Enhorabuena a Argentina, pueblo hermano! Inolvidable y una victoria merecida de Argentina. Y enhorabuena al mejor futbolista de todos los tiempos, cuya figura se engrandece todavía más.
¡Felicitaciones campeones!
BTW so much for the "pecho frío" moronic nonsense that we had to hear from certain circles for years.
Messi's club career was already the best that there has ever been in terms of club trophies won, individual honours, personal records, goalscoring (most goals scored for 1 single club in football history), most recorded assists, his insane individual brilliance, unmatched top level stats wise, insane 1.5 decade longevity etc. Nobody has the full package in this regard.
Only thing that was lacking was international achievements for Argentina. An Argentina that until the Copa América win in 2021 had to wait 28 years (since the 1993 Copa América) to even win a single official trophy again. I want to remind people of how many stacked teams (on paper) and quality players Argentina had during those almost 3 decades.
So Messi has a World Cup win with Argentina, World Cup 2014 silver medal, record 98 goals for Argentina (nobody is even close to him), record amount of World Cup and Copa América goals combined, most goals in both tournaments of all in Argentina's history, 13 FIFA World Cup goals (the record goal scorer Klose has just 3 more goals), record amount of World Cup matches played in history (26), 2 best World Cup player of the tournament awards (2014, 2022), most assists in the World Cup, most assists in the knockout stages in the World Cup, only player to score in the Group Stage, Round 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final in a single World Cup (while winning it too), winning arguably the most insane World Cup final in history, Copa América 2021 win, 2022 Finalissima win against Italy, Olympic Gold Medal in 2008, 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship win, several times player of the tournament in numerous Copa América tournaments, 6 finals reached (World Cup + Copa América) in total etc.
I probably forgot a lot more.
But pecho frío.....and all.
Not to forget the pressure he was playing under throughout the entire tournament and in particular after the disastrous defeat against Saudi Arabia of all teams. This was his final chance to win his last missing trophy and the biggest one as well.
Did I forget to mention that Messi is 35.5 years old?
Has there ever been a player in football history that has had such a phenomenal World Cup and tournament for that matter while being this old (35.5 years old)? and winning it all while being the best player of the tournament with 10 goal contributions (7 goals and 3 assists) and scoring in every single game outside of the second group stage game against Poland?
I don't think so but this is fitting for the GOAT's insane football legacy.
Happy to hear that he won't call it a day yet although it would be easy to quit Argentina after winning the biggest trophy that you can win.
¡Felicitaciones campeones!
BTW so much for the "pecho frío" moronic nonsense that we had to hear from certain circles for years.
Messi's club career was already the best that there has ever been in terms of club trophies won, individual honours, personal records, goalscoring (most goals scored for 1 single club in football history), most recorded assists, his insane individual brilliance, unmatched top level stats wise, insane 1.5 decade longevity etc. Nobody has the full package in this regard.
Only thing that was lacking was international achievements for Argentina. An Argentina that until the Copa América win in 2021 had to wait 28 years (since the 1993 Copa América) to even win a single official trophy again. I want to remind people of how many stacked teams (on paper) and quality players Argentina had during those almost 3 decades.
So Messi has a World Cup win with Argentina, World Cup 2014 silver medal, record 98 goals for Argentina (nobody is even close to him), record amount of World Cup and Copa América goals combined, most goals in both tournaments of all in Argentina's history, 13 FIFA World Cup goals (the record goal scorer Klose has just 3 more goals), record amount of World Cup matches played in history (26), 2 best World Cup player of the tournament awards (2014, 2022), most assists in the World Cup, most assists in the knockout stages in the World Cup, only player to score in the Group Stage, Round 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final in a single World Cup (while winning it too), winning arguably the most insane World Cup final in history, Copa América 2021 win, 2022 Finalissima win against Italy, Olympic Gold Medal in 2008, 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship win, several times player of the tournament in numerous Copa América tournaments, 6 finals reached (World Cup + Copa América) in total etc.
I probably forgot a lot more.
But pecho frío.....and all.
Not to forget the pressure he was playing under throughout the entire tournament and in particular after the disastrous defeat against Saudi Arabia of all teams. This was his final chance to win his last missing trophy and the biggest one as well.
Did I forget to mention that Messi is 35.5 years old?
Has there ever been a player in football history that has had such a phenomenal World Cup and tournament for that matter while being this old (35.5 years old)? and winning it all while being the best player of the tournament with 10 goal contributions (7 goals and 3 assists) and scoring in every single game outside of the second group stage game against Poland?
I don't think so but this is fitting for the GOAT's insane football legacy.
Happy to hear that he won't call it a day yet although it would be easy to quit Argentina after winning the biggest trophy that you can win.
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