This is the World Cup final! It’s so exciting!
Facing the defending champion France, Di Maria, who returned to the starting lineup, made a point in the first half, and Messi made it overnight. Then Di Maria scored another goal, making up for the regret of 8 years ago, and Argentina once led 2-0.
But I didn’t expect the game to change suddenly in the 80th minute. Mbappe used a penalty kick and a counterattack to equalize the score within 97 seconds! The number of individual World Cup goals has reached 7!
Then the two sides entered overtime – 108 minutes, Messi made a supplementary shot and scored the 98th goal of the national team!
The game is not over yet! Due to Montiel’s handball, the French team won a penalty kick in the 116th minute – Mbappe made it overnight, staged a hat-trick and scored his 8th goal of the tournament!
In the penalty shootout, Martinez saved Koeman’s penalty, and then Chuameni missed the penalty. Argentina won the Hercules Cup 7-5 France!
After the game, the major awards of the World Cup were announced.
The 21-year-old Argentine young midfielder Enzo Fernandez won the best newcomer.
Martinez won the best goalkeeper.
Argentine goalkeeper Damian Martinez won the “Golden Glove Award” for the best goalkeeper.
Mbappe top scorer
A hat-trick was staged in the final, and Mbappe, who scored 8 goals throughout the event, won the top scorer of the Golden Boot.
The most valuable World Cup Most Valuable Player Award deserves to belong to Messi!
Throughout Messi’s career, comparisons to Maradona were unavoidable.
This is not surprising, Ortega, Riquelme, Carlos Tevez… In the years without a championship, these predecessors of Messi have been used by Argentines as Maradona’s substitute.
But time has proved that the person who is most qualified to be placed with Maradona is destined to be only Messi.
Now, the world can say – after Pele and Maradona, we have another champion, and that is Messi!
Argentines finally value Messi
How great is Messi? “Mei Chui”, who is all over the football circle, has taken the trouble to give the answer. In the eyes of some supporters, Messi has already matched or even surpassed Maradona.
In this final, Messi’s 26 World Cup appearances surpassed Matthaus; 12 goals surpassed Batistuta to become the World Cup scorer in the history of Argentina; Ze, Ronaldo, and Gerd Muller are tied for the top of the history list; 8 assists are tied with Lao Ma himself; 10 World Cup bests are also the highest in history…
Outside of the World Cup, Messi’s great achievements in the club are undoubtedly more dazzling-he is a record harvester, and his battery life is far from comparable to his predecessors. You must know that the 35-year-old Maradona’s playing career has been torn apart by cocaine and suspensions.
People who question Messi also have their own reasons-Messi’s 2 withdrawal from the national team is more like a “stain”, and Lao Ma is a player who values playing for the country more than his life.
No matter how many absurd footnotes there are in his life, as long as the national team calls, Maradona can lock the cocaine at home in Buenos Aires, and lose dozens of weights in just two months on the training ground. kg weight.
So, how far is the distance between Messi and Maradona?
On the emotional level, the former Argentines believed that Maradona was the true god who came out of the Argentine society and football soil. They did not think that Messi, a player who traveled across the ocean when he was young, could perfectly resonate with him emotionally and have no barriers. , no matter how good Messi is.
However, winning the Copa America in 2021 is like a beginning, and the World Cup in Qatar is a real watershed. Messi began to be recognized by everyone, and the Argentines are cherishing Messi as they once cherished Maradona.
Until the final night in Qatar, everything was perfect.
Messi belongs to the world
After the semi-final victory over Croatia, a reporter from Argentine state television approached Messi and said the following.
“I want to tell you that no matter what the result is, there are some things that no one can take away from you. There is a real resonance between you and Argentina. This resonance will move every Argentine.”
“There’s no kid who doesn’t want your jersey, whether it’s real or fake, or if you made it yourself, you’ve left your mark on everyone’s life and that’s more important to me than winning the World Cup. “
“No one can take that away from you, and this is a personal expression of my gratitude to you for bringing happiness to so many.”
As the saying goes, times make heroes, Maradona is naturally an unborn genius, and after the Falklands Sea Battle in the 1986 World Cup, this man ended England with the “hand of God” and the most exciting goal in the history of the World Cup, and finally Winning the gold cup, he interpreted personal heroism to the extreme.
Especially with the two most extreme scoring methods, one good and one evil, to avenge the whole of Argentina on the green field-at that moment, this victory was about football but it was already bigger than football, and it became a good medicine to heal the pain of the Argentine people. Be the hope that lights up a country.
Now times have changed, Messi is not only the Messi of the Argentines, but also the Messi of the world.
Italian coach Fabio Capello said: “There are two top players in the football world, one is a genius and the other is a star. Messi, Pele and Maradona are the three true geniuses in football history. , Another person who can approach the concept of genius is Da Luo, and everyone else only belongs to the second type.”
In this World Cup, a young Ecuadorian fan named Benjamin became popular on the Internet. He made a Messi jersey number 10 and pasted Messi’s name on the back of the jersey. He wore this shirt every game. Cheering for Messi and Argentina, completely forgetting that my home country also participated in the World Cup in Qatar…
*Messi fully activated his teammates.
He loves Argentina purely
In fact, dissatisfaction with Messi has always been limited to a small group of Argentine fans. They are always willing to compare Messi and Maradona. Messi is shy and even talks too little on the court. can be counted as a crime.
Former Paris coach Pochettino revealed: “I coached Messi in Paris. His things are equivalent to Maradona. The outside world always thinks that Messi is quiet, but sometimes this is wrong. Messi His character is very strong, although he doesn’t talk too much, but when necessary, he will definitely say…”
Messi’s introversion will misunderstand some people-he loves the national team far less purely than the old horse. But those who really know him will give a different answer.
*Messi and his teammates celebrate the victory.
Former Argentina fitness coach Fernando Cigrini once recalled seeing Messi stagger into the dressing room like a zombie after being defeated 4-0 by Germany in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, paralyzed. fell on the floor.
Then he sat up and collapsed into the gap between the two benches, crying, whining, sobbing, “almost going into convulsions” in grief.
Maradona has won the World Cup for Argentina at the best age of 26, and Messi has been on the World Cup stage since his debut in 2006, and has failed four consecutive times. At the Maracana Stadium in 2014, Messi, who was looking forward to the trophy after the game, became the most regrettable frame of that cup…
In recent years, Messi has carried too many things. In the mouth of coach Melotti, “Messi carries the burden of history on his shoulders. This is the pressure that few players will face.”
And what Messi can do is to continue to move forward in the direction that the Argentines expect and also in his heart.
*Three Croatian players siege Messi.
Fighting spirit, copy maradona
In the 2021 Copa America, Messi led the Argentine team to win the championship after 28 years. This is the only championship he won for the first-tier national team in his career. Messi cried bitterly after the game.
The 2022 Qatar World Cup, the whole world knows that this is the final chapter of Messi’s World Cup journey. Along the way, Messi changed from a boy to a man with a beard. In the final stage of his career, he danced the most splendid World Cup Performance.
After being upset by Saudi Arabia 1-2 in the first game, Messi started the “ball king” mode-all the way to the final, he scored 5 goals and assisted 3 times, and was fouled 20 times. Top of the World Cup.
In addition, he also passed 18 key passes, which is only behind Griezmann of the French team.
In the analysis of the data website Opta, Messi participated in the Argentine team’s shooting (his own shooting + creating shooting opportunities for teammates) a total of 45 times in this World Cup, accounting for 56.3% of the team’s total shooting. The teams won almost exactly the same year.
In 2014, Messi and the Hercules Cup passed by.
Witnessing Argentina’s promotion process, former Manchester United captain Gary Neville said: “All the players in Argentina are almost in agreement, ‘We’re going to keep a clean sheet, we’re going to make the opponent feel uncomfortable, we’re going to do it all, and then Messi will help us. Win the game’. That’s what’s happening.”
In this Argentine team that has no bright stars except for Messi, Messi has used his own power to make this group different. “Without Maradona, Argentina would be an ordinary team, but with Maradona, it would be a world champion team.”
Corresponding to the competitive performance on the court, Messi even made people see the side of “Maradona possessed” in some personal behaviors.
*Messi celebrates to the Dutch coach’s dugout.
In the difficult and even rough quarter-finals with the Netherlands, he rushed to the Dutch bench twice, once made Riquelme’s iconic celebration against Van Gaal, and chatted with the old coach again, Until it is pulled away by teammates.
After the game, facing the Dutch player Verhorst, Messi also shouted the famous “wowo”.
This is a Messi who subverts the habitual judgment of many people. In the final stage of his career, the introverted Messi no longer wraps up his long-standing emotions. This once good boy makes people see his battle more intuitively. Spirit, insight into the persistence in his bones, this is what the Argentines most want to see Messi.
Messi is not Maradona, he is unique.
The one and only Messi
With the continuous victories of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, in Cordoba, in Rosario… people in this country sang the “Song of Messi” in unison in the streets, and even a large number of fans Come to Messi’s grandmother’s house in Rosario, wave the national flag, sing and dance.
At this moment, who can say that Messi is not another Maradona?
Once upon a time, Messi expressed his hope that he could exchange his other honors for a World Cup championship. Now he emphasizes that he enjoys the experience of fighting with the Argentine team.
You can believe that for the Argentine team and for his own country, he has given his all and has no regrets.
Looking back, a World Cup champion can further enhance Messi’s historical status. In a topic survey conducted by “Marca” a few days ago, 66% of the fans believed that if Messi won the World Cup, he would be officially crowned the world champion and become the first person in history, surpassing Pele and Marado Accept these seniors.
But in fact, Messi’s greatness no longer needs a World Cup champion to define.
He doesn’t need to continue to be Maradona second, he is himself-Leo Messi.
Post time: Dec-19-2022
