### Report on Trends in the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) Business Model

#### Introduction
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies have long been a subject of scrutiny and debate.

As a business model, MLMs rely on a network of independent distributors to sell products and recruit new members, often promising significant income opportunities.

This report examines recent trends in the MLM industry, including the performance of specific companies, factors influencing their popularity, and notable closures or shifts in business models.

#### Recent Trends in MLM Popularity

**Pandemic Surge (2020-2021)**
During the height of the pandemic, many MLM companies experienced a surge in recruitment.

The economic uncertainty and increased unemployment rates led many individuals to seek alternative income sources.

The flexibility and low startup costs of MLMs made them particularly attractive.

Companies like **Avon**, **Mary Kay**, and **Herbalife** saw increased interest as people looked for ways to earn income from home.

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### Report on Trends in the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) Business Model

#### Introduction
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies have long been a subject of scrutiny and debate.

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Content: Macy's Ramps Up Hiring For Seasonal Positions Targeting Upcoming Holiday Season

  • Macy's Inc M said it plans to hire more than 41,000 full- and part-time workers in the wake of the holiday shopping season ahead.
  • The job requirements are at Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Bluemercury stores, supply chain locations, and call centers.
  • Amidst the background of inflation worries, supply chain constraints, and economic uncertainties, retail companies believe the festive season will pick up sales.
  • DICK'S Sporting Goods Inc DKS has also said it will hire up to 9,000 seasonal associates for the 2022 holiday season.
  • Last week, Target Corp TGT communicated its intention to hire up to 100,000 seasonal team members.
  • Retailing behemoth Walmart Inc WMT has also put forth its plan to deploy up to 40,000 additional associates for various seasonal and full-time roles.
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As a business model, MLMs rely on a network of independent distributors to sell products and recruit new members, often promising significant income opportunities.

This report examines recent trends in the MLM industry, including the performance of specific companies, factors influencing their popularity, and notable closures or shifts in business models.

#### Recent Trends in MLM Popularity

**Pandemic Surge (2020-2021)**
During the height of the pandemic, many MLM companies experienced a surge in recruitment.

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Content: The National Restaurant Association is releasing its 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report, which examines key factors impacting the industry, including the current state of the economy, operations, workforce, and food and menu trends, to forecast sales and market trends for the year ahead. The report is an authoritative look at the industry and its opportunities based on a range of national surveys of restaurant owners, operators, chefs and consumers.

Key findings illustrating the industry’s economic conditions include:

  • Growth will continue: The foodservice industry is forecast to reach $997 billion in sales in 2023, driven in part by higher menu prices.
  • Industry help wanted: The foodservice industry workforce is projected to grow by 500,000 jobs for total industry employment of 15.5 million by the end of 2023.
  • Building on a solid foundation: For 70% of operators, business conditions have settled into or are on the path to their new version of normal.
  • Consumers want restaurant experiences: 84% of consumers say going out to a restaurant with family and friends is a better use of their leisure time than cooking and cleaning up.
  • Rising costs create challenges: 92% of operators say the cost of food is a significant issue for their restaurant.
  • Competition is heating up: In 2023, 47% of operators expect competition to be more intense than last year.

“The restaurant and foodservice industry is fueling the American economy. Our hiring rate and wage increases are outpacing the overall private sector, and this year our industry will contribute nearly $1 trillion to the economy,” said Michelle Korsmo, president & CEO of the National Restaurant Association. “The 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report offers an in-depth analysis of what’s driving this growth and the tremendous opportunities for restaurant owners, operators, and team members who want to grow their businesses and expand their careers.”

Pandemic pivots become permanent

The temporary “pivots” developed during the pandemic — expanded delivery services, outdoor dining options, to-go alcohol offerings and investments in technology — are the foundation of the industry’s “new normal.” At least 4 in 10 operators in each of the three limited-service segments — quickservice, fast casual and coffee and snack — believe the addition of drive-thru lanes will become more common in 2023. For others, outdoor dining and alcohol-to-go are becoming table stakes. Across all six major segments, more than 9 in 10 operators plan to continue offering outdoor seating, and the same number of operators are also likely to continue offering alcohol to go, if their jurisdiction allows it.

Despite widespread investment in technology in the last few years, the restaurant industry is still far from becoming a tech-centric sector. Most operators still consider their use of technology as mainstream rather than leading edge.

In 2023, many operators want to keep moving toward the edge, with more than 4 in 10 planning investments in equipment or technology to increase front- and back-of-house productivity. These investments are anticipated mostly in the order and payment space, rather than in automated systems or robots that prepare and serve food. Other operational takeaways include:

  • Among fine-dining restaurants that offered delivery during the pandemic, 79% added it for the first time. 8 in 10 of those plan to continue offering delivery.
  • Two-thirds of adults say they’re more likely to order takeout food from a restaurant than they were before the pandemic.
  • Off-premises-only locations are expected to grow in popularity; more than 4 in 10 limited-service operators think they will be more common this year.
  • 69% of adults say they like the option to dine outside.

An industry of opportunity

The restaurant and foodservice industry added 2.8 million jobs over the past 24 months, bringing the industry total to 15 million at the end of 2022. However, the foodservice industry remains 400,000 jobs below pre-pandemic levels.

Most restaurant operators will be actively looking to boost staffing levels in 2023 while carefully balancing staffing needs with business conditions. Eighty-seven percent of operators say they’ll likely hire additional employees during the next 6–12 months if qualified applicants are available. Key figures on the restaurant workforce include:

  • Between 2023 and 2030, the foodservice industry is projected to add an average of roughly 150,000 jobs a year, with total staffing levels projected to reach 16.5 million by 2030.
  • Only 1 in 10 operators think recruiting and retaining employees will be easier in 2023 than it was in 2022.
  • The restaurant industry has long been the primary training ground for new entrants to the workforce and, in 2022, nearly a quarter of jobs were filled by first-time employees.
  • 58% of operators say using tech and automation to alleviate labor shortages will become more common in their segment in 2023. However, technology is generally complementary to human labor and primarily intended to enhance — rather than replace — workers in the restaurant industry.

Flexibility to accommodate rising food costs and all-hours dining

Demand for restaurant experiences remains strong among consumers who are hungry to connect over shared meals. Operators are taking creative cost-saving approaches to temper elevated expenses, including food, labor, occupancy and utilities, by streamlining their menus. With the rise of remote work blurring traditional meal times, operators are focusing on new opportunities to entice customers at all hours with engaging offerings, including off-hours or slow-day value deals, flexible pricing, multi-course meal bundles, meal kits and subscriptions, apparel and more. Meanwhile, many operators plan to add to their menus, including more healthier and nutritious meal options, eco-friendly items, and dishes tailored to takeout in 2023. Key data points on food and beverage trends include:

  • 93% of operators say their restaurant’s total food costs are higher than they were in 2019.
  • A majority of operators across all segments expect to keep their menus in 2023 similar in size to last year.
  • 69% of adults say they are likely to purchase a meal kit (measured ingredients with cooking instructions), including more than 8 in 10 Gen Z adults and millennials.
  • Eco-friendly business practices continue to draw consumers, especially millennials.

“As the restaurant industry adapts to a new normal, operators’ ability to be flexible and diversify their operations is essential to thriving,” said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of Research for the National Restaurant Association. “With profitability under pressure, operators are launching new business models within the industry, [reengineering] current concepts, and allocating more space to off-premises business in order to satisfy customers in 2023.”

Click here to download the 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry Report, supported by SpotOn and Sage.

Source: National Restaurant Association

The economic uncertainty and increased unemployment rates led many individuals to seek alternative income sources.

The flexibility and low startup costs of MLMs made them particularly attractive.

Companies like **Avon**, **Mary Kay**, and **Herbalife** saw increased interest as people looked for ways to earn income from home.

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With job postings down in an uncertain labour market, experts and surveys show companies plan to lean on contract workers, freelancers and apprentices to fill the work and skills shortage.

More than half of Canadian organizations surveyed by human resources firm Robert Half say they plan to increase hiring in the first half of 2024.

The survey shows 54 per cent of organizations anticipate adding new permanent roles this year compared to 51 per cent in 2023. And 68 per cent expect to hire more contract workers as opposed to 65 per cent last year.

David Bolton, regional director at Robert Half, said 61 per cent of the managers polled cited company growth as the main reason for hiring, whereas 50 per cent said they plan to hire staff to fix a skills shortage.

Hiring contract workers allows companies to change course swiftly should the direction of business change. Companies also use contract workers to help with a project or to help ease the burden on existing employees, he said.

From the employee side, he said working on contract can be a good solution if one is looking for more flexibility.

“Companies are expecting people to be in the office a lot more and some job seekers may not like hearing that,” Mr. Bolton said. “Contract work can add value and flexibility to your job and help you acquire new skills, whether it’s an opportunity to work in a new industry, be part of a project or learn a new accounting software.”

He said the job market is less in favour of job seekers now than it was a year ago, but what really surprised him “is the openness and appetite to hire given all the gloom and doom news.”

Job postings down

That appetite to hire wasn’t there in 2023. A recent report from job search portal Indeed shows Canadian job postings were down 29 per cent year-over-year in mid-November.

Brendon Bernard, a senior economist at Indeed, said the Canadian labour market was robust at the start of 2023 but has since softened. And as the economy has slowed, job openings have levelled off from the previous surge.

He said, according to Statistics Canada, the proportion of permanent roles out of all job vacancies increased from before the pandemic to 2022 and then dipped slightly by the fall of 2023. This highlights “how some employers are more likely to offer permanent positions when the labour market is tight,” he said. However, this “could be a sign that temporary positions will be more common in the coming year as the hiring situation has cooled further.”

Mr. Bernard pointed to several key trends that will unfold in 2024:

  • Hiring and job postings: Organizations will have less appetite for hiring in 2024, noted Mr. Bernard. He added Canadian job postings on Indeed fell throughout 2023 across most sectors. “The huge hiring boom that happened in the technology sector [through early 2022] really came to a crashing halt pretty quickly. Some of the sectors that saw the largest decline in job postings were software development, IT operations, information design and data-related jobs. We also saw major pullback in driving, food services, manufacturing, loading and stocking.”
  • Layoffs and unemployment rates: The unemployment rate increased to 5.7 per cent in October from 5 per cent in the first quarter of 2023. Layoffs have been low over the past two years but if the economy heads into recession, this scenario will change, said Mr. Bernard.
  • Wage growth: Canadian wage growth was relatively high in 2023. Indeed Wage Tracker, which measures progression in wages [as mentioned in job postings], shows average year-over-year growth of 4.4 per cent. This growth will be harder to sustain in 2024 as the job market has now shifted from a job seekers’ market to a more even balance of power between seekers and employers.
  • Artificial Intelligence: At the end of Oct. 2023., generative AI was mentioned in 0.06 per cent of Canadian job postings on Indeed, a tiny sliver but quickly growing share, said Mr. Bernard. He adds it’s early days but AI will become more noticeable in the year ahead.
  • Population growth: Canada’s population growth, which saw a spike, will remain high and boost labour supply and some aspects of the demand. The share of clicks on Canadian job postings from abroad rose from 6 per cent before the pandemic to 11 per cent in Oct. 2023. This is significant as International migration impacts the economy and is impacted by it as well.

Rise in apprentices

Peninsula Group, a global consultancy supporting small and medium businesses (SMB), conducted a global survey of 79,000 SMBs across Canada, the U.K., Australia, Ireland and New Zealand to gauge the top priorities for employers in 2024. It found employers are planning to bridge the ongoing labour and skills shortage through various measures including upskilling and training the current staff.

The report says Canadian employers are turning to apprentices to fill the skills shortage. According to the report, in Canada there was a 217-per-cent increase year-over-year in apprenticeship roles.

When Harvard Business Review Analytic Services Report and Fiverr Business Solutions, a freelance platform, surveyed businesses in the U.S., 20 per cent of respondents said their organization’s work, on average, is being carried out by freelancers. And 51 per cent said they will likely employ more freelance workers than they do now.

The move was prompted by the pandemic, Great Resignation and an increase in remote and hybrid work. As a result, companies are re-evaluating the skills and roles they would need for the future to work with freelance workers.

“It’s crystal clear from this report that more and more medium and large businesses are taking advantage of freelance talent,” writes Micha Kaufman, chief executive officer of Fiverr, in a statement. “This is a trajectory we have witnessed [at Fiverr], and we expect it will continue. It is crucial for companies to have a strategy to integrate freelancers within their work force if they want to stay innovative and relevant in the future.”

What I’m reading around the web

  • Experts share their tips for productivity in this article on CNN. They suggest time-blocking and emptying the brain of everything that’s weighing you down by writing it on a master list.
  • In this blog, career coach Hannah Morgan lists 31 jobs for introverts.
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# Report on Trends in Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Business Model

## Executive Summary

Multi-level marketing companies have experienced significant shifts in recent years, particularly accelerated by the pandemic and changing workforce dynamics.

While some MLMs have seen growth during periods of economic uncertainty and remote work expansion, others have faced declining popularity and structural challenges.

## Recent Trends in MLM Business Model

### Pandemic Impact (2020-2021)

The pandemic created conditions that both helped and hurt MLM companies:

**Factors that increased MLM appeal:**
- Remote work opportunities aligned with MLM's home-based business model
- Economic uncertainty drove people to seek alternative income sources
- Increased availability of digital marketing tools and social media platforms
- Social isolation made the community aspects of MLMs more attractive

**Challenges faced:**
- Traditional in-person recruitment and training methods were disrupted
- Economic downturns reduced consumer spending on non-essential products
- Supply chain disruptions affected product availability

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# Report on Trends in Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Business Model

## Executive Summary

Multi-level marketing companies have experienced significant shifts in recent years, particularly accelerated by the pandemic and changing workforce dynamics.

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With job postings down in an uncertain labour market, experts and surveys show companies plan to lean on contract workers, freelancers and apprentices to fill the work and skills shortage.

More than half of Canadian organizations surveyed by human resources firm Robert Half say they plan to increase hiring in the first half of 2024.

The survey shows 54 per cent of organizations anticipate adding new permanent roles this year compared to 51 per cent in 2023. And 68 per cent expect to hire more contract workers as opposed to 65 per cent last year.

David Bolton, regional director at Robert Half, said 61 per cent of the managers polled cited company growth as the main reason for hiring, whereas 50 per cent said they plan to hire staff to fix a skills shortage.

Hiring contract workers allows companies to change course swiftly should the direction of business change. Companies also use contract workers to help with a project or to help ease the burden on existing employees, he said.

From the employee side, he said working on contract can be a good solution if one is looking for more flexibility.

“Companies are expecting people to be in the office a lot more and some job seekers may not like hearing that,” Mr. Bolton said. “Contract work can add value and flexibility to your job and help you acquire new skills, whether it’s an opportunity to work in a new industry, be part of a project or learn a new accounting software.”

He said the job market is less in favour of job seekers now than it was a year ago, but what really surprised him “is the openness and appetite to hire given all the gloom and doom news.”

Job postings down

That appetite to hire wasn’t there in 2023. A recent report from job search portal Indeed shows Canadian job postings were down 29 per cent year-over-year in mid-November.

Brendon Bernard, a senior economist at Indeed, said the Canadian labour market was robust at the start of 2023 but has since softened. And as the economy has slowed, job openings have levelled off from the previous surge.

He said, according to Statistics Canada, the proportion of permanent roles out of all job vacancies increased from before the pandemic to 2022 and then dipped slightly by the fall of 2023. This highlights “how some employers are more likely to offer permanent positions when the labour market is tight,” he said. However, this “could be a sign that temporary positions will be more common in the coming year as the hiring situation has cooled further.”

Mr. Bernard pointed to several key trends that will unfold in 2024:

  • Hiring and job postings: Organizations will have less appetite for hiring in 2024, noted Mr. Bernard. He added Canadian job postings on Indeed fell throughout 2023 across most sectors. “The huge hiring boom that happened in the technology sector [through early 2022] really came to a crashing halt pretty quickly. Some of the sectors that saw the largest decline in job postings were software development, IT operations, information design and data-related jobs. We also saw major pullback in driving, food services, manufacturing, loading and stocking.”
  • Layoffs and unemployment rates: The unemployment rate increased to 5.7 per cent in October from 5 per cent in the first quarter of 2023. Layoffs have been low over the past two years but if the economy heads into recession, this scenario will change, said Mr. Bernard.
  • Wage growth: Canadian wage growth was relatively high in 2023. Indeed Wage Tracker, which measures progression in wages [as mentioned in job postings], shows average year-over-year growth of 4.4 per cent. This growth will be harder to sustain in 2024 as the job market has now shifted from a job seekers’ market to a more even balance of power between seekers and employers.
  • Artificial Intelligence: At the end of Oct. 2023., generative AI was mentioned in 0.06 per cent of Canadian job postings on Indeed, a tiny sliver but quickly growing share, said Mr. Bernard. He adds it’s early days but AI will become more noticeable in the year ahead.
  • Population growth: Canada’s population growth, which saw a spike, will remain high and boost labour supply and some aspects of the demand. The share of clicks on Canadian job postings from abroad rose from 6 per cent before the pandemic to 11 per cent in Oct. 2023. This is significant as International migration impacts the economy and is impacted by it as well.

Rise in apprentices

Peninsula Group, a global consultancy supporting small and medium businesses (SMB), conducted a global survey of 79,000 SMBs across Canada, the U.K., Australia, Ireland and New Zealand to gauge the top priorities for employers in 2024. It found employers are planning to bridge the ongoing labour and skills shortage through various measures including upskilling and training the current staff.

The report says Canadian employers are turning to apprentices to fill the skills shortage. According to the report, in Canada there was a 217-per-cent increase year-over-year in apprenticeship roles.

When Harvard Business Review Analytic Services Report and Fiverr Business Solutions, a freelance platform, surveyed businesses in the U.S., 20 per cent of respondents said their organization’s work, on average, is being carried out by freelancers. And 51 per cent said they will likely employ more freelance workers than they do now.

The move was prompted by the pandemic, Great Resignation and an increase in remote and hybrid work. As a result, companies are re-evaluating the skills and roles they would need for the future to work with freelance workers.

“It’s crystal clear from this report that more and more medium and large businesses are taking advantage of freelance talent,” writes Micha Kaufman, chief executive officer of Fiverr, in a statement. “This is a trajectory we have witnessed [at Fiverr], and we expect it will continue. It is crucial for companies to have a strategy to integrate freelancers within their work force if they want to stay innovative and relevant in the future.”

What I’m reading around the web

  • Experts share their tips for productivity in this article on CNN. They suggest time-blocking and emptying the brain of everything that’s weighing you down by writing it on a master list.
  • In this blog, career coach Hannah Morgan lists 31 jobs for introverts.
  • Ask any career expert and they will tell you the power of networking, but networking can be tough. This article from Forbes provides help on what questions to ask during networking.

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COVID-19 has changed how and where people work. What is the future of employment? Here's everything you need to know:

How did COVID affect jobs?

The pandemic enormously accelerated existing trends such as remote work, automation-based job displacement, and the widening opportunity gap between highly educated employees and those without a college degree. The decline in workforce participation from February 2020 to February 2021 exceeded that of the Great Recession, and people who kept their jobs often had to do them differently. At the height of the COVID pandemic, more than half of North America's labor force did their jobs remotely, double the number from a year earlier. People working at home saw their workday grow an average of 48 minutes longer, a Harvard Business School study found, and data from Microsoft Teams detected a 148 percent surge in the amount of time employees spent in video meetings. In recent months, the Delta variant's spread has quashed many companies' plans for a fall return to the office: Facebook, Apple, and Google are among the companies that have pushed back reopening their headquarters until at least January 2022.

How is the job market now?

It's in the midst of a major transition. Employers are dealing with the "Great Resignation": In the second quarter of 2021, Labor Department data show, 11.5 million Americans quit their jobs, and by July, 8.4 million potential workers were jobless even as a record 10.9 million positions remained open. Recent surveys conducted by Gallup, Microsoft, and Adobe have found that between a third and a half of workers are looking to quit or change jobs. For many, this appears to be connected to burnout and dissatisfaction: 37 percent of global respondents to a survey released by Microsoft's Work Trend Index said their bosses expected too much of them during the pandemic. There's also what management consultant Tim Brackney calls the "Great Mismatch" between job seekers' preferences and skill sets and what employers want. One McKinsey study estimates that major changes in the economy during the pandemic will force 17 million American workers to find new occupations.

How will workplaces operate now?

It will vary widely from company to company. A few tech companies, including Slack and Dropbox, have adopted "virtual-first" policies and will expect most of their employees to work remotely. A LinkedIn poll found that 87 percent of workers would prefer to stay remote for at least part of the week even after the pandemic ends. Remote work has saved former commuters an average of $248 a month, and more than 14 million Americans surveyed by freelancing platform Upwork said they were considering moving to a cheaper or less crowded place. Still, a "hybrid" model is likely to dominate most of corporate America: In one PricewaterhouseCoopers survey, a plurality of employers said a typical employee should be in the office at least three days a week. More than two-thirds of workers polled by insurance and financial company Prudential in March agreed that a hybrid model would be ideal.

Is hybrid better than remote?

Many employers and management experts say there are big downsides to having a fully remote workforce. Having virtually no in-person contact with co-workers limits spontaneous conversation, makes collaboration more difficult, and weakens the bond workers feel with one another and the company. Research indicates that remote workers are less likely to get in touch with new employees or those outside of their teams. One study by productivity consulting firm Time Is Ltd. found that those hired during the pandemic made 17 percent fewer connections with co-workers than previous new hires. A 2014 Stanford study conducted at a large, multinational Chinese company found that remote employees had a 50 percent lower promotion rate after 21 months than their in-office colleagues. Prudential executive Rob Falzon attributes the spike in job hunting to a "disassociation" from company culture. "Business in any form is a social phenomenon," said Oxford University psychologist Robin Dunbar. "Without face-to-face engagement, the 'flow' that makes things work, and work fast, will be missing." Some types of jobs, however, required in-person work during most or all of the pandemic.

Which jobs were these?

Health-care and service workers such as restaurant workers, retail staff, mass transit operators, and cops and firefighters. The pandemic has produced what Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom calls a "two-tier economy" of remote workers and those whose jobs require in-person interaction, often in COVID-unsafe conditions. A report from the American Psychological Association revealed that nearly one-third of essential workers reported declines in their mental health, and one-quarter were diagnosed with mental disorders since the beginning of the pandemic. These workers were among the first participants in the Great Resignation, citing low pay, heavy workloads, hazardous conditions, and stressful, sometimes hostile interactions with the public. "We didn't sign up to be sacrificial lambs," one anonymous Albuquerque, New Mexico, nurse who quit her job in April told NBC News. "You don't send soldiers to war without a gun and expect them to do their job, but you are doing that to us."

The ongoing 'she-cession'

About 4.2 million women left the labor force during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, and for many, their careers haven't recovered. Those with young children found themselves in a no-win situation: Even if they avoided layoffs, the demands of child care combined with the closure of schools and day-care centers made sustained work difficult or impossible. Women have primarily borne most of the burden of caring for preschool-aged children, and once the pandemic closed schools and day-care centers, mothers of children between ages 2 and 6 became more than four times as likely to leave the workforce as fathers. Multiple surveys indicate that men are more likely to return to office work than women, and for more days. That may deal a further blow to women's careers, with a survey showing that 64 percent of managers believe that office workers outperform remote workers. "It's not a question of whether women are set back in the workplace," said Elizabeth Gedmark of the workplace-justice advocacy group A Better Balance. "It's a question of how far back will we go: 10 years, 15 years, 20 years?"

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While some MLMs have seen growth during periods of economic uncertainty and remote work expansion, others have faced declining popularity and structural challenges.

## Recent Trends in MLM Business Model

### Pandemic Impact (2020-2021)

The pandemic created conditions that both helped and hurt MLM companies:

**Factors that increased MLM appeal:**
- Remote work opportunities aligned with MLM's home-based business model
- Economic uncertainty drove people to seek alternative income sources
- Increased availability of digital marketing tools and social media platforms
- Social isolation made the community aspects of MLMs more attractive

**Challenges faced:**
- Traditional in-person recruitment and training methods were disrupted
- Economic downturns reduced consumer spending on non-essential products
- Supply chain disruptions affected product availability

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### Comprehensive Report on Lionel Messi: The World's Number One Football Player

#### Introduction
Lionel Messi, widely regarded as the greatest football player in the world, has inspired millions with his extraordinary skills, dedication, and achievements.

This report aims to explore why Messi is considered the number one football player globally by analyzing his career achievements, playing style, influence on the sport, and how his skills and records compare to other top footballers.

#### Career Achievements
Messi's career is adorned with numerous accolades and records that underscore his dominance in football:
- **Golden Ball Awards**: Messi has won the Ballon d'Or a record eight times, more than any other player in history.

- **World Cup Victory**: In 2022, Messi led Argentina to win the FIFA World Cup, a feat that had eluded him throughout his career until then.

This victory is often seen as the crowning achievement of his illustrious career.

- **Club Success**: With FC

### Comprehensive Report on Lionel Messi: The World's Number One Football Player

#### Introduction
Lionel Messi, widely regarded as the greatest football player in the world, has inspired millions with his extraordinary skills, dedication, and achievements.

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Over the course of years, many teams and players have amazed us with their performances in the most sought-after league. The UEFA Champions League delivers just as much as its reputation.

Ever since it was founded in 1955 as the European Cup, the UEFA Champions League (renamed in 1992), has housed the best of teams from all around the continent. Europe being football's powerhouse means the Champions League, by default, has become the most intense league at club level.

Every season brings us a handful of favorites, underdogs, goal riots, upsets and individual uprisings. Throughout the Champions League's history, numerous records have been re-written by teams and players. Today let's discuss one such record.

Without further ado, let's take a look at:

Top 5 players with the most UEFA Champions League appearances.

#5 Raúl González — 142

The Real Madrid legend held every title and record to his name with Los Blancos before Cristiano Ronaldo walked-in. However, till date, the Spaniard remains one of the most-decorated players within the ranks of mighty Real Madrid.

Ascending from the youth levels, Raúl González cemented his place with the senior side at the tender age of 16. He evolved not just to be a fine player but a fierce leader as well. Raúl González has featured in 130 games for Real Madrid and 12 for Bundesliga team Schalke, taking his tally to 142.

Raúl #UCL record for @realmadriden and @s04_en: 134 starts, 71 goals, 14 assists http://t.co/upftHKc7Bm

He experienced a very successful stint with the Galacticos and won three UEFA Champions League titles with them. With 66 goals, Raúl González is still the second most goal-getter for Real Madrid in the Champions League.

#4 Lionel Messi — 150*

Words would do no justice to this little magician's contribution towards Barcelona and football itself. Since his debut against Shakhtar Donetsk in 2004 and his last game versus Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, Leo Messi has played 149 games in the Blaugrana jersey.

He broke records for fun during his stint with the Catalan giants. Lionel Messi has won four UEFA Champions League titles and scored 120 goals for Barcelona. The Argentine joined the same side against whom he played and scored his last in a Barcelona jersey — PSG.

The former Barca captain marked his debut for his new club just last week against Club Brugge. The tally of 150 means Lionel Messi is the player with 4th most appearances in the UEFA Champions League.

Leo Messi turns 34 today.

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The 10 best players in football history
The difference between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo was obvious.
The Daily Mail has named the 50 best footballers of all time.
Despite the ongoing debate over the best between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the difference in the rankings between the two legends was clear.
Among the notable absentees from Brazil's top 50 list was Neymar, despite being the best goalscorer in Brazilian history.
Here is the list of the top 10 players in history according to the Daily Mail:
10. Cristiano Ronaldo
It is controversial that Cristiano Ronaldo, who many consider better than playing football, finished 10th.
Ronaldo has won five gold balls throughout his career and is the most scoring player ever, and the 39-year-old has led his country to its first ever international title and holds the record for the highest number of international goals ever with 128 goals for Portugal.
Ronaldo is the historic scorer of the Champions League with 141 goals and has won the competition five times, including three consecutive titles.
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9. Zico
In ninth place comes Brazilian legend Zico who, although he has never won a World Cup, is widely regarded in Brazil as a bigger champion than many other players.
Zico was known for his steady ball abilities and was by far the star of Brazil's squad at the 1982 World Cup.
8. Garrincha
Another Brazilian legend comes in eighth place with Garrincha sneaking ahead of both Ronaldo and Zico.
Garrincha is widely regarded as the champion of Brazil's 1958 World Cup victory and was crowned best player of the tournament in 1962, a year marked by a major absence for Pele due to injury in the early stages.
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7. Ronaldo Nazario
Brazilian phenomenon Ronaldo Nazario finished seventh and controversially ahead of the Portuguese star.
Ronaldo ’ s natural talent was something to watch, and he has won the Ballon d ’ Or twice, but unfortunately, his career has been heavily affected by injuries.
6. Alfredo Di Stefano
Alfredo Di Stéfano, the second best Real Madrid goalscorer of all time behind Cristiano Ronaldo, won five European Cups and scored in every final, including a brilliant hat-trick in the 1960 final.
5. Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Zidane enters the list strongly and occupies fifth place and Zidane is distinguished by his ability to control the ball throughout the pitch.
Zidane made history after leading France to the 1998 World Cup by scoring two goals against Brazil in the final and leading Real Madrid to the Champions League title in 2001 / 2002.
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4. Johan Cruyff
Johan Cruyff is arguably one of the most important minds in football, despite missing out on the top three.
Cruyff is widely believed to be the founder of the concept of "inclusive football", a tactic that remains in football today through coaches such as Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta.
Johan Cruyff won three consecutive European Cups with Ajax and made one of the most famous skillful moves in football at the 1974 World Cup against Sweden.
3. Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona ’ s name cannot be missed when mentioning the best footballers in history.
If one game can perfectly sum it up, it is the 1986 World Cup against England.
Oddly enough, many still remember his famous hand-held goal rather than focusing on his historic World Cup goal after England ’ s skill and manipulation.
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2. Pelé
Pele finished second in the rankings and the Brazilian legend stands out as the only player to have won the World Cup three times, making his first victory as a teenager in 1958.
Pele became the iconic leader of the greatest football team in history, the Brazilian team that won the 1970 World Cup.
1. Lionel Messi
Argentine star Lionel Messi ranked first in the ranking of the best footballers in history.
Messi is the player who has won the most Ballon d'Or in history with eight awards.
Messi has one of the greatest careers in the history of football, winning the Champions League three times for Barcelona and finishing second in the championship goalscorer's standings.
Messi led Argentina to the 2022 World Cup, in which he scored seven goals, including four penalties.
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France vs Argentina.
Messi keeps the best in his pocket until the end.
Messi scored 5 goals and made 3 in 6 matches in 2022.
As if he didn ’ t offer enough magic moments, Argentine genius Lionel Messi kept what might be the most poetic scenario of his last World Cup appearance, waiting to write the last line.
Messi, 35, who is under heavy pressure to match Diego Maradona ’ s achievement and win the title, has starred in Qatar while other stars such as Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo have bailed out.
From the start to the semi-final victory over Croatia, Messi, whose career is nearing its end, was the only star of the tournament.
His stats speak for themselves as he has been a starter in six games, scoring five goals and making three to lead Argentina to Sunday's final against France.
Messi, who has broken many records, has surpassed the number of World Cup appearances and goals recorded by Maradona and will become the most competitive player in the tournament on Sunday, surpassing the record set by Lotar Mateus (25 games).
Beyond the impressive statistics, Messi ’ s enchanting gestures and joyous celebrations are what excited football fans around the world.
Messi did not exert much physical effort in most matches and did not defend almost at times, but he was waiting for the right moment to use his deadly skills and sudden ability to change the rhythm and quick starts without the ball leaving his foot.
British sports writer Jonathan Wilson wrote of Messi: "A spirit wandering around the match until the right moment, you can censor a man, but watching a ghost is much harder."
Character.
After a disappointing start against Saudi Arabia, Messi took on the task of boosting the team ’ s morale, and his best goals came from an elaborate low from outside the box against Mexico.
Critics were stunned by his pass, which was used by Noel Molina to score the first goal against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals, unique in this pass that Messi played it meticulously without looking at the position of his teammate.
In this match, Messi solidified his relationship with the Argentine fans, which was unfair in comparison to Maradona's character and the passion he showed for his country and winning the 1986 World Cup.
After scoring the penalty to spark crazy celebrations in the stands, Messi, who is usually well-behaved, turned to the Dutch team ’ s seats and put his hands around his ears in a provocative move.
After the game, Messi got into an argument with a Dutch striker and the cameras caught him saying, "What are you looking at, asshole?"
Although critics have criticised Messi as disrespectful, she has delighted Argentinean fans on a large scale, reminiscing of Maradona's defiant spirit.
One of the fans, Jorge Castellanos, who attended the match with a flag that puts both players side by side, said: “Against the Netherlands, Maradona ’ s inner character has finally come out into the open.
Both are one.
They both stay.
It's Argentina! "
But everyone knows that the only way Messi can be shoulder to shoulder with Maradona, at least in the world ’ s biggest football league, is to beat France in the final.
For a long time, Argentina was the second team for non-Argentine fans hoping Messi would win the tournament if their teams could not win the title to seal the final chapter in the beautiful story.
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Messi left Argentina at the age of 13 to join the youth academy in Barcelona.
Despite concerns about his poor build, the new boy rose to prominence among the youngsters before coach Frank Rijkard gave him the chance to play for the first team at the age of 16 in a friendly against Porto in 2003.
Over time, Messi became Barcelona ’ s historic scorer (672 goals) and the most appearances for the Catalan team (778).
In the 2011 / 12 season, he broke the record for the number of goals scored in La Liga (50 goals).
In total, he has won 35 titles with Barcelona, including 10 league titles and four Champions League titles, before moving to Paris Saint-Germain last year.
He has also won a record seven Ballon d'Or awards, as well as FIFA's Player of the Year award six times.
Internationally, he is Argentina ’ s historic goalscorer and led her to win last year ’ s Copa America, her first major title after 28 lean years.
All that is missing from Messi ’ s coffers is the World Cup title.
But even if he did not win the title, it seems that he has won the hearts of fans who have become convinced that he loves the Argentina shirt as Maradona did and has given her magical moments over the years and that he has done his best and is just around the corner to win the title.
Argentine journalist Sofia Martínez Mateos summed up the general situation when she ended an interview with Messi this week with a speech on behalf of Argentina.
"The final is coming and of course we all want to win, but I want to tell you that regardless of the result, there is something that no one can take away from you."
"I have entered the heart of every Argentine.
Honestly, no kid doesn't own your shirt.
You have left your mark on the lives of each of us.
“Keep that in your heart because it ’ s more important than the World Cup and I ’ ve already won that.
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Content: Footballer "Inter Miami" and the national team of Argentina Lionel Messi received another individual award
The legendary Argentinian was recognized as the best athlete of the planet in 2023 according to the American magazine Time.
In particular, the publication recalls a fantastic moment on July 21, 2023, when Lionel Messi played his debut match with Inter Miami.
The Argentine moved to the camp of the MLS outsider from the French PSG and already in his first match in the last minutes with a masterpiece kick from the box scored his debut goal for the club from Miami.
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It was Messi ’ s goal in the 90 + 4th minute that brought Inter Miami a victory in the game against Cruz Azul in the League Cup match.
Then the star Argentine scored goals in all matches of the tournament and helped the team from Florida to win the first trophy in their club history.
In the final, "Inter Miami" won in the series of post-match penalties "Nashville".
This triumph allowed Lionel Messi to become the most titled player in the history of football.
Also in 2023, the Argentine became the owner of the “Golden ball ”, which was the eighth in his career.
This season, as part of Inter Miami, Messi played 14 matches in all tournaments, in which he scored 11 goals and gave 5 assists.
Recall, as part of the Argentina national team in December 2022, Lionel Messi won the world championship for the first time.
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Content: The World Cup is not everything.
How Messi ’ s international career is better than Maradona
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Both are short in stature (1.69 m Messi vs 1.65 m Maradona), left-footed players, dodgy geniuses, under-20 World Cup champions, and No. 10 tango jersey holders.
They both have the same genius for the ball on the pitch but are two completely different personalities, and yes, one is the holder of the historic World Cup, but the other is the holder of the Golden Ball on six occasions.
The beginning of the historical similarity between Messi and Maradona
The resemblance was striking when Messi, during a 2007 Spanish Cup match against Getafe, repeated Maradona ’ s timeless shot of his second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final, dodging six players including goalkeeper Peter Shelton before the ball caught the net.
While Messi was scoring goals and winning gold balls and trophies at Barcelona, the club where he spent most of his life, Argentina, which he left as a teenager, began to wonder if he would offer her something along the lines of “God. ”
How does Messi beat Maradona in the World Cup?
It is true that Maradona put his name among the names of adults to remain immortal in the history of one of the greatest football tournaments of all time, such as the World Cup, and specifically the version that Mexico hosted on its soil in 1986.
Argentina won the title for the second time in their history, a version whose first champion was Diego Armando Maradona with the greatest individual performance in the World Cup at the time.
Maradona had the experience of participating in the World Cup before, scoring two goals in five games for his country in the previous version 1982, so he was a leader in the subsequent World Cup 1986 for a new generation of “tango dancers ”, succeeding the historic generation that gave his country the first edition of the World Cup 1978.
The England match was the most prominent match in Maradona ’ s career, but it was one of the most prominent and important in the history of football.
In that confrontation, Diego scored two goals that will remain immortal in history, the first being called a goal by the hand of God.
The goal of painters and designers innovate in his description and drawing, it is a goal scored by hand in the game of football and in the most important championship in the world in a scene clear to everyone, but it seems that the Tunisian referee Ali Ben Nasser wanted to immortalize the march of Maradona and what he did in that tournament.
Just four minutes after the goal, Maradona returned to score a new legendary goal, as he received the ball from the middle of his court, and succeeded in dodging 5 players and then the goalkeeper of England, to house the net, scoring a goal chosen as the best goal in the history of the World Cup, and the best goal in the last century, to lead his country to the semi-finals.
Everything he did certainly qualifies him to be the best, but this is only part of the history of the World Cup, which is not overlooked by the fans, which is the tournaments, as long as you win the championship you are the hero and the legend, and if you are not crowned you are a failure.
What has Messi done in the history of his participation in the World Cup?
Lionel Messi has enjoyed a busy career with Argentina on an individual level, throughout his appearances at the World Cup and in various international continental competitions, and here are a series of G.O.A.T. numbers:
Argentina scored 90 goals.
Most goals in Argentina ’ s history with 51 goals.
He has scored 141 goals in 164 appearances for Argentina.
• The largest contributor of goals in the history of the official combined tournaments of the national teams with 43 contributions.
Most Man of the Match in a single World Cup in the history of the tournament, winning it five times with Argentina in 2014.
• The only player in the history of the World Cup to have made goals in 4 different editions of the 2006 / 2010 / 2014 / 2018 tournament.
• The most dodgy player in the history of the World Cup with 110 dodgers, ahead of Maradona with 105 dodgers.
The player who created the most chances in a single World Cup was in 2014 when he created 13 chances.
There are two chances in the final against Germany.
• Most Man of the Match in the history of the Copa America with 15 wins.
He has contributed the most goals in the history of the Copa America with 33 goals.
• Most scoring player in South American World Cup qualifying history with 28 goals.
• Most scoring player for the under-21 youth team in history with 18 goals.
All these statistics and the records that Messi has achieved prove beyond a doubt that he was in control of land and green in the world of football.
Lionel did everything for Argentina and the Tango fans, surpassing all of his opponents in the team from strikers, playmakers and players throughout history, and succeeded in breaking all the numbers written by the feet of the previous.
Messi will start his last “dance ” tomorrow with an easy start against Al Saweida, hoping that it will be the motivation to achieve his dream with Argentina in Qatar 2022, and to come out of Doha crowned with the World Cup title, to complete the most beautiful and strongest image in the history of sport for the most integrated player that has passed in the history of football.

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Lionel Messi surpassed the number of goals of the Brazilian legend Pele in international matches with his country, after scoring the hat-trick, and led Argentina to a big victory over Bolivia 3-0, in the tenth round of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
Messi, six times the world ’ s best player, has raised his tally to 79 goals with Argentina firmly on track to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, where they are second in the unified group with six points behind Brazil 2-0 and leading with 24 full points.
In his 153rd international match, the 34-year-old Messi equalised three-time world champion Pelé with 77 goals by opening the scoring from a distinctive far shot with his left foot.
The player who recently moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain of France shook the net of the goalkeeper Carlos Lambe again, after a take and take ball with his teammate Lautaro Martinez finished it at close range.
The Mosquito achieved his seventh trio with his country two minutes before the end of time, following a close distance shot by the guard.
“I ’ ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, now I ’ m going to enjoy it. ”
Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese opponent, holds the record for international goals with 111 goals in 180 games.

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Content: Messi again bypassed Ronaldo: the rating of the best athletes of the century
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Correspondence confrontation between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo has been going on for decades.
In the next ranking, the Argentine was significantly ahead of the eternal competitor.
The American edition of ESPN has published its own version of the hundred best athletes of the century.
The task was not easy, because the achievements in various sports were evaluated.
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Who became the winner of the rating
Experts took into account the results of athletes from January 1, 2000.
ESPN editors from all over the world participated in the selection of nominees and in the voting process.
The result of painstaking work was the rating of the hundred best professional athletes of the century.
The winner was American swimmer Michael Phelps.
He set 39 world records and became the absolute record holder for winning the Olympic Games.
Argentine Leo Messi closed the top three for tennis player Serena Williams.
Interestingly, the best scorer of the national teams in the history of Cristiano Ronaldo was only in 13th place.
Top 5 Best Athletes of the Century
1.
Michael Phelps (swimming) – 28-time Olympic medalist (record), 23-time Olympic gold medalist.
He won the most gold medals in a single Olympics when he won eight medals in Beijing 2008.
2.
Serena Williams (tennis) – 23-time champion of Grandslem level tournaments in singles (the second result of all time).
The record for women in the number of victories in matches at the “majors ” – 365.
73 career titles – fifth place among women.
Four times became the champion of the Olympic Games.
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Lionel Messi (football) - 10-time champion of La Liga, seven-time winner of the Spanish Cup, four-time winner of the Champions League, six-time top scorer of the Champions League, 17 times a member of the symbolic FIFA team, winner of the World Cup, two-time winner of the America's Cup, two-time winner of the "Golden Ball" of the World Cup, eight-time winner of the "Golden Ball" cha ".
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LeBron James (basketball) is the best player in NBA history by number of points, a 20-time All-Star, 19 times elected to the NBA national team, and six times to the defensive team.
He was an NBA Finals MVP four times and an All-Star MVP three times.
In total, he won four NBA titles with three different teams, as well as twice winning Olympic gold.
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Tom Brady (American football) is a seven-time Super Bowl champion, five-time Super Bowl MVP, three-time NFL MVP.
Also in the top ten were Roger Federer (tennis), Simon Biles (gymnastics), Tiger Woods (golf), Usain Bolt (running), Kobe Bryant (basketball).

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Content: Dejan Lovren says Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is right up there with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Regarded as two of the best, if not the greatest, players in history - while winning 12 Ballon d'Or trophies and countless team honours between them - Messi and Ronaldo continue to have immense followings who claim their idol to be top of the pile. It is a 50-50 question that has no definitive answer.

Egypt international Salah needs no introduction at Anfield and beyond, either, having totted-up 186 goals in 303 appearances for the club - with 77 assists. He continues to perform at the top level despite the collective struggles this season - as 30 goals and 14 assists from 49 games in all competitions shows.

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Lovren was asked about Salah during an interview with LFCTV. He said: "We're talking each month every time, at least twice a week we call each other. We're really good friends, we tell each other some secrets, not about football, and it's really great to have a friend like that."

Lovren, who spent six years with Liverpool and now plays for French Ligue 1 side Lyon, continued: "You don't know how much effort he's putting into his body to be what he is. It's not just like that he's scoring every year 25, 30 goals.

"He's putting in really, really hard work. Sometimes after training I'm just sitting on the sofa enjoying, watching TV, and this guy he's answering from his swimming pool and saying; 'Yeah, let me finish my swimming session'.

"Mo, you had just training in the morning! 'Just let me do it'. And then you say to yourself, players like him, like Ronaldo, like Messi, this is more than perfection, I don't know.

"There are not many like him, like Messi, like Ronaldo. He's playing for the last five seasons and scoring every year 25, 30 goals. Come on guys, come on. He's never injured, he's a winger, and he's scoring more goals than Harry Kane."

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Content: Numbers, titles and prizes waiting for Ronaldo and Messi to achieve them
One left the club where he grew up and became a professional player, and the other returned to the team that gave him an international star.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have won a lot of titles and many individual awards, but they still have records to match or record in their names.
These two players, who have entertained the lovers of the round witch performance and goals, are expected to have more fun and skill in the coming years.
What have Messi and Ronaldo achieved so far?
Local tournaments and cups, continental and international tournaments and tournaments with their respective teams, that is, they achieved everything at the team and team levels.
As for the goals, Ronaldo:
• Top scorer at the national level (111 goals).
• Top scorer in the Champions League (134 goals).
Best scorer in Real Madrid history (451 goals)
• Top scorer in the European finals (14 goals).
Macy is:
Spanish Premier League goalscorer (474 goals)
• Top scorer in the Champions League (120 goals).
• He holds the record in the number of goals scored in La Liga during one season (50 goals).
The top scorer of the Spanish championship is more than any other player (8 times).
What else can Messi and Ronaldo achieve?
Ronaldo is the top goalscorer at the national level, but Messi needs two goals (he has 76 goals) to beat Brazilian legend Pele and become the South American top scorer at the national level.
Don is only two games away to become the most involved player in the Champions League, exceeding the record set by Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas by 177 games, while Messi played 149 games in the Champions League.
Messi has won the Ballon d'Or six times and is on his way to seven, while Ronaldo has five gold balls.
The captain of Portugal has won the Champions League five times, while the captain of Argentina has won it four times.
In terms of goals, the Manchester United star has 674 goals, beating the Paris Saint-Germain star by just two goals.
Ronaldo needs only nine goals to overtake current United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and become the 15th place in the list of historical "Almanio" goalscorers (he has 127 goals), while he needs 155 goals to enter the top 10 list.
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Content: Lautaro about Messi: “Leo has written his name in the history of football.
Even in training, it feels like he ’ s doing another sport. ”
Lautaro Martinez spoke about his attitude to Lionel Messi.
“I am his friend and comrade.
We are talking about a player who has inscribed his name in the history of football.
Even in training, it seems like he is engaged in a completely different sport.
He's making up things you've never seen.
He is a real beast in competitions, he never wants to lose, ” said the striker of Inter and Argentina.
Messi and Martinez as part of the Argentina national team won the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, the Finalissima, as well as the Copa América in 2021.
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The striker of the national team of Argentina and PSG Lionel Messi answered the question, whether he considers himself the best player in the history of football.
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Lionel Messi replicates exactly Diego Maradona pose as Argentina captain held aloft by hundreds after winning World Cup

LIONEL Messi replicated Diego Maradona's pose from 1986 as Argentina finally lifted the World Cup again after a 36-year wait.

Messi drove his country on throughout the tournament and was instrumental in the dramatic final win over France.

The victory sparked mass celebrations in which Messi was lifted above the rest of his team-mates while holding the trophy in the air.

Maradona, who was the star of the World Cup in Mexixo 36 years ago, also held the trophy aloft with the rest of the squad around him when he got his hands on the trophy.

Messi scored seven goals and assisted a further three on La Albiceleste's way to glory in Qatar.

Maradona was just as influential during Mexico '86, getting five goals and five assists.

Both, of course, won the player of the tournament accolade.

Messi was pipped to the Golden Boot by Kylian Mbappe, while Maradona was beaten to the individual trophy by England's Gary Lineker, who netted six.

Messi has long been compared with Maradona, with critics claiming the PSG star hadn't won the World Cup like the man who passed away aged 60 in 2020.

But now, Messi has achieved greatness and on his accomplishment he said: "It’s simply unbelievable. I knew that God was going to give me the Cup, I was sure — it was a big joy for us.

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“I had this big dream for a long time, I wanted to close my career with the World Cup. I can’t ask for more than this."

Messi was expected to retire from international duty as he confirmed before the clash with France that it would be his last World Cup game, but he has now hinted at defending his crown in 2026.

He already has the record for most goals scored by one player at World Cups with 13, overtaking Brazil icon Pele.

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Content: A thousand contributions to his career and 50 this season.
Messi continues to write his own chapter in football history
When Argentine star Lionel Messi moved to Paris Saint-Germain, many doubted his performance at Barcelona.
In the first season, he offered modest numbers but needed to adapt to a new team and a new country and culture as well.
The first sign that he would be fine was his performance with the Argentina national team.
As a result, he won the World Cup in Qatar last December and led his country to the greatest glory of his career.
At St Germain, Messi has been developing and adapting throughout the season but on Saturday he reached a figure that confirmed he was a complete player.
With his goal against Nantes yesterday in the French league, Messi has scored 30 goals and made 20 assists in 39 games this season for the club and the national team (he has scored 18 goals and made 16 assists in all competitions for Saint-Germain, 12 goals and 4 assists in the tango shirt).
In total, the Bolga made 1,000 contributions to his career with the teams he played for: 701 goals and 299 assists in 840 games.
He recently won the FIFA World Player of the Year award for 2022.
Messi is living through one of his best periods of his career but he will need the top of his game and the sum of his experiences in the upcoming Paris Saint-Germain game.
Bayern Munich obstacle in the way of Messi
Messi ’ s recent performances at home may be convincing, but against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final he was unable to deliver any of his previous performances when he was at Barcelona.
Winning this tournament is a top priority for the Parisian team and is one of the reasons why Saint-Germain signed the Argentine international.
The next game in Munich, the second leg of the home continental championship final, will be the most important test for Messi and his teammates this season.
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Content: Lionel Messi was selected for the 2023 Ballon d'Ors, the eighth time in his career, as expected.
Comprehensive Messi's performance in the past year, the most dazzling is to lead Argentina to win the World Cup in Qatar, which is the first time Messi has won the World Cup, and it is also the last mile of his road to glory, rewriting a number of world football records, his No. 10 Argentina jersey (sponsor Adidas) once sold out of stock.
Despite scoring less than Premier League striker Erling Haaland last season, Messi still won the biggest prize with his impressive World Cup performance, competing against his former teammate Kylian Mbappe, who lost to Argentina in the World Cup final with France.
Halland was honored with the Müller Award (Best Frontline Award), and his "Blue Moon" Manchester City was selected as the best men's football team.
Messi said: “Thank you to everyone who voted for me, as well as my Argentina teammates and coaching staff.
I also congratulate Harland and Mbappe, it has been a wonderful year, I will never forget. "Messi said when receiving the award that the only regret of his football career is the World Cup champion, he thanked his wife for supporting him all the way to the championship, and his new American club Miami International, which he will take a week off to enjoy.
The Ballon d'Or was awarded by the prestigious magazine Football France. The Ballon d'Or was once merged with FIFA's World Footballer of the Year award to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Messi ’ s eight wins are the most in history, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo ’ s five.
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Messi shines in PSG: promotes, sharpens, scores.
No one else thinks he ’ s only in Barca.
After a difficult debut season in Paris, Lionel Messi returns to the top level and performance.
He is the best assistant of the top 5 leagues (9 assists, the same as Kevin de Bruyne), scored 6 + 9 goals + pass (1.4 scoring actions in 90 minutes), only Erling Holand (17 + 3), Robert Lewandowski (12 + 4) and Neymar (9 + 7) scored more than him.
In the Champions League, everything is also great: he is second in goal + pass with 4 + 3, pursuing the same Holland with 6 + 2.
Of course, Messi ’ s gaming influence goes far beyond the main statistics.
It seems that this season he finds harmony between the promotion of the ball, creation and completion.
In short: what didn ’ t happen last season?
Reminder: in the League 1-2021 / 22 Messi scored only six goals.
In League 1-2022 / 23, he has already reached this point, although less than a third of the season has passed.
In terms of scoring qualities (the expected threat and implementation) Messi really played objectively worse than in Barcelona.
Both the overall decline in the number of moments and the weak completion affected the performance.
In terms of 90 minutes, Messi in PSG -2021 / 22 scored only 0.25 goals per game - his worst result in his career was 0.46 goals in the 2007 / 08 season.
In the next 13 seasons for Barça, he never went below 0.78 (2019 / 20), in eight cases he broke the goal mark every 90 minutes.
In contrast to the last seasons at Barça, it is noticeable that PSG has badly deteriorated implementation (by the way, the best in the world), the expected threat (xG) has also decreased significantly.
At the same time, there was no regression in the creation and promotion at all.
Only in four seasons of La Liga for Barça Messi did more assists than in the first year for PSG (14).
According to the promotion metrics of the ball, Leo completely surpassed the performance of the late Barca.
It is expected that Messi was strongly criticized for weak performance, while rarely noting his power in other stages.
Even Karim Benzema stood up for Messi – he knows more than anyone that you can be very useful without heads: “The lack of heads is tolerated due to the period of adaptation.
Better watch what Messi is doing on the field.
“Those who criticize Leo now don ’ t know anything about football. ”
PSG partner Ander Herrera also actively defended: “They demand 50 goals per season from Messi – it ’ s difficult.
Do not forget that Messi hit the bars and crossbars 10 times, setting a League 1 record of all time.
10 more heads and everything would be better. ”
However, in Barça there were seasons with 11, 12, and 14 bars – we checked.
In the system of Mauricio Pochettino Messi received the role of a very free ten: cruised along the entire central axis, descended to the center of the field, sometimes shifted to the right flank.
In the center of the PSG midfield there were always more destroyers than ball engines, and this engine was Leo Messi.
The Argentine guaranteed constant progress, and he was very good at it.
But in the final stage there were enough problems.
First, the very realization – Messi was objectively bad.
Secondly, the long search for a connection with Neymar and Mbappe.
Pochettino blamed the greased preseason because of the Euro and the Copa América and explained this misunderstanding in the first half of the season.
Mbappe said: “It ’ s a pity that we didn ’ t play until April 2022. ”
Third, microtraumas obviously affected the game tone.
The very period of adaptation with household nuances also affected – Pochettino said that Leo had problems with this.
Fourth, the Pochettino system.
The coach built a strong frame to protect against the loss of Messi, Mbappe and Neymar.
The attacking foundation remained flimsy.
From the center of the midfield, no one could constantly be included in the line of attack as Messi came down for the ball.
Extreme defenders could not constantly rise to someone else ’ s front – the 4-X-X scheme a priori imposes more defensive obligations than the positions of the laterals in the 3-X-X.
Pochettino, if you want, is easy to justify: well, how else to play with such a set of attackers?
The elite three should have enough creativity to get the result in the attack.
All the rest are needed for insurance and good protection in the seven field.
But now we see an example with coach Christophe Galtier - PSG with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe and attacks more diverse, and defends no worse than the version of Pochettino.
Galtier corrected the role of Messi: plays deeper, but still very much sharpens and beats
The most important fact about the attacking trio, which we noted earlier, is the clear distribution of roles.
Mbappe is a moving forward scorer, Neymar is the master of the last pass, Messi is the ball promotion machine.
The promotion this season is ideologically different from the promotion in the past.
Under Pochettino, the strikers of PSG freely descended to the center of the field and in the Brownian movement had to come up with a moment, if desired, connecting partners (there was usually little desire).
Now, due to the clear distribution, the attacking pattern of PSG can be easily simplified to the following scheme: descending Messi into the center of the field - finding Neymar between the lines - passing on the opening behind the backs of the defenders of Mbappe.
From the main pattern comes a large number of relevant deviations of varying degrees of popularity.
Neymar can: wait for the incoming Leo and roll under attack from the support zone, wait and launch the combinational carousel, give on the left flank Nuna Mendes to stretch the opponent ’ s defense, go in the stroke, give a pass to Vitinje, who rose from the center of the field when Messi went down there.
Then Leo starts the attack and hits himself 15 seconds later.
Here comes down, while his place in the top three of the attack is taken by Vitinha.
Below are the heat maps of Messi ’ s actions in the season-2021 / 22 and 2022 / 23.
Pay attention to the red zones in the opponent ’ s penalty area and in the central semicircle on his half of the field – this was not the case before.
Messi began to descend even lower - normally, given that now there is a central midfielder who rises in the line of attack and maintains balance.
At the same time, Messi often touches the ball in the penalty area - it means that his advances are not choked, and after a pass from the depths, he can threaten himself, turning on and at the completion stage.
Another detail: there is no skew to the right flank, Messi plays centrally.
It works.
Below is a list of statistical indicators, where Lionel Messi ranks first in Europe.
Not in PSG, not in Ligue 1, but in all the top-5 leagues.
As you can see, Messi retains a huge attacking variability: both in the end (strikes), and in the creation (assists, pre-shock actions, passes to the penalty), and in the promotion (promoting passes).
In many other metrics – from the total weight of punches in xG to passes in the final third – Messi is in the top 5 / top 10.
Think about it: Messi makes more promotional programs (both in absolute value and in terms of 90 minutes) than, for example, Joshua Kimmich and Tony Kroos - recognized masters of business, with whom brilliant passes forward are associated.
They are really beautiful in this role.
But Messi still bypasses them, while dominating other stages of the attack.
Luis Enrique, who coached Messi at Barça, spoke beautifully of Leo ’ s multitasking influence: “If Messi plays a nine, he ’ s the best nine in the world.
If eight is the best eight in the world.
If six is the best six. ”
Leo himself reflected on the theme of the difficult first season: “Hard times – sometimes it seemed like I couldn ’ t find myself.
Everything is fine now: I feel comfortable at PSG, we have a great atmosphere in the dressing room, I like my partners and the team ’ s performance.
I ’ m enjoying my game again. ”
An important detail of Messi ’ s success is his progress in team arrangements with other PSG players.
Galtier beautifully said the obvious thing: “The peculiarity of Messi is that he really likes to play partners.
He is a football altruist. ”
• Work with Neymar and Mbappe – top.
No screenshots will reveal the magic of Leo and Ney – just watch PSG matches and enjoy, it ’ s pure football.
Mbappe sometimes makes mistakes in short drawings (and Messi, too, he is not a robot), but with Kilian sometimes there are beautiful attacks.
The most stable option is to pass Messi behind the backs of the defenders (this is how Lilla scored in the seventh second of the match), the main highlight is Messi ’ s goal against Ajaccio after passing Mbappe with his heel.
Neymar defended Messi last season, and after a powerful start of the new campaign only referred to the old words: “Leo remains Leo.
He will never change, that player always makes a difference. ”
• Excellent understanding with the new center of the Verratti field – Vitinha.
About the newcomer "Porto" has already been said - very clearly rises to the penalty area, reacting to the descents of Messi in midfield.
Verratti became much better to beat Leo in the wall, and if necessary, Marco flies off into the defense line, pulling the opponent higher and looking for a corridor for Messi to pass into the center of the field.
Verratti originally praised Messi: “His game is the simple things that make you fall in love with football. ”
• Improved communication with the laterals of Nunu Mendesh (left) and Ashraf Hakimi (right).
Mendes is the regular addressee for diagonal passes from the bottom of the center of the field closer to the edge of the box.
Against “Lille ” together built a beautiful goal.
It is too early to talk about the similarity with the legendary bunch of Messi and Alba in Barcelona – the Portuguese does not have enough reading the game for constant runs into the penalty box under Messi ’ s scoops from the support zone.
But Mendes gives great shots.
And Leo fell in love with Mendes so much that he put him in second place in the voting for the Raymond Cop prize for the best player under 21 (only Gavi is higher).
Hakimi is the addressee for Messi ’ s vertical gears from the depth behind the backs of the defenders.
Here is an example from the match against Ajaccio, where Messi first pushes the ball into the attack, and then sharpens the pass on accelerating Hakimi.
Can Messi get any better?
The most obvious request is help with getting out of the pressure.
Neymar stands out from the attacking trio: he regularly descends to the penalty area to quickly run out into a counterattack through a pass or bold dribbling.
Mbappe was integrated in a peculiar way - in some matches of Ligue 1, he served as a kind of target who should take casts from the penalty box.
It didn ’ t work very well, the central defenders pushed from behind.
Messi enters the game only with a counterattack.
Its resistance under pressure and dribbling are quite relevant to help with overcoming the pressure.
In addition, a difficult dilemma for defenders: either to rise very high for Leo (with personal guardianship), or pass to midfielders who will have to follow another player (with zone pressure).
Another point is the effectiveness of dribbling.
Yes, Messi leads the most in the top 5 leagues, but the percentage of successful attempts is 56.4.
This is a good result, considering the number of strokes is even excellent, but we are talking about the absolute top level.
In the last 5 seasons, the Argentine figure has never fallen below 59.8%, so this year Leo has slightly sagged.
Messi goes a lot in the stroke in the central axis, so the stakes increase: success - the chance to immediately make the attack more dangerous, failure - the risk of getting a quick attack in response.
Against tenacious supports (for example, Camara from AS Monaco) Leo sometimes does not have enough acceleration and sharpness, and because of this, PSG can get burned.
Playing without the ball is an understandable point that PSG simply accepts and seeks adaptation.
The main of them is the extension of laterals for pressing the extreme defenders of the opponent, we analyzed this tool here.
Another important point in contrast to Messi ’ s weak defensive performance is Neymar ’ s valuable defensive work.
Due to the forced transition after injuries of the central defenders from 3-4-3 to 4-4-2 rhombus, PSG became more difficult.
Given the characteristics of Messi, Mbappe and Neymar without the ball, PSG is much easier to defend with a five in line, not a four.
Messi ’ s losses in the middle of the field look even more dangerous – less insurance in the back.
The pressure is also sagging: Hakimi and Mendes can no longer move as before.
So for Leo, and especially for the team, returning to 3-X-X will be useful.
Finally, implementation!
Yes, in the new season with her there are problems – Messi scored 6 goals in Ligue 1 with 7.1 xG.
This is an unpleasant result for any attack player, and certainly disappointing for Leo, who himself set records for anomalous implementation.
Probably, even geniuses are not able to ignore regression to the average.
But with these nuances, Messi claims to be the best in the world.
Ahead of the most important (Leo himself said that the last) attempt to take the world Cup with Argentina and a new quest to fight for the Champions League with PSG.
A difficult journey, but the more interesting it is to follow Messi – he is still very good.
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Content: Legendary Messi with a footprint of 44.
The most crowned ball in the world from the gate of Inter Miami.
Legendary star Lionel Messi has become the most crowned player in the history of football, after raising the 44th cup in his career between 2004 and 2023, after leading his new team "Inter Miami" the first historic title and winning the US-Mexico League Cup, beating Nashville on penalties (10-9), after the original time of the match ended in a positive draw (1-1)...
Messi has netted in all seven games and led Inter Miami with an unbeaten record to the Mexican NFL Cup, confirming his significant impact on Inter Miami since his arrival last month.
Messi opened the scoring on 23 in his usual style and shot from outside the penalty area, before Nashville returned the result in the 57th minute of the game.
The eyes of the fans of the American team after the achievement of the dream of the first title, to the league championship, where "Inter Miami" bottom the ranking of the eastern section after 11 consecutive games without any victory.
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Content: Legendary French striker Thierry Henry appreciated the start of Lionel Messi ’ s career at PSG.
“Messi is cut off from the team and doesn ’ t touch the ball too often.
I wouldn ’ t say he ’ s bad at PSG, but I can see he ’ s isolated.
“I think Messi is more useful when he ’ s playing in the middle.
I don't think he can make a difference by acting on the right.
Now Leo is not the most successful period, and in the center he can give a rhythm.
We need to find a solution so Messi, Neymar and Mbappe can play together.
I don ’ t have the exact numbers in terms of tactics, but I think Leo has the least influence among the three.
Messi is little involved in the attacks, ” said Henri Marca.
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Content: Pele apologizes to Messi and congratulates him on his new record
Brazilian soccer star Pele has apologised to his Argentine counterpart Lionel Messi for being late in congratulating him for breaking his record as a South American national team goalscorer, after taunting Messi's talent and calling him a "one-skill player".
Pele is undergoing hospital treatment and recovery after his health deteriorated and he underwent surgery earlier this month in Brazil.
Messi broke Pele ’ s record, topping the list of South American teams ’ goalscorers, after scoring a hat-trick that led Argentina to beat Bolivia 3-0 on September 9, with 79 goals, in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Pele shared through his personal account on Instagram on Saturday a picture of Messi in the shirt of the Argentine team, sending a special message to the star of Paris Saint-Germain France.
"Hi Messi, sorry if I was late, however I did not want to miss the opportunity to congratulate you for breaking another record earlier this month," Pele said.
Pele added: “Your talent for playing football is fantastic and I hope you achieve more along with my friends Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Pele had taunted Messi in one of his previous statements - in the context of a comparison with Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo - and said that "Messi does not have the ability to score with the right foot or head; he is a player of the same skill (that is, he can score with his left foot only)."
Source: Al Jazeera + Sanad Agency
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#### Career Achievements
Messi's career is adorned with numerous accolades and records that underscore his dominance in football:
- **Golden Ball Awards**: Messi has won the Ballon d'Or a record eight times, more than any other player in history.

- **World Cup Victory**: In 2022, Messi led Argentina to win the FIFA World Cup, a feat that had eluded him throughout his career until then.

This victory is often seen as the crowning achievement of his illustrious career.

- **Club Success**: With FC