Lusail’s intense penalty shootout ended Argentina as world champion after 36 years Diego Armando Maradona raised, in the sky of the Azteca Stadium in Mexico, the 1986 World Cup and raised Leo Messi at the altar of ‘Fluff’. Despite his seven Ballon d’Ors, his six Golden Boots, his four Champions League (…) and even after the Copa América -his first major national team title- which he achieved in 2021 through defeat to Brazil from neymar In the Maracana itself, Rosario continued to demand a World Cup to eat at the table of the greatest in history.
And your World Cup is beautiful. After the KO on the opening day against the weak Saudi Arabia, Messi He asked “people to trust, this is a very hard blow for everyone. We did not expect. That he trusts that this group will not leave him lying down”. And ’10’ responded with the confidence of a hobby that never ceases to encourage the group of Lionel Scaloni putting the team on his back and breaking records based on good.
It is a milestone that he is in Qatar, joined, with christian, Saved Y ochoa, in the exclusive club of soccer players who have played in five World Cups. Only Antonio Carbajal, Matthäus, Paolo Maldini Y Buffon they are in the final five stages.
Six goals between 2006 and 2018; seven in Qatar
In its four previous editions -2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018- Messi he scored only six goals in 19 games. One less than the seven he scored in eight games in Qatar, where he just failed to find the back of the net Poland, thus becoming the first player to score in all stages -from groups to the final- of a World Cup. And that’s not all. His seven goals put him, ahead of Maradona (8) and batistuta (10) as the Albiceleste’s top scorer in a World Cup, with 13 in 26 games. A figure he reached in Sunday’s final and puts him as the footballer with the most matches in this tournament, having conceded 25 of Matthaus.
This is not the only record he has broken Messi in the said final, where he was named the best player. Leo It also received the most MVPs (10) in history. One more. It was running minute 18 when Messi surpassed the Italian’s 2,217 Maldiniremaining as the one on the table for the most minutes (he finished with 2,315′) in World Cups history.
The only person with two World Cup Ballon d’Ors
And to crown a legendary event, at the height of the aforementioned football monster, Messi He was awarded the Ballon d’Or at the World Cup in Qatar. A trophy he had already won in Brazil 2014, although with a very different face than the one he wore in Lusail, where the smile of Leo This is the smile of football.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
