Leo Messi He could not be withdrawn from the national team, whatever remains, which we hope will be a lot, without lifting a great title. Football knew it and returned the favor on the fifth chance, almost breaking a spell that seemed insurmountable.
Football was so aware of the need for Messi He could win that he gave him the gift against Brazil, in Marcaná. As if it were written. Leo has done so much for this sport, he has reinvented it, he has improved it, but he has also cried for it. His love-hate, lock-down relationship with the albiceleste, is now history. End to bitter suffering, evidenced by critics who made noise until Messi he feigned with his goodbye. They all saw the wolf’s ears, they hid in the cave and have never come out from there.
His contorted face, split by a smile of nervousness and disbelief, by a few tears of joy that were seen for an instant, before the entire selection pounced on him, said it all. An eternal mantle, which should never have ended, for a player who endured everything for being the captain of Argentina, surely more criticism than praise despite everything that was left. A hug with your friend Neymar, long and hard as the legacy he is leaving, without passing the witness of the best to his friend, because there is still much to write.
It would be ugly to forget that Messi he has been able to plant his country in five finals. Yes, he only won one, but the consistency of this selection is only understood by him. The clearest example is this edition, in which he ends up as absolute MVP, no matter how much Conmebol in the nineteenth century has decided to pair him with Neymar. Four goals and five assists, it does not matter that he did not shine in the final, it was also time for the From Paul, Say Maria Y Lautaro, accompany a Messi that he was not alone, that he felt like a leader and that he was freed from being the center of the target. Far away is the ‘he does not give us’ that left all of Argentina in check. No Leo, yes it gives, and Qatar is on the horizon as an opportunity to reach the top. It depends on you. Make us vibrate again.