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Dec 19, 2022 · Keep up to date with the goals, assists, passing and other key stats for Argentina legend Lionel Messi at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Dec 18, 2022 · The spectacular denouement — a dream final pitting Argentina against France; a first World Cup title for Messi, the world’s best player; a pulsating match settled after six goals and a...
Dec 18, 2022 · Argentina have won their third World Cup in extraordinary style, beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-3 draw that featured a hat-trick for Kylian Mbappe ...
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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 ...
Dec 18, 2022 · Argentina’s Lionel Messi lifts the trophy after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. Argentina won 4-2 in a penalty shootout after the match ended tied 3-3.
Dec 18, 2022 · Lionel Messi has signed off from the FIFA World Cup as a winner at Qatar 2022 – but in a dramatic game, it went all the way to a penalty shoot-out. Messi's Argentina clinched their third World Cup trophy from six final appearances in history on Sunday (18 December), seeing off France 4–2 on penalties (3–3 after extra time) to win the ...
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Dec 18, 2022 · Argentina beat defending-champion France in the final. It's the third World Cup title for Argentina but the first for Messi - the only trophy he hadn't won in his storied and remarkable...
