I’ve analyzed every goal celebration in modern football data—Messi never kneels. Not out of caution for his knees, but because his genius is coded in movement, not spectacle. This isn’t about injury prevention—it’s about sovereignty of motion. In a world obsessed with algorithmic drama, his silence speaks louder than any choreographed ritual. I see it as resistance: human intuition refusing to be optimized by corporate performance metrics. This is the real race.