'MVP' OF THE TOURNAMENT
The best in history! Messi closes the debate and becomes 'the GOAT'
Published:18/12/2022 - 20:19h
Updated:18/12/2022 - 20:19h
Leo Messi has made history in Qatar. He was the great leader of world champion Argentina and he returns home confirming, once again and as always, that the debate about who is the best in history is closed.
That it hid in important parties, that only annotated of penaltis, that was 'cold breast'... Leo Messi has received in all his career with the selection of Argentina an infinity of insults and has been victim of criticisms that, finally, has acallado. It has turned into less than two years in champion of America (2021) and of the World (2022) with the 'albiceleste', being the big leader that the country sudamericano needed to break his drought of titles.
In Qatar, the footballer of the Paris Saint-Germain left an exhibition from the beginning of the tournament until the last break, when it annotated the goal from the eleven metres to open the batch of penaltis for Argentina. It did not rest, it did not give by defeated and brushed the sky to sign a performance that only is to his scope, the one of the best player of the history. There is not debate, there is not grey neither doubts and with the World-wide has checked it.
When Messi has been well, Argentina also. In the final was not the exception. It was the attendant to open the marker to the 22 minutes after a controversial penalti on Angel Gave María that from the VAR did not review. In any case, the '10' filled of calm to win to Hugo Lloris, for the first time in the afternoon. It commanded a shot by the right and raised no only to all the Lusail of his seats, but also to all Argentina.
It went back to appear in the extratiempo, to go back to give the momentary advantage to Argentina (3-2) before the tie of Kylian Mbappé. 'The Flea' did with the refuse of a balloon after Lloris denied him the goal to Lautaro Martínez. Only it had to push it to nail it to the deepest of the network. In batch of penaltis, went the first in shooting and, again, hit.
'Golden Ball' Of the World-wide
Leo Messi finish the Glass of the World like the best footballer of the tournament. It was key in all the phases for Argentina and finish with impressive registers: seven goals and three assistances. It remained to a goal of Kylian Mbappé (8) after the triplete of the of Bondy in the final. In any case, be the absolute leader of his selection and have signed a World-wide inigualable carried him to convert , for the second time in his career, in the Golden Ball.
