Messi Emulates Maradona In A Magical Conclusion To A Unique Narrative.

Here, Lionel Messi played his last game of football, making history. The final to end all finals was the 26th and final game of his World Cup adventure; it has never been matched and probably never will be again. So bizarre that nothing made sense until he was smiling and waving to the crowd. At that point, everything made sense. There was finally closure after everything he and they had gone through—the most successful career of all had been condensed into one ridiculous evening.

It was finished. Didier Deschamps had said that even some French people supported Messi, so the world got what it wanted; just don’t ask how. The youngster who left Argentina at the age of 13 and the man who had now taken them – or had they taken him? – to the championship the most devoted of football fans dearly craved were eventually embraced by Messi’s mother, who had eventually made her way down from somewhere up there. They wept together. Each person did. Angel Di Mara had spent the whole evening distraught and crying.

Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, was embracing Kylian Mbappé across the field. If it’s any comfort, this historical figure ought to be returning. Messi won’t do it. However, 16 years after his first try, it had finally materialized. It was the first World Cup victory for Argentina since 1986. Messi was lacking in only one area. One? It seems as if Argentina needed to win this three times in order to feel enough emotion to last a lifetime and go to both heaven and hell.

As teammates collapsed to the ground after Gonzalo Montiel’s penalty kick earned them world winners, he sprinted away. You were aware of it, but it took work to understand what had come before. The following step was crucial. When Messi walked up to the cup and gave it a little kiss, it was 9.31 p.m. Although he had to wait a little longer to raise the real cup after being asked to retrieve the golden ball, he was unable to pass by. In order to hoist it to the sky, he would return.

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Muchachos was this month’s theme song; it says, “We got our hope back, country of Messi and Maradona.” They had frequently had their hope stolen away, yet they managed to reclaim it, as if a cosmic power were at work. Hope is what kills you. Which in a sense it was; in fact, there were many of them.