Pessi Rigging
"Pessi Rigging" is a term for most social media users representing hate and disrespect toward Argentine football player "Lionel Messi" for "rigging" football by either cheating or getting calls for him too much. Normally said for Cristiano Ronaldo Fans or Messi haters, they will say this for him rigging many things, such as trophies, individual awards, or stats.
This phrases hasn't been very much popular in the football world until after the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar, which Lionel Messi and Argentina remained supreme and won the coveted title. The Argentine National Football Team, and specifically Messi, were being criticized for having an excessive amount of penalties given during the tournament. They had a whopping 5 penalties in 6 games. The most in World Cup history since 1966.
After this moment occurred, many fans have criticized Messi for having many penalties, saying they were "rigged" or "undeserved". Even now people are calling him "Pessi" for having too many penalties taken during the tournament, or known for missing the penalties, which refers to his miss in the 2nd Group Stage game vs Poland, even though Argentina won that game 2-0.
Now fans have been enraged over this, also calling him "Rigged" as now Barcelona has been charged (Not Convicted) for bribery to the Referees, this is also popular in the "Negreira Case", which is a case between FC Barcelona and José María Enríquez Negreira.
This phrases hasn't been very much popular in the football world until after the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar, which Lionel Messi and Argentina remained supreme and won the coveted title. The Argentine National Football Team, and specifically Messi, were being criticized for having an excessive amount of penalties given during the tournament. They had a whopping 5 penalties in 6 games. The most in World Cup history since 1966.
After this moment occurred, many fans have criticized Messi for having many penalties, saying they were "rigged" or "undeserved". Even now people are calling him "Pessi" for having too many penalties taken during the tournament, or known for missing the penalties, which refers to his miss in the 2nd Group Stage game vs Poland, even though Argentina won that game 2-0.
Now fans have been enraged over this, also calling him "Rigged" as now Barcelona has been charged (Not Convicted) for bribery to the Referees, this is also popular in the "Negreira Case", which is a case between FC Barcelona and José María Enríquez Negreira.
Pessi Rigging everything, he rigged the penalties, the Ballon D'ors, the Champions Leagues. He will never be the GOAT.