Poornayo’s epic; What does Messi have left in the national shirt?

Poornayo’s epic; What does Messi have left in the national shirt?

Lionel Messi was an uncapped footballer in the national shirt until the 2021 Copa America title. Defeats in the finals of the 2014 World Cup, the 2015 Copa del Rey and the 2016 Copa de Centenary have all but dragged out Messi, who has won seven awards Ballon d’Or.

Frustrated by back-to-back final defeats, Messi had to decide in 2016 that he would no longer play for Argentina and continue his journey by winning the 2022 World Cup title.

Only two years were enough for Messi to stop being accused of being an uncrowned king. This comes with winning the 2021 Copa and the finals of the Euro and Copa Champions tournament in 2022 itself.

But even then, a legend like Messi failing to win the World Cup was a major shortcoming anyway. Qatar saw Argentina fill that gap.

This was Messi’s fifth World Cup in Qatar. 35 years old. He announced before the tournament that he would not be there for the next World Cup. Therefore, football fans also believed that Qatar will be the last chance to see Messi in the sky blue and white shirt.

In Qatar, Messi and his Argentinian team were the favorites from the start. One of the reasons for this was the team’s unbeaten run of 36 games, including the Copa America victory. But Messi’s Argentina was wrong from the start. They had to lose 2-1 to Saudi Arabia, which has no such history in the history of football. At that time, many people said that Argentina was an inflated balloon in this World Cup.

But then Messi said to all the people in the world who love Argentina, ‘You can trust this team and we will come back.’

He has proven on the field that these words were spoken with such sincerity.

Messi, who won five Man of the Match awards at this World Cup, also received the Golden Ball for the best player. Messi also won the Golden Ball at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. With this, he was the first footballer to receive the best player award in two World Cups.

The golden award for scoring the most goals and the stage that was believed to go to Messi was seen until the end of the final in Qatar. French player Kylian Mbappe scored eight goals while Messi netted seven times. Apart from that, he paved the way for three goals.

He returns with complete dominance in a tournament that Messi himself said was, in short, his last World Cup. Last day, Messi said that he wants to play in the national shirt as a champion, holding the scepter of the World Cup.

Messi will be 39 years old by the time the 2026 World Cup ends, and it is up to him to decide whether he will play at that age.

We can only wait as he leaves Qatar with the gold cup, reminding his teammates that he still has a lot to show for his talent…

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