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Part of a series on Lionel Messi. [View Related Entries]


Pessi meme depicting an altered photo of Messi showing him as old, bald and toothless.

Pessi

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Updated Apr 10, 2023 at 04:37PM EDT by Zach.

Added Apr 10, 2023 at 11:42AM EDT by Owen.

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About

Pessi, also known as Pionel Pessi, is a nickname given to professional footballer Lionel Messi that's used to criticize him for seemingly only scoring goals via penalties. The nickname was coined in 2012 on 4chan's /sp/ (sports) board during an FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid match that had angry Cristiano Ronaldo fans involved. Pessi also became associated with an altered photo of Messi showing him as old, bald and toothless. The image macro first surfaced in 2022 but became a prominent meme on TikTok in early 2023 via crudely made video skits. Additionally, fans of Messi started calling Ronaldo "Penaldo" (an antithesis of Pessi).

Origin

On August 23rd, 2012, a thread started in 4chan's /sp/[1] board that was started during the Official Supercopa de España 2012: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. The thread gained hundreds of replies as 4chan users were watching the game, eventually spawning the first utterance of the Pessi nickname within the thread (shown below).[2] More users namedropped "Pessi" in the /sp/[3][4] thread as the game developed.


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Spread

Going into 2013, "Pessi" was continuously mentioned on /sp/.[5] In the late 2010s, "Pessi" continued to surface on /sp/.[6][7] On October 20th, 2020, the verified Twitter[8] account @DoentesPFutebol tweeted a photo of Messi taking a penalty kick, captioning it, "Pessi," and gaining roughly 1,700 likes in three years (shown below, left). On December 22nd, 2020, "Pessi" was added to Urban Dictionary[9] for the first time by the user Not going to tell (shown below, right).


DPF Péssi. @DoentesPFutebol 3:45 PM Oct 20, 2020 Rakuten 0 NO TO RACK RESPEC : Pessi Pessi is the word for Lionel Messi used as revenge from Messi's fan. This word is used by hypocrite Penaldo fans when their idol's 1/3 of career goals is from penalty. When Messi scores a penalty.. Penaldo fans "Haha! Pessi can't score a open play.goal Haha". When Ronaldo scores a goal.. They "shut up bro, he is goat by Not going to tell December 22, 2020 y f 81 152 FLAG

On April 17th, 2022, the Facebook[10] page Fútbol al revés posted a photoshopped image of Lionel Messi in a PSG jersey, making him look bald, old and toothless with a grey beard. The image had a bottom caption reading, "Mister Pre-Asistencia" and over the course of one year, the post received roughly 13,000 reactions (shown below). Cropped versions of the image surfaced on Twitter[11] soon after, later surfacing on /sp/.[12]


GUES PARIS Mister Pre-Asistencia

On TikTok

On May 16th, 2022, TikToker[13] @white_club_is_madrid posted a video using the old, bald Pessi image, gaining roughly 45,500 plays and 1,200 likes in 11 months (shown below, left). Going into early 2023, usage of the old, bald Pessi image became commonplace on TikTok, edited into crudely made video skits that made fun of Messi. For instance, on March 8th, 2023, TikToker[14] @f00tb4ll.tv posted a Pessi video that gained roughly 1.1 million plays and 117,500 likes in one month (shown below, right).

@white_club_is_madrid #pessi #fyp #realmadrid ♬ sonido original – Corazon_rma

@f00tb4ll.tv give my boy pepsi a penalty or he will ghost😭😭 #pepsi #pessi #ghost #bayern #psg #fcbpsg #ucl #edit #selfmade #fyp ♬ som original – 𝐿𝚘𝚋𝚘𖩤🐺

Going into April 2023, Pessi-related memes earned more engagement and virality, specifically via videos that compared Pessi and Penaldo.

Various Examples


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7218299039979408646
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7218672534626094378
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7219897255635979521
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7219026361032150278

Search Interest

External References

[1] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /sp/

[2] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /sp/

[3] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /sp/

[4] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /sp/

[5] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /sp/

[6] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /sp/

[7] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /sp/

[8] Twitter – @DoentesPFutebol

[9] Urban Dictionary – Pessi

[10] Facebook – Fútbol al revés

[11] Twitter – @sht_marcel

[12] 4chan (via 4plebs) – /sp/

[13] TikTok – @white_club_is_madrid

[14] TikTok – @f00tb4ll.tv




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