Lionel Messi: in 4 World Cups, 16 years old, he went from hell to heaven with the Argentina team

Lionel Messi achieved the great title that he was missing and that so much resisted him. Leo already has the World Cup, what separated him from eternity and differentiated him from Maradona, mainly. The current 10 emulated the other previous great 10 with the conquest of a title in which he also had a beastly incidence with 7 goals and 3 assists. All this helped him to be named the best player of the tournament by FIFA, published daily ACE from Spain.

Messi thus closes a magical year with the national team. It all started with the conquest of the Copa América last summer in Brazil against the hosts, which finally broke Leo’s spell with the team.

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Shortly after came the Finalissima achieved at Wembley against Italy, another title, albeit of a lesser category, which decides the best team between the Eurocup champion and the Copa América champion. With the World Cup, Messi already has all the possible titles with the national team and even improves on Maradona, who could never win a Copa América.

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To all this we must add the four Champions Leagues and the eleven leagues won with Barça (one of the leagues with PSG), plus endless Cups and Super Cups. A brilliant career that places him in the Olympus of the best players in history and that makes him forget a series of previous disappointments with Argentina. The closest time he came to winning one was in 2014, when he reached the final and lost it by a goal in extra time by Götze.

Messi’s disappointments in the World Cups had been very important. Four years ago, in Russia, he was passed over by a young Mbappé who, with world champion France, defeated the Argentines in the round of 16 with sufficiency (4-2).

To the already commented final of 2014 we must add the two previous eliminations, in 2010 and 2006. The 2010 in Cape Town was tremendous, with Maradona on the bench and a young Germany in front. The Neuer, Khedira, Özil and company thrashed the Albiceleste (4-0) and left them out without giving them any chance.

Four years earlier, in Germany, the German team had also been their executioner, this time as host of the tournament. In a game that Klose took to extra time at the very end, and with Messi without even leaving the bench. Fortunately for him, all that is now history. (D)