The day Messi smiled carrying the trophy
KATHMANDU: JULY 11 – Ground, Messi, and Smile are not new. Messi, who has the magical art of playing ball and scoring goals, seems like a fragrance in gold.
Messi, who has achieved all that he deserves in club football and personally, had a dream to lift the title in the national jersey.
Apart from winning an Olympic gold medal, captain Lionel Messi’s trip to the national jersey only reached the final at most.
It had been almost three decades since Argentina won the title. In the meantime, Messi has led Argentina from the World Cup final to the Copa America final several times. In the end, Argentina managed to end the losing streak in the final, and Messi’s dream of winning the trophy for the country came true.
Not only for Argentina and Messi, April 11, 2021, is especially important for Messi’s well-wishers around the world. Critics of his favorite player saying, “Messi has failed to give anything to the country” have come to an end today. That is why it is the day when Messi’s dream of seeing Argentina stand up and smile with some international title under his captaincy has come true. For the moment, his fans were so excited that even the Brazilians themselves wished that their country would lose this time but Messi would win.
Brazil captain Neymar was not angry with them but only called them ‘go to hell’.
Messi, who has achieved everything in club football, has always been unlucky to wear the national team jersey. He also won all the titles from the national team individually but had to fight hard for the trophy he could not win. Eventually, he proved to be a hero once again in the ongoing competition. He was named the top scorer and the best player of the tournament and also made the country the champion.
Angel de Maria’s attractive ‘chip’ was enough to give De Paul a long pass in the 22nd minute to give Argentina a significant achievement on Sunday. Argentina had previously won the Copa America in 1993.
Messi, who has been with Argentina’s national team since 2005, won his first international trophy at the age of 34. For Messi, who arrived in the latter part of his playing career, the tournament was seen as his last chance to win a trophy.
Messi has won Copa America for the sixth time. He has been playing in the Copa since 2007 and got the opportunity to win the title after 15 years.
After winning the title, Messi shared his happiness with his wife and children by making a video call on the phone from the field.
😍 𝙃 𝘼 𝙋 𝙋 𝙄 𝙉 𝙀 𝙎 𝙎 😍pic.twitter.com/Q3zumNrS5x
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 11, 2021
Argentina, runners-up in 2007, reached the quarter-finals in 2011. Under Messi’s captaincy, Argentina reached the final in 2015 and 2016 but failed to win the title.
The 2019 champions Brazil were stunned 1-0 by Argentina at home ground and were reduced to runners-up. Messi led the team to the final once in four World Cups in Argentina’s jersey. Messi’s dream of winning the World Cup did not come true when he lost 1-0 to Germany in extra time in 2014.
In 2006, when Messi played his first World Cup, Argentina reached the quarterfinals. In 2010, it was eliminated from the quarterfinals. In the 2018 World Cup, Argentina lost to France in the last 16 and was eliminated from the competition.
Messi has won 12 of the 19 games he has played in the World Cup, while he has won 21 of 34 in Copa America. Messi, who has scored 76 goals for the national team, last scored a free-kick against Ecuador in the Copa America quarter-final on July 3.
