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IF WE START LISTING EVERYTHING THAT LIONEL MESSI HAS WON and done in his career, the captain of your flight will start announcing the landing of the plane and you won’t have time to read the full article. That’s why it’s best for us to start from the very end: Messi is a world champion with Ar- gentina. We’re sure you watched the now historic final against France in Qatar, which was decided by penal- ties. And you probably supported Messi. And who didn’t? Argentina waited almost two decades to see the crowning of the famous number ten, who thereby joined Diego Armando Maradona
in the Parthenon of the football gods. Messi donned the crown, a crown without which he would al- ways have been second best, forever the one after Maradona... And now he’s immortal. Still, it’s unbelievable to consid- er that a player who’s had a career in which he’s won 41 club and nation- al team accolades, as well as 31 in- dividual awards, had to prove him- self from day to day and match to match... The Argentines have often shown no mercy for Messi, who twice felt compelled to withdraw from the national team in disappointment. He luckily changed his mind both times, reconciling with this nation that eats,
LIONEL MESSI, BEST IN THE WORLD I knew that God would give me the cup Argentina waited almost two decades to see the crowning of the famous number ten, who thereby joined Diego Armando Maradona in the Parthenon of the football gods
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