Jamie Carragher turns a New York quiz into a Messi callback

CBS Sports Golazo's fast-starting Short revisits a direct-message story, with Kate Abdo and Micah Richards supplying the reactions.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 308,663 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (21,031).

Remember when Messi called Jamie Carragher a ‘burro’ 😂

Geography can wait. Asked to name New York City's boroughs, Jamie Carragher hears a word that reminds him of a rather personal football assessment.

"Borough? That's what Messi called me!" he says, setting Kate Abdo laughing. CBS Sports Golazo's Short then cuts to an exchange labeled three years earlier: Micah Richards asks about a direct message, Carragher checks his phone, and Abdo helps translate the Spanish word he says Lionel Messi sent him. The joke hinges on the sound of "borough," not Carragher's knowledge of Manhattan or Brooklyn.

The upload drew nearly 200,000 views in its first 11 hours, putting it well ahead of Golazo's usual Shorts start. It arrives amid a broader surge for the channel, whose daily views are more than six times their usual level. That channel-wide rise is much larger than this clip alone.

Golazo has a substantial history of letting its panel's quiz-room personalities share the spotlight with the football. Its most-watched regular upload is another studio game, in which Thierry Henry surprises Richards and Carragher with his answers.

Here, viewers are picking up on Carragher's quick callback. Some joke that he must have kept the message safely archived; another asks for more impromptu quizzes. A question about New York turns out to be enough to reopen the panel's Messi story.

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The numbers

The Short is drawing views much faster than Golazo's usual early pace, alongside a separate rise across the channel.

the video's first day

usual first day here

21,031

this video

308,663

subscribers

3,090,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

4,248,730,253

views per day

11,983,125

typical day: 1,800,601

the video

views

198,920

likes

4,500

comments

60

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

B/R Football

3,820,000

CBS Sports Golazo

3,090,000

DAZN Football

2,930,000

David King

2,530,000

The United Stand

2,310,000

talkSPORT

1,970,000

As of October 17, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.