Messi gets kicked pretty much every game (see El Classico this season), and tries to stay on his feet as much as he can.
messi also has more upstairs than ronaldo & robinho put together - remember the chelski game when he got del horno (iirc) sent off in the first half by simply taunting him and tempting him to kick him up in the air
he'd take this piss in the PL, anyone thinking he wouldn't is a dreamer...spanish defenders are far more cultured than PL ones and he makes them look like jokers; the bags of meat we see outside the top 4-6 teams he'd laugh at probably literally
Loved it when he made Cannavaro and Bobby Carlos look like mugs, 2 on 1 and he still skinned them both.
Also love it when he's got the ball at a standing position with the defender on him, and he puts the defender on their arse.