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- Lionel Messi, at 35, has finally won the World Cup with Argentina, leading his national side to an epic victory over the 2018 champions France, with a penalty shootout required to decide the winner after a 3-3 draw.
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Jun 30, 2018 · As Lionel Messi departs the World Cup - possibly for the last time - Kylian Mbappe announces himself on the world's biggest stage.
Jun 20, 2018 · Argentina forward Lionel Messi does not need to win the World Cup to be considered an all-time great, says former striker Hernan Crespo. Messi, 30, had a penalty saved in Argentina's...
Jun 11, 2018 · If Argentina win the World Cup then we can end the debate once and for all. Because Lionel Messi, quite simply, will have to go down as the greatest player in football history.
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By five years into his professional career, it was obvious Messi was dancing alongside the gods — the Maradonas and the Pelés. But while those two in particular earned their legacies early with World Cup wins (relatively young for Maradona at 25, extremely young for Pelé at 17), then spent the rest of their careers defending their reputations, Mess...
There is a strong case that he didn't need to win the World Cup to be regarded as the greatest. International football is incredibly fickle. What if France had won the shootout instead? What if Pelé had been born in Estonia and never won a trophy with his national side? Would that make him any less of a player? Some of football's most legendary nam...
Ironically, it was the Argentinians themselves who took the longest to acknowledge Messi's greatness. Normally a young Argentinian talent would emerge onto the local football scene to much excitement, then star for a year or two with Boca Juniors or River Plate before the move to one of Europe's cashed-up leagues. In that time he would have built h...
Argentinians no longer questioned his commitment to the cause, now they surged behind him in his quest to deliver a first international trophy for the country in decades. Eventually that came, in the toughest of circumstances, as Argentina beat Brazil, in Brazil, in the 2021 Copa America final. With Lionel Scaloni as coach, the team had finally wor...
Whether Argentina had won the final or not, it was a fitting end to Messi's international career that he graced a World Cup with his very best football. And his very best football is unmatched, perhaps ever. Messi can and will be proclaimed the best of all time in the wake of this tournament, but that's not to say the debate will cease. There will ...
Jun 13, 2018 · Names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah lead a chorus of superstars striving to be crowned the kings of football. Five-time winner Brazil wants the trophy back, while...
Jun 29, 2018 · Date: 30 June. Time: 15:00 BST. Coverage: Watch live on BBC One and iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app; listen on Radio 5 live; follow text updates online. Lionel Messi is not dictating...
Mbappe and France face off against Messi and Argentina in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Round of 16.Enjoy the full FI... Live at 5 PM CET on Thursday, September 22nd.
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