“In the hand of God” and “the best in history”: the world’s media surrendered at Messi’s feet

The Argentine national team lifted the World Cup in the World Cup Qatar 2022 and the covers of the international media reflected the victory of the cast of lionel scaloni focused on the figure Lionel Messibut others focused on the stumble of kylian mbappein addition to highlighting the other protagonist of the night: Emiliano Martinez.

One of the best covers that was recorded was the one made by the British media the sun with an image of Messi after lifting the World Cup and a title that parallels the goal of Diego Maradona a England in Mexico 1986: “In the hand of God”. “Finally Messi wins the Holy Grail”, he added and put the match that ended 3-3 in 120 minutes on the pedestal of the best definitions in all of history. “The best final of the World Cup since 1966 ″, he launched it on that definition that he won England against Germany with a lot of controversy over a goal that should not have been validated.

The Spanish newspaper Mark He chose to enlarge the same photo of La Pulga so that some of his teammates could fit into the frame, but he centered his title with a combination of words between the maximum emblem of the team and Albicelestethe nickname of the selection: “Messi Albicelestial”. “Argentina achieves its third star in the best final in history: Leo already has his deserved World Cup,” he added in a cover that featured different triumph postcards with the individual awards to I drewMessi, Enzo Fernández and Kylian Mbappéthe celebrations in Argentina and the monumental save of the Argentine goalkeeper against Randal Kolo Muani in the final moments of the match.

On the other hand, the morning paper in that country Sports world he opted for a photo of the Argentine kissing the World Cup in solitude after he had been awarded the Best Player of the competition award: “Messi, the best in history”. “Argentina is three-time champion after beating France in a hectic final (3-3) decided on penalties (4-2), with three goals from mbappe and two of one Leo that crowns his career,” he added.

It was one of the few media that highlighted the decision of the “10” about his future in the national team: “He says he will not leave the Selection”. “Anthological match that was resolved in penalties. France equalized a 0-2 deficit with two goals from Mbappé at 80′ and 81′. In extra time, Messi and Kylian scored again ”, they added.

In the same vein, the Italian daily Corriere dello Sport changed the background of the image to the lusail stadium and made a conjunction of words with Diego Maradona and the city where the biggest football event was held: “Maradoha”.

Away from any rivalry, the Madrid midfielder Ace left aside the link that the best player in the world has with the Barcelona to dedicate its cover to the world champion who is located behind one of the arches: “In the sky”. Next, she added a sentence from Leo in reference to Maradona: “Diego was going to give me this Cup. I wanted to close my career with this. I can’t ask for more.”

He is one of the few who highlighted the excellent work of the goalkeeper, who covered a key one-on-one and deflected the execution of kingsley coman in the penalty shootout: “Argentina wins its third World Cup clinging to the figure of Messi, author of two goals and MVP of the tournament. The great final is resolved on penalties with a hero: I drew Martinez. Mbappé scores a hat-trick and wins the Golden Boot”.

In the same line, Sport flattered the one who was his messiah during his time in Barcelonasince he dedicated the first page of the newspaper that is published in that city of Spain to him with a phrase that matches the number on his shirt: “D10S exists”. “Leo Messi lifts the World Cup after beating France in the penalty shootout in which I drew Martinez was key,” he added.

On the opposite side, L’Equipe he avoided rejoicing in his own suffering because the French newspaper lamented his team’s 4-2 loss on penalties. “head held high”was the title of the cover that included the image of kylian mbappe going centimeters from the trophy he won in 2018 with the finalist medal and the prize for being the top scorer in the competition.

Beyond the logical sadness for the defeat, they did not forget the figure of the Paris Saint-Germain: “Despite a hat-trick by Kylian Mbappé, after a legendary final where they came back twice, Les Blues They are no longer world champions. Argentina wins on penalties and its captain, Lionel MessiIt goes down in history.”

The same thing happened in le parisien with a photo that occupies the front page in its entirety with some players from the selection of France in the middle of the series of penalties that ended 4-2 in favor of the Argentines: “Proud of Les Bleus”.

The last three covers correspond to Great Britain with the particularity that some decided to give priority to other topics of daily news. Guardian he dedicated half a cover to the consecration with the precise moment in which the greatest figure of the Argentine team lifts the World Cup: “Messi is crowning glory”.

Unlike this journal, Daily Mirror gave a lesser development to the news with a space at the top of the cover under the heading of “greatest of all time” and it had the similarity that both media chose the same image.

The Independent was the medium that decided to go against the other two entities to give a higher priority to the photo of Lionel Messi giving a kiss to the World Cup and the following sentence: “The Messi moment: the best player; The best end; the best award”.

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