Messi and Argentina, a moving party and another record for Leo

by time news

How do you play a football game after an emotion as strong as the one you enjoyed Leo Messi, Dibu Martinez and all the world champions in the reunion in a field with their people, with the Argentines, after the feat in Qatar? Is it possible to lucidly run after the ball after that colossal reception in the renewed River Monumental, collapsed by about 85 thousand people? Can they face 90 minutes after singing the anthem with their children and tearing up, perhaps reviewing each moment of the conquest for memory? You had to see the faces of the 10 (sensitized to the extreme), the archer-hero (closing his eyes at all times), the coach staircasesbroken down in tears…

Precisely the other Lionel, the coach, started the same eleven that started the World Cup final against France. In front was Panama, a more than modest Central American team that arrived without its coach and without most of its figures because it prioritized an important match against Costa Rica for the Concacaf Nations League.

The goals were made to wait

In the midst of this ultra-emotional climate, beyond the shocking differences in rank with the opponent, beyond the white-and-blue monologue, Argentina and Messi had a hard time finding the goal. He took much longer than expected. The National Team’s goal took 77 minutes and the captain’s 88!

For Messi It was a special day not only because it was the first match in his country as world champion. Also because as a hook he had the possibility of arriving at 800 career goals if he converted one and 100 in the Selection if he scored two. And Leo tried it by becoming the best of the night, purely competitive, offering a crack version to those who saw him for the first time from the stands after paying VIP prices for tickets.

He looked for him and Messi looked for him. He had three free throws: one hit the post and the other two ended in saving shots by José Guerra, that goalkeeper who seemed obsessed with becoming the villain of the party. Also, on another occasion, Leo piled up rivals, but the final shot went over the top. Also over the crossbar the captain nodded in solitude.

Time was passing. Scaloni, of course, made changes. At halftime, the two Martínez (Lisandro and Lautaro) and Tiago Almada for Nicolás Otamendi, Julián Álvarez and Alexis Mac Allister. Then, Paulo Dybala and Leandro Paredes for Angel Di María and Enzo Fernández. The last variant, Marcos Acuña by Nicolás Tagliafico.

Leo Messi sent two free kicks to the wood but ended up signing a real goal

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Until another free throw came, another left-footed blow from Messi and again the stick to frustrate his own cry. However, that delicious shot ended up being key to breaking the result, because the rebound was captured by Almada, who found the goal with a left-footed shot. Of course, the celebration of the best was missing. There was a fifth free kick, which he kicked over the top. And the sixth execution came with a stopped ball, the “defunct”. This time Leo’s shot was nailed at an angle, in the upper left of the goalkeeper. And the Monumental was disarmed. “Messi, Messi, Messi…”. It was the 800th goal in his career: 701 in clubs and 99 with the light blue and white. Almost nothing was left.

The epilogue had to be like this. Good up. With another soccer gift from the genius to collect. Better ending, impossible. Now yes to the party of the 10th and of this Argentina world champion nothing was missing.

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