right?

[@b.o2221]

@@philmccracken179 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@philmccracken179]

@@b.o2221 that’s what I thought

[@b.o2221]

@@philmccracken179 you thought what? Messi and ronaldo have more instagram followers then all nfs and nba players combined lmao. You cant compare no sport to football, its by far the biggest sport on the planet

[@Hablainfo]

Come on, only three people who knew him?

[@hollowkid97]

He-Man so?

[@izzy4261]

road runner bill stfu and it's FOOTBALL

[@emi8965]

road runner bill Football* and Is the most popular sport in the world .

[@robbymunoz6840]

road runner bill your gay

[@ludmiladino3791]

Goddess Miranda.Cosgrove em.. he is the best player in the freaking world.. even if you don't like """soccer""" you should know him

[@SoccerEverywhere2]

I feel disrespected.

[@phoebehuynh54]

Messi lol

[@alfredschlicht2662]

Please grant them forgiveness o merciful Lord for they do not know what they have done.

[@rachellebotte7309]

Messi 😂😂😂

[@user-ep3mu6gu4n]

You are good but not good enath to be know in the us

[@arsen-jb1gs]

Amir Shakur lmao, u mean good on being a celebrity. messi isn't neymar or ronaldo good at dating celebrities or fame models. messi is good at football and he is known for that.

[@majkokatic9991]

They dont know who Lionel Messi is, and this country will host world cup. Where am i living?

[@nsd781]

Earth 🌎

[@hmmyes7807]

They have infrastructure, they have passionate fans outside of those bozos, and they didn't cheat to host (cough cough Qatar cough cough)

[@Tech-cy9yo]

I’m American and I don’t even watch soccer and I know who Messi is and what teams he played for. Bro I don’t know these people man...

[@cdxst3968]

@@Tech-cy9yo messi only played for 1 major teams too be honest

[@fares1723]

@@cdxst3968 he also means argentina

[@aryahegde9409]

Bro I'm from india and we've only recently started taking football seriously as a country, and my 80 year old grandmother knows Messi

[@ironpiece1816]

Maybe taken seriously from certain part of india. We from kerala football is our blood.

[@anubratamandal1894]

@@ironpiece1816 le west bengal " hold my beer "

[@tedtalker101]

@@ironpiece1816 so how much football we can make from your blood

[@ryderhopsup573]

Wee bengalis have been enjoying football for ages.

[@nehphangmawlong4112]

@@ironpiece1816 same here in Northeast

[@morganbean8582]

I've never been so disappointed..

[@SurivalGames4EVER]

Morgan Bean Haha

[@morganbean8582]

veni vidi yess? 😂

[@morganbean8582]

veni vidi I'm a good soccer player lol. Not just one of those bad ones. I have a torn acl rn and I still play on it without having had surgery.

[@s4v4ge167]

Morgan Bean same

[@morganbean8582]

veni vidi I'm getting surgery in February, it doesn't hurt at all so I still play

[@guilherme_v0]

Americans are kind living inside a bubble or parallel universe. This is weird

[@saipenumaka6119]

I'm not

[@Mickey-zp7vu]

Gui Oliver this was just buzzfeed if you actually go out and ask people who that is most people know him

[@oscararellano3801]

They only care about stuff inside their borders

[@cornekeetels5293]

UhOhItzEdge i think it’s not just what they want to know... but that’s also the only stuff they get TOLD (im not american btw)

[@lobaxx]

Americans call a domestic baseball tournament "The World Series", and it's not as if Baseball isn't big outside of the US as well. For Americans, everything outside of America might as well be happening in Mars for all they care.

[@charlesdavis3571]

I am an American, and I am a big fan of Messi… but I was shocked to see this video.

[@Am-wt3sm]

Me too

[@ahmetemirakbyk2948]

@@Am-wt3sm Do your american friends know who Messi is?

[@Am-wt3sm]

@@ahmetemirakbyk2948 yeah they do but they only know that his a famous "soccer player" they don't really care about soccer cause most Americans don't really care about soccer at all.

[@ahmetemirakbyk2948]

@@Am-wt3sm What do they think who GOAT is? Messi or Ronaldo? In the world, Messi is GOAT mostly

[@Am-wt3sm]

@@ahmetemirakbyk2948 they think it's Ronaldo.

[@jess5460]

Ah yes, in America, Messi is famously known as "Who?"

[@whitebenrr]

Wrong

[@kJ922-h3j]

like Tom Brady is everywhere else in the rest of the world

[@nickn9244]

Messi is irrelevant tbh

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@nickn9244 the current best in the world, many would say the best ever, in by far the worlds biggest sport. Ok fella lol

[@nickn9244]

@@kJ922-h3j true

[@namunaama]

Is America the only place where football isn't the most popular sport??? How do they not know who Messi is?

[@colinrs4844]

Naama Benamy Its not popular, Basketball and American Football are the most popular here. Honestly, you will see a few Soccer/ Football Jerseys, but most people could care less about the sport

[@juanandres961]

They dont care cus they dont have good players, if usa cant brag about it is not worth it lol thats how usa works lol

[@seagee845]

its mostly because its boring

[@KittiChan1]

The US National just doesn't have any insanely famous players playing in Europe and also none of their best players are even remotely close to win a ballon d'or at the moment. But Pulisic playing for Borussia Dortmund might be the guy to change their opinion if he becomes good enough to compete with the best of the best. Until then America is pretty much uninterested in a sport they can't really compete in.

[@ashluna5104]

American football, baseball and basketball are the most popular sports. American football is the most hyped probably... baseball has deep routes in our culture although it's not as popular amongst young people (besides the World Series) ... basketball is super popular specially in the African American community.. Nobody talks about soccer/football rly outside of the Latino community... and it's kind of boring compared to the popular sports here..

[@thiagobadra6445]

You are asking to a country that calls "soccer" instead of "football"

[@nailahsaquee6719]

Ezequiel Varela so?

[@nailahsaquee6719]

It's not just USA that calls it that, look it up.

[@DMC7563]

The sport is called FOOTBALL. THE ENGLISH CREATED AND THEY NAMED IT... GUESS IT: FOOTBALL!

[@Fingers998]

Iván Alonso and they also gave it a nickname: soccer, which was adopted in countries which already had a football code, whats the big deal, just different word referring to the same sport.

[@DMC7563]

And why they gave it a nickname? You can't say football? It's so difficult for yall to pronounce a word?

[@mimibuenafe]

Henry Thiery: "IF YOU LOVE FOOTBALL AND YOU DON'T LOVE MESSI...YOU HAVE A PROBLEM" WELL YOUR COUNTRY DON'T EVEN KNOW FOOTBALL,SO WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?!

[@elochukwuvalentine8470]

Hahahha... I'm dead right now

[@alexmartinez8671]

Its Thiery Henry

[@ahbabraufahmed3058]

Man.. That's enough to star a comment sec. war. And I'm from Bangladesh.

[@arkadeepsinha7212]

Tbh Henry said "If you love football and you dont love FC Barcelona, you got a problem."

[@ahbabraufahmed3058]

@@arkadeepsinha7212 B R U H

[@luissaenz1243]

Messi is 1000 times more important than Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods. If you go to any place of the world, all the kids go crazy with Messi. If you are an argentinian as me, if you go to places like Bhutan or Myanmar if you say you are argentinian, the people the first thing they say is "Messi". Not even Pope Francis is as popular as Messi. The northamericans are isolated cause of this, what they call football should be called "american rugby", cause the real football is the one that its being played all over the world.

[@dontneedtoknow312]

@@jehnsn_ Then why did you reply to it? Football fans don't fki n care whether you care about it or not.

[@angelicaireann3952]

My heart stopped when he said that they invited him

[@samruddhiekhande1129]

HAHAH SAME

[@DensDaPens]

They did, he just didnt respond. Lol

[@Jake12323]

Garhangover GT SAME

[@HOWZERGOD]

SAME I JUST SCREAMED INSIDE But then the photo

[@sebastianredgwell9133]

Same

[@brauliotellez4846]

I am just depressed at my people

[@ayushmishra7742]

Random Guy

[@risyadabdulwahid7673]

Random Guy you are not alone

[@ionamclean1420]

Ik how do they not know

[@henrysonfixolas2577]

Random Guy ahhahahahahahhahqhahahahhahahahah it's true

[@subscriberswithnovideos-ig7kc]

You’d think people know him by now,also greatest football player.

[@justmoonwithamustache]

When I lived in Jamaica, even people who don't watch football know who Messi is

[@afzalakbar1260]

American lives in his own world, JUST came to INDIA and ask about MESSI

[@oluwaponlekudehinbu3100]

That's why the US can't even qualify for the world cup!

[@robocop2968]

How many scam letters have you sent to the US offering to share your millions with people whom you don't know?

[@oluwaponlekudehinbu3100]

Jesus Loves you. You need him @robocop

[@robocop2968]

I hope so, I sure love him, I never cheat people, i help people and I know how to make foo foo

[@kamogelodk6907]

Oluwaponle Kudehinbu the best comment by far😂

[@AR-rh1fv]

Yes

[@mychannelhasonly1videojust61]

Do Americans even "football"?

[@p4nda469]

no.. those experts "Soccer"

[@sgdadonn1541]

Everyone in my school knows who he is

[@jordivelasquez7779]

RedHood i actually never called it soccer and i live in America

[@Infrno]

*futbol

[@ioanvladimirov9732]

no they play handegg and think it's football and called the god of sports soccer.

[@kikearce3661]

He didn't answer ur calls or emails? What did u expect? Messi doesn't have time for american peasants.

[@adriagonzalezarmengol9616]

It was sarcasm

[@ejbvides4625]

America has enough famous athletes we're good

[@mgm8255]

@@adriagonzalezarmengol9616 vegettita

[@adriagonzalezarmengol9616]

MGM 825 pikachu

[@Chicken56877]

I don’t know why you think it is okay to call someone a peasant

[@alejandroherrera6568]

I come back to this video every now and then whenever I feel like torturing myself

[@angel-fr9po]

This video is so sad literally

[@crowns9966]

everything in it is so sad

[@WildExplorer97]

so sad for EE.UU

[@Leandro.Patagonia]

angel 298 America is a sad country.

[@tkyk4893]

Lol I was thinking the same thing

[@hyperhippo9035]

xDumais you,don’t even have to know anything about a sport to guess who the guy was. I don’t know anything about basketball but I could name a few players if you showed me pictures

[@amblehhh]

When the guys said.. "Lionel Messi" "Number 10" "Argentina" "Barcelona" I going to adore that buzzfeed dude

[@greken2400]

Messi lives the dream, he can walk around in the US without any problems

[@michelleririn5075]

probably even right now, when he's playing for inter miami (yes american are so in their own world they must collectively autistic 🤣)

[@gamedude108]

In South LA people know who he is easily

[@owendffa]

yeah because there’s a lot of latino

[@fartass8299]

That makes me a bit happier

[@rodrickheffleyjr]

Because there are a whole bunch of Latinos/Hispanics in LA that's why. Also here in Texas everyone knows Messi

[@daviddobrikismymom4733]

Zach: "Its Messi." Keith: "The lochness monster?"

[@ruhxamdam]

If they don't know who Messi is then they are more isolated than North Korea.

[@Mickey-zp7vu]

Madhur Jain not everyone in America doesn't know who Messi is im American and I know who he is and so do millions of other Americans

[@nadjibe]

Michael Nyamohanga no they dont u still isolated

[@ujjwalbhandari2983]

"Soccer" made me go insane.

[@philmccracken179]

You mean kickball?

[@Stephensofceea]

It's funny how the american government is meddling in everybody else's business but it's people are blissfully unaware of everything that's outside their borders. Messi probably is the most popular face in the world right now.

[@ra-v5744]

I'm Messi's fanboy but Ronaldo is more popular, I'm sure more Americans would recognize him. Still Ronaldo is far from being the most popular face in the world...

[@0123sofilinda]

Donald J Trump in most countries people don’t give a damn about Olympics, but the world cup, that’s something people watch, specially Europe and Latin America. And Messi is the fucking god of football

[@ahmedbarwary5877]

not just Europe and Latin America, everywhere except for North America.

[@ra-v5744]

according to top 10 most famous people in the world, Mark Zuckerberg is most popular, and no athletes are in it at all

[@repeagle1079]

Actually cr7 is one of the more followed person in the world if not the most on the social network 74,5 million followers on Twitter, 122 million on Facebook and 134 million on Instagram. Correct me if I'm wrong

[@deveshpandey7489]

Even in India (where football is not such a big sport), everyone from a taxi driver to a rickshaw wala know Messi and Ronaldo....

[@saurabhvimal1008]

True

[@areeanachy9137]

Devesh Pandey IKR.. I live in Bangladesh and even here everyone from littlw to old knows .. I was so surprised that these people didn't know him

[@bindurajmohan4811]

Devesh Pandey Yeh. That's true.

[@equinox.9341]

Devesh Pandey lol 😂😂

[@duke9815]

The whole world knows him except Americans. They are interested in their sports.

[@CristianoRonaldo-so1dp]

Who tf didn't know Lionel messi 🤣

[@nope6908]

It's not popular here

[@snehapc7274]

@@nope6908 but how? Messi,Neymar and Ronaldo are most famous peoples in the whole world!! I cant believe that American's don't know these greatest athletes 🙃

[@nope6908]

@@snehapc7274 most Americans are just not passionate about soccer

[@pendingbadness7084]

Americans are so isolated it’s crazy 😭

[@nope6908]

No, soccer is just not popular here

[@pendingbadness7084]

@@nope6908 and it’s the biggest game in the world,everywhere in the world. Yeah defs isolated

[@nope6908]

@@pendingbadness7084no, we're just into other things, just not soccer

[@enochawofeso935]

American are living in their own world.

[@accountuser4525]

Enoch Awofeso So true

[@eurekanunez2376]

Why should we care about who that little bastard is if we don't give a crap about soccer which by the way sucks!

[@abdulbari-_-]

CURIOUS EYE he wasn't criticising.

[@28saul]

CURIOUS EYE American football is pretty boring. And by the wey Americans stole our name of football, American football should be called handball they don't use their foots allot.

[@MrSuperNovah]

Mate, they are the world, anyone outside the US doesn't exist.

[@larsdejong545]

Every counrty but America knows who messi is

[@tomasdelcampo2]

except america is a continent not a country

[@agarrikr2996]

Tomas Del Campo America is referred to the US country. Stop doing the neerdo and just stfu cuz u aint showing sh**

[@tomasdelcampo2]

I don't even know what you meant. The rest of America(the continent) refers to it as such and not the USA, idk it just sounds specially weird in the context of your sentence. I live in the USA, I get it but still

[@larsdejong545]

Oh sorry i always thought that it was America

[@robocop2968]

You based your judgment on this video or you have asked 320 million Americans?

[@heyu3544]

*Who cares if AMERIKA doesn't know Messi as long as he is know to the world🌎 😊*

[@nickn9244]

Messi is irrelevant tbh

[@farhanasharmin8997]

@@nickn9244 Your country and your mom is irrelevant

[@styleshine9234]

@@nickn9244 You need a dictionary 🤣

[@shobhitsaurabh2273]

@Trump lost, move on Messi's insta followers are more than us population😂. combine all american atheletes and they would have 1% of messis fanbase

[@thesenate433]

1:39 says the guy who took so long to recognize the best football player

[@bph155]

Is America on a different planet or something?

[@titu120]

BpH yes u right .they voted Donald trump u don't know .

[@robocop2968]

Yes, it is called planet USA which is a part of planet Earth!

[@meriguito01]

THEY LIKE TO PLAY EVERY SPORT WITH THEIR HANDS THEY CAN'T PLAY WITH THEIR LEGS THAT'S THE TRUE.

[@VSM101]

They like basket ball for some strange reason ????????

[@carlossaavedragomez4987]

Costa Rica EL GRANDE But knowing and icon famous person like Messi is general knowledge, you do not need to love soccer, Im not a lover o music but I would recognize Michael Jackson

[@Novak2611]

That's why football players spend their vacations in the US in peace.

[@elochukwuvalentine8470]

This one really off me 😂

[@ammoosestudio5437]

😂😂

[@abdirahmanidris290]

Messi has fans outside his miami hotel actually

[@shamsulhadijah6840]

Make sense

[@juice8431]

A lot of people in Florida and most of the west coast are into soccer. But yeah, its not as popular as say, football or basketball.

[@ayubizfantasy5268]

Thats why USA never won a football world cup or even played a Quater final 😂

[@luthecurryeater]

Probably because they dont play Soccer 😂

[@NormanPrather]

True, but not relevant.

[@malegenitalspread9804]

when you’re american and you can be glad you know messi.

[@lacuna5239]

I'm convinced Americans know nothing outside of their own "great" land.

[@niBBunn]

AKSEO No. They just don't like sports. Get it right.

[@awesomedinosaur3033]

The Irony Police i dont like Sports either but still know who he is so that is Not an argument

[@lacuna5239]

I myself dont like football, I havent watched a game or partaken in any activities linked to football since a child but I still know who Messi is. I also have never played American football or even taken a liking to it but I still know who Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Odell Beckham jr are. So your argument really holds no weight.

[@uniquecaleb9966]

AKSEO, so you're going to judge that "fact" off of a couple of people? That group doesn't represent all of us.

[@nuggetempire838]

AKSEO Come on we have Tenis, Basketball, bolling, softball, kickball, football, volleyball, etc. Like I mean, we have a lot of sports to just concentrate on one with one specific player. Here on TV they pass a lot of stuff for example romance, drama, true crime, etc. That is why we particularly don't know who he is. I did know who he was because I grew up in a Latino family.

[@ivanichianus]

Even the 2 latinos didn't know Messi, shame on you putos

[@jasonquito8678]

Right me too I'm ashamed as well.

[@JuanGonzalez-ts3si]

I know huh!

[@JuanGonzalez-ts3si]

Me and my brother LOVES Lionel Messi!

[@rasoulkailani8345]

nonya biz Well to be fair one is Dominican and Football isn't immensely popular there.

[@aseed89]

lmfao

[@bamshakfwangyil1301]

If Messi were to walk on the street to in any country that is not US in the world he would have people bowing at him and kissing his feet like some god

[@enthusiast7260]

No he is just a player... don't immortalise him

[@ahmetemirakbyk2948]

@@enthusiast7260 He is god of Football

[@michelleririn5075]

messi "just a player" ? 😂😂🤣

[@moterhossainalvir1100]

In Bangladesh everyone knows him even also the rickshaw pullers.LOL

[@sapiens1076]

Same here in india😂

[@pmukundhan1163]

U doesn't need to be a football fan to know a great player of all time

[@z-zishall8119]

My 67yr old grandma also knows messi and she doesn,t even watch football americans are shocking

[@philmccracken179]

Soccer really isn’t a thing here in the first world.

[@yuvrajs1056]

“Do you know who this man is”? “Umm he looks British” I’m DEAD😂☠️

[@manuel.a1125]

His nationality is literaly Anti-British

[@himanshushrivastava4361]

"He looks like a thoughtful man"

[@jazmincorvalan1977]

@@manuel.a1125 You're wrong. Messi is Argentine with descent from Spain, and a bit Italian, but not British blood.

[@manuel.a1125]

@@jazmincorvalan1977 i said that his nationality is the oposite of british

[@aryaanbasu9636]

Well he does have a British accent on 442oons

[@verawethmar5233]

how can you not know him!?

[@liverpool3299]

Vogel Veertje ikr

[@SanskarWagley]

Vogel Veertje I'm an American, and I've heard of Messi, but I didn't know what he looked like

[@MonkeyBalls565]

Vogel Veertje he's irrelevant. not important.

[@joserangel2648]

MonkeyBalls565 he is one of the greatest footballers of all time he is very relevant

[@JL-ut4md]

MonkeyBalls565 smh

[@snivellus15814]

Americans are from Jupiter..!😂 confirmed 👏👏

[@wanjr338]

1:14 Mbappe Is That You?😂

[@robinparker5731]

@Ronaldo is better than Messi Messi is better than Ronaldo

[@robinparker5731]

@Ronaldo is better than Messi reason why Messi is better cuz he is football's best finisher, creator, passer and mover. His vision and positional awareness is unmatched and this gives him a basis which means he can play pretty much anywhere on the pitch. Messi is the greatest of all time. There will never be another like him.

[@burhanhassan8989]

@Ronaldo is better than Messimessi is fat dude get an eye transplant already

[@tomperrett4577]

He's not a soccer player. He is a footballer. Foot + ball is how you play this sport. I don't get how Americans call their sport football when they use their hands for that sport. It should be called American rugby

[@thunderx7826]

Tom Perrett Ikr

[@leavenowitness3063]

its an american video please be respectful and call your pansy sport soccer......much appreciated thanks

[@VINNYandPRISCILLA]

I mean it's been like that for years now. You making a comment on a KZbin video won't change anything lmao.

[@colinrs4844]

Tom Perrett Lmao it's not a big deal

[@liverpool3299]

Tom Perrett lol my dads Moroccon and he called American football American rugby

[@emrey7457]

A European not knowing who Messi is, is like an American not knowing Donald Trump is.

[@titu120]

Emre Yarar bro world knows who is messi without Donald trump country

[@AR-rh1fv]

Yay

[@jalshah9108]

Emre Yarar it's more like a person not knowing who is his father.

[@robocop2968]

titu living in france Many who are in Donald Trump's country also know who Messi is. You can't judge the entire 320 million plus population by a bunch of guys in this video. When Argentina played the US in Chicago, people were cheering for Messi, are you telling me they did not know who he was? You guys generalize too much.

[@robocop2968]

Stella viura Now, that is sad ideed!

[@aidanjanemcintosh6919]

I am from the US and I know everything about Messi! I mean how could you not!?? jk I'm Irish

[@gonzalorodriguez9679]

Jajaja good one greetings from Argentina ✌🏿✌🏻✌🏼✌🏽

[@aibansharailyngdoh8608]

Hahaha

[@bovaz2287]

@The Clown_Gamer is this really a video made as a joke I doubt it I dont thnk they wouldnt know messi its highly unlikely The world has the internet lol

[@imza1869]

That's why messi want to play in MLS in 2023. It's already in his contract. He can play without pressure and going to the mall, restaurant, movies with his family . 👍

[@ahmetemirakbyk2948]

He stay at Barcelona bro

[@ssproduced3863]

Man doesn’t even speak English, how’s he going to play in America

[@saeed_masifi]

They don't even know who Christian Pulisić is lol

[@abiw1272]

U don't know that. I'm American I know who he is, just like with every soccer player. Soccer isn't the most popular but it's growing

[@sp00kyb0i]

it is the most popular

[@hommofroggy5727]

Football was is and will be the most popular sport ever

[@ishatonthecarpet.hopemymom898]

Who's that?

[@youngstarproductions3452]

Ambrosia he meant in the US

[@whoisme5543]

Americans disappointed me....

[@robocop2968]

How about the ones who knew who he was? There are millions in America who know Messi, you would be surprised

[@foulchannel1713]

Lol

[@Meteo_sauce]

Wow you real?

[@zwebackshyper9307]

usa not all of america

[@aristotlehernandez4767]

Aditya I'm Mexican-American its relevant to be disappointed..

[@aftabmusa6772]

Who doesn't knows about this legend

[@adobotravels]

Americans be like: I like to travel! Travel around the world! Their European friend asks: Where have you been? American: I been to Walmart, Target and McDonalds European friend: ………

[@dequaviontavious]

I don’t think some of you realize how big the US is. Driving from LA to Boston is equivalent to driving from Portugal to Moscow, Russia. Traveling across states is like traveling across whole countries in Europe. There’s not much reason to leave when everything is already here in this huge country.

[@denebola83]

​​@@dequaviontaviousme parece que les falta muchos paisajes de Europa y mucho de su cultura.

[@dequaviontavious]

@@denebola83 Lol the natural beauty in the US is way better it’s not even close

[@denebola83]

@@dequaviontavious y la parte cultural ??. En Europa está el arte más hermoso y las grandes contribuciones a las sociedades modernas nacieron en Europa (conceptos como la democracia y el Derecho) , y esto lo digo porque en muchos comentarios has remarcado las redes sociales y las películas como si la vida de una persona pasa por esas dos cosas. Estados Unidos puede ser que tenga lindos paisajes, como en los parques nacionales pero no puede competir culturalmente con Europa.

[@dequaviontavious]

@@denebola83 The things we use and consume everyday are mostly thanks to america like our phones, music, the internet, social media, movies, etc.

[@imagoodboy7352]

if someone would have said 'Ronaldo' I would have died instantly

[@meetshah123]

😂

[@danilohernandez6617]

🤣🤣

[@abzinhoo]

Loooool

[@daredevil6145]

Someone said *Leonardo Ronaldo, lol*

[@ankitbhandari3354]

No wonder they failed to qualify for the world cup

[@accountuser4525]

ankit bhandari LOL

[@eurekanunez2376]

Do you think I care about that? Soccer sucks and I don't give a crap about it. If soccer would be a thing for us I can guarantee you we would be the best at. Just look at the Olympics who always get the most medals! When it come tp sports we care about no one can beat us but soccer just sucks!

[@fr1tz574]

CURIOUS EYE no one cares mate.

[@eduardoalvarez2620]

CURIOUS EYE more people watch the world up than any other sport and I live in America and USA sucks

[@sensacionsombria5125]

CURIOUS EYE its called football, not soccer

[@polinamaurou78]

Guys he went for vacations to miami and everyone went mad. I think now they know who messi is and he has a lot of fans there anymore but it was just crazy that they didnt knew who lionel messi. One of the greatest footbalers ever and one of the most famous sportsmen ever

[@denebola83]

Pero en Miami hay muchos latinos. No creo que el impacto sea el mismo si va a Denver.

[@saurabmanirimal2246]

American saying Messi Chris patt. Chris Patt: Am, i joke to you.

[@courtgman]

buzzfeed, do you like messi?

[@hilalseherugur7320]

CourtneyHG HAHAHAAH lmaoo

[@aridj1317]

CourtneyHG loool drama phrase

[@lisawillemsens9102]

CourtneyHG 😂😂😂

[@frances6862]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS COMMENT

[@deborahm.6764]

I will always find someone with this comment, love those Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo days

[@vishnumox]

Except America ... Everybody else knows who is Messi... I think the aliens in Mars also know who is Messi... Americans are living in earth or what(for those who don't know Messi)

[@cielonegro9054]

Trust me here in Canada they call "soccer" gay. I wish i could move back to Brasil

[@mbig1805]

MG 10 are you the one living in earth America is a continent not a country

[@nast1180]

Well, brazil, argentina and mexico is america too U mean united states right?

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

@@cielonegro9054 True Canadians hate soccer and think ice hockey is better lool

[@nijaethompson7647]

@@a.demifemiflapo5795 I respect ice hockey, but that's mental lmaooo.

[@lucas8409]

"He looks british" oh god, you never say that in Argentina please...

[@nope6908]

Still crying over Falklands lmao

[@mc9blazzed]

The only place that Messi can walk in it like a normal person

[@tazbeermasnoon2928]

Come on man. Messi is the biggest posterboy of football on earth.

[@riseup300]

Bruh people from the us can even name 3 countries in europe so how are they suppost to know who Messi is

[@VINNYandPRISCILLA]

I'm from the us and I can confirm this is mostly a true statement lmao

[@wassuh961]

ASAP ROCKY France Britain Scotland Germany that's 4

[@riseup300]

Scotland and britain? facepalm

[@voittopirttimaki]

wassuh scotland is a part of britain

[@wassuh961]

ASAP ROCKY Spain

[@fodboldmandstage4737]

USA is the only country in the World hwo NOT no what football is

[@reaper2219]

Im from usa and i know what football is the real football i play it

[@alicebickel2853]

The Phoenix King same I play football ( soccer ⚽️)

[@charlemagne5112]

Fr

[@unaise512]

Fodboldmand Stage what the fu***country high density,big economy,high income but no sense and knowldege

[@rjoe0332]

i agree with u mate

[@jacobalan4364]

What do you expect from a place where football is called as s*****

[@shivamchavan1328]

At least we are aware about whats going around the world! And Messi is my Idol.( I watch matches at 3 AM) :(

[@muhdpeep]

shivam chavan malaysian ke ni

[@Rohit-ez7pf]

@@muhdpeep indian

[@ItsMikoYoYT]

I don't think buzz feed is the best representation of America

[@sanjayshrestha8139]

Michael Mikolajczak i think it is..... most american dont know anyone or anything happening around the world

[@stewartbrownadge1222]

piousness I can assure u that 10 people is not the majority of America. Closer to about 300 million

[@latinosenestadosunidos2051]

Potato Man i agree, what piousness said is ignorant. Im sure that there are at least 10 people who cant recognize messi in argentina but that doesnt mean that everyone there can't recognize him.

[@MeeHeeCanMF]

I know right lmao

[@MeeHeeCanMF]

Bolso Tricolor no no, I can recognize him. I bet that i'd break your ankles too, idiot

[@aidenmarc5995]

U Americans!!! Stop calling it Soccer FFS it's Football!!!

[@FkProductions14]

MexicanHammer, you still allowed in Yankland?

[@robocop2968]

What the hell do you mean U Americans? Where are you from? We call it what we want and if you don't like it, I am sorry, do whatever you like.

[@viraltv4542]

Aiden Marc its actually soccer

[@FkProductions14]

Dylan Russo, it's football

[@viraltv4542]

FFF i meant football

[@praveenm6152]

What messi is doing in the pitch with ball, u never ever see and it gives so much pleasure more than what u get in ur country, watch messi and know about the best human in the world

[@philmccracken179]

Get a life. He does steroids and HGH.

[@elhandi18.78]

"He's a very thoughtful man... But I don't know who that is."

[@harrydebenham8533]

North Korea hurry up

[@rasheedelakhlaqsiz4753]

Hurry up and what? Get annihilated? You know that is what would happen and fast. No question about it. You must really hate North Korea!

[@calmguy3672]

Harry Debenham no just no

[@JoelJ7]

Harry Debenham wow just because they don’t know a fucking futbol player? What you said was really offensive. Watch your mouth before you get knocked tf out

[@justynakreitner8845]

Harry Debenham 👏👏

[@lukefox5852]

Joel Joseph it’s clearly a joke

[@butterlord-nq3ei]

Messi is my god damn hero

[@cassementdepaposbuzz5043]

I am so happy people did not know the scam midget

[@tenteno7294]

He is a hero for everyone except for americans who do not even know him!

[@stefanohickey9777]

How can another man be your god?

[@valeriafunes2238]

butterlord 3317 I

[@robocop2968]

Bin Boy They don't know your cry baby Ronaldo either

[@kirilvelinov7774]

Chris Pratt is my favorite player from Poland lol

[@mpraneeth1978]

"do u know lionel messi" , maybe this is the question they should have asked along with the photo. some people might not have seen him but definitely heard about him.

[@mohammadali1919]

IT'S FOOTBALL NOT SOCCER!! 😟

[@kylie3893]

Mohammad Ali Were we live its soccer. That's like telling you "IT'S SOCCER NOT FOOTBALL!! 😟"

[@thomasoftorquemadamcdxx171]

*World Football*

[@raunisha]

Mohammad Ali in the usa it is soccer. Sorry if you are butthurt

[@Infrno]

Its actually futbol

[@Infrno]

Aditya Pudasaini can you not handle a joke? Futbol is football in Spanish. Jesus you need to calm down

[@hansrajmakwana8354]

Americans lives in other planet 😂😂

[@aqua_wt7472]

hansraj Makwana no we just have different sports, I'm fluent in 3 sports tho and i'm american. Soccer, football, and basketball

[@mythmims7703]

Austin Patterson what is soccer?

[@kanishksharma1716]

Austin Patterson I'm confused, how are "soccer" and football different sports, if I'm not mistaken "soccer" is the American term for football

[@mythmims7703]

kanishk sharma while the rest of the world call it fotball

[@seal9502]

Austin Patterson soccer??

[@cjichida8174]

The lochness monster 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Spider-man612]

Man I gotta call Messi and tell him if he was ever looking for for places where he can relate with his family without any problems then he should come to the US

[@stuntbaby56]

Who doesnt know Lionel messi is? like come on.

[@lsgrosieh]

STUNTBABY we don't watch soccer. its not one of the main sports.

[@TheOscar401]

^stop saying "we" like you speak for every american

[@celaya-s4e151]

It's called football bruh^

[@killaavery4762]

STUNTBABY do you know who Kyrie Irving is

[@asianbrosas3603]

Killa Avery yes

[@elliotalderson2423]

Even North Koreans knows him

[@sulavdhungana4539]

This guy thinks Messi would come to BuzzFeed 😂😂😂

[@bryanguillen9167]

Omg I feel so bad for him, he's my idol... XD

[@Nutzername92a]

1:45 Messi the Loch Ness monster :D:D:D

[@moonworld8549]

Nutzername92a more like Loch Mess monster 🤣

[@jqn8466]

moon world That works but Nessy is the nickname of The Loch Ness Monster that's why it's Messi The Loch Ness Monster

[@utku4133]

Nutzername92a LOCH NESS exposed

[@DerpGamingURL]

yeah something like that

[@nasseryousif1222]

Nutzername92a this is sad.

[@mithiuseboro7951]

They don't know messi, what world they live in. If you know soccer than you must know Messi

[@larrysmith7348]

Mithiuse Boro cause we only care about real sports like basketball and football because we like to use our hands and no not your gay football

[@user-ce8vl9dm2l]

larry smith excuse me?

[@pratimangautam6541]

larry smith actually your football is gay football because even though you call it football most of the times you hold ball with your hands and runs for your life lol

[@sethgyellins]

larry smith you call brutes running into each other blindly "sport"?

[@st4rpt_603]

If you care about football you must know Messi and Ronaldo....because one thing is for sure...american football is not football at all.

[@federicosuarez4724]

1:15 Mbappé pretending he doesn't know Messi 😂.

[@prometheussnow3647]

1:40 "oh is that messi " 1:44 "uhh the lochness monster" 😂😂

[@osipertin]

Nobody in the world would recognize Tom Brady outside of these United States

[@user-jk2jj3kf5d]

From Au and Tom Brady is the only American Footballer I know tbh. Partly because he's married to Giselle lol.

[@daltonmorgan6464]

True, but I would say it's about 50-50 with Americans who know about Messi and those who don't

[@clxse1]

who`s that?

[@RollingRise]

Osi Pertin because he's not a world class player

[@cosmicoven9042]

How many awards did he win? we are talking about super famous people here.

[@tinadenona]

I'm sorry but how is it possible that they don't know who MESSI IS??? Well they call it SOCCER so I guess its normal!!!! 😂😂😂

[@joshmiles9311]

Tina D. We know who he is just not what he looks like. If you say Messi to an American they'll automatically know what you're talking about.

[@bLaKeAnThOnY0]

I’m American and most Americans are familiar with the name Messi. Personally I love soccer (or football) and it’s growing in popularity here. Yes he is a big international star but soccer isn’t the most popular sport in America, it isn’t a reflection of intelligence.

[@axxne6068]

@@joshmiles9311 Trying to have a debate or argument with anti-americans is never a good choice. Its like arguing with a toddler.

[@ZeekerAdventures]

ok referring to football as soccer has nothing to do with this. I don't understand how people get triggered at that when they mean the same thing lmao.

[@rasheedelakhlaqsiz4753]

@@fakereality5204 Actually, it is a miniature form of the world, there are probably people from your country living in America.

[@mattmurdoch6720]

This is what i would say when they ask me about any nba or nfl players.messi is bigger than all of the American nba or nfl players

[@100shahaminhaz9]

"He is a very thoughtful man but I don't know who he is.. "... Lmaooooo😭