Everything written below is satirical and should not be taken seriously.
The time is 20:00 Doha time. The battle for third place has just ended and tens of thousands of fans and football people are gathering at the Al Bida fan complex in Doha to witness a historic event – a first televised confrontation of its kind between one of the best footballers in history and the claimant to the crown who can even overtake him, and some will say in a few years that they are two of the biggest stars Ever: Lionel Andres Messi and Kylian Mbappe Luton.
As part of the confrontation, in which they will answer questions from the audience and give opening and closing speeches, each player stands on a different side of the stage, with behind him his personal trophy cabinet and the staff with which he reached the big stage. Messi has golden balls, Spanish championships, the Champions League and countless other trophies, Mbappe has 15 team titles and among other things one world cup that can be seen from all over the complex. On the big screen it is written in huge: “Messi or Mbappe: who deserves to win the 2022 World Cup?”
Messi He rubbed his throat, gestured with his hands in the direction of his grandmother in the sky and began his opening speech: “As you know, I don’t like to talk about myself, but this time I have to and I’ll try to be brief. To be honest, it’s time to say goodbye. They say I’m the best, There is and has never been a footballer in the world who can both pass, dribble and kick better than me. Nevertheless, they always had to sting to mention that I didn’t win a title with the national team, and that’s true. I lost four finals, some through my direct fault, but that’s it, we’re done with the bastard. I already have the Copa America on Brazilian soil, it’s time to take the last title I still have left in my career and make my way to retirement quietly. I don’t think I deserve it, I’m sure I do. Vamos Muchachos!”
The Argentinian crowd went into a frenzy with great singing, though Mbapa He quickly interrupted them: “Yes, yes, yes, maybe it really is time for you to retire Grandpa, because it’s my time now and it seems that no one in the world understood that.”
The compound fell silent. “Whoa, there’s silence here, now we can talk.” The Frenchman took a breath and then continued: “Look, I could have already taken the trophy in the time it takes you to miss Maradona, but I chose to be a gentleman and give Messi the respect he deserves. He’s a really good teammate and I appreciate him, but with all due respect, I’m more into it of the players who are not your style, like Cristiano Ronaldo. If we have already mentioned the greatest, I must say that it is terrible what they did to him in the last year.”
Ronaldo From the audience: “Thank you, my brother, I appreciate you, O king.”
Mbappe: “What a phenomenon he is. Look, I may have made some less good decisions in my short career, but 15 team titles under the age of 23, including 255 goals plus winning the World Cup at the age of 19? I’m the future of football Papi. One more World Cup and I don’t see you In spite of all your golden balls. Do you understand that I have the talent to take a team half of which is injured until the final? All Messi did with Argentina was lose and cry.”
Messi got angry and hissed into the microphone: “Go eat pizza.”
Mbapa: “Maybe I look like a turtle, but at least I’ll be here for a long time. You’re a flea, you have a life expectancy of three months and even then you can’t keep up with me.”
Sergio Ramos He went on stage to tidy things up: “Wow. We haven’t started and the atmosphere is already hot, but now is the time to relax. Does anyone have any questions for number 10 here?”.
Neymar Kam: “Hello friends. You may not remember me, but I am the greatest scorer of the most decorated team in history. Look, it was hard for me to see Messi take the trophy in front of me last year, but we remained good friends afterwards. What will happen to us at Paris Saint-Germain Germain after the final? Can you put the precipitation that will be created aside and focus on winning all the titles?”.
Mbappe: “Maybe you are too good friends.”
Messi: “You’re just jealous. Neymar came to Barcelona as a superstar and together with me and Luis Suarez we created a trio that has never been seen before. I loved him even when he decided to leave and try to take a team on his own. He almost managed to take the Champions League with you in 2020” .
Mbappe: “You have your group, I have mine, but we still manage to get along sometimes. Maybe there are moments when I feel in your shadow and want to run away to Real Madrid, but what stands and will stand at the top of my ambitions from the moment we leave Qatar is How the three of us get the Champions Cup for Qatar. Ahhh sorry, for PSG. Honestly, I’m tired of being in such a loser club.”
Karim Benzema and Sergi Roberto start giggling.
Messi: “Hey, isn’t this the player who doesn’t get minutes at Barca and the one who blackmailed his team mate and missed out on winning the World Cup? If I was still in Spain I would take you both to the ground, I can’t be there.”
Thomas Muller bursts out laughing, Suarez gives him a bite on the shoulder.
Messi continues: “In short, Killian, it seems we’re both on the same page. In any case, I’ll come and give you a big hug at the end no matter what happens.”
Mbapa: “Thank you Grandpa Leo, I appreciate it and I will do the same.”
The crowd applauds, Marquinhos sheds a tear and Ramos continues: “Thank you to Neymar for this moment. Does anyone have anything else to add?”
Suddenly on the screen from behind appear Diego Maradona andFella In Zoom calls: “Hello? Can you hear us?” the Brazilian asks. “Yes, yes, say what you want to say, I don’t have all day.”
“I’m the one who needs to hurry, you have all the time in the world up there in the sky,” Pele scolded him and then turned to the audience: “We are the two greatest World Cup legends in history. The two here may have already reached our level, but there is still no one who has won world fame for these things that we did on the biggest stage than us. Do we deserve it? Maybe not. I played six matches and took two trophies. My aura did become international, but I felt that I was unlucky. It doesn’t make sense that I played three tournaments in a row and in each of them I experienced an injury. The trophy too of 1970 was due to a great team and the credit still comes to me.”
Maradona: “To admit things I don’t deserve, it’s time to do justice to Peter Shilton. I wouldn’t have conquered the legendary slalom if it weren’t for the hand of God and I probably wouldn’t have won the title. After all, Argentina did it without me, they will be able to do it after me as well. From that moment on It wasn’t the same. In 1990 the Italians hated me to death and in 1994 they decided I was taking drugs and suspended me. Sometimes our actions become excessive just because it happened in the World Cup.”
Pele: “Thank you for the honesty Dios. Messi, Mbappe, you represent a generation that comes and a generation that goes, like me and like Diego, but it is clear to everyone that you are the best at what you do. As I know it, there is no such thing as ‘deserving’ in sports. Who will be more Good in the final is the one who will win. The confrontation here is important for the fans, but you both know what you are worth and you don’t have to prove it to anyone.”
Mbapa: “Well, there is something in what the old man here says.”
Messi: “Yes, ha. Even when he is sick and at the age of 82, he manages to amaze us.”
Marcinius Takes the stage: “As the captain of both, I allow myself to announce a new date for the closing speeches.”
The whole audience begins to murmur.
Markinius: “It will happen tomorrow at the Bluesail Stadium at 18:00. The decision on the matter will be on the field.”
The crowd cheers, Messi and Mbappe shake hands and get off the stage.
The big battle between France and Argentina is exactly what we wanted to see in the World Cup in Qatar – on the one hand, the last game in the World Cup of one of the biggest stars ever against someone who may in the future be the greatest national team player in history. The one who came out with the upper hand will not do so only because of himself, but because of his team and where all 26 players in the squad have reached together. There is no such thing in sports, and the surrounding talk is channeled into actions with the foot on the grass. Sunday, 17:00 Israel time. Who deserves more?