Since last July 10 it can no longer be said that Leo Messi has not gained anything with Argentina. With a lonely so much of Angel Say Maria, the Albiceleste prevailed Brazil in Maracana to win the Copa América 2021 and finish almost 16 years of Messi being an absolute international without winning a great tournament. He had previously won a U-20 World Cup (2005) and also the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games, but was reluctant to lift the title at Worlds or American Cups. The first is still pending and will try Qatar 2022 but the second has already been achieved by removing a great weight from him.
Proof of the longing for the title is the fact that all his teammates ran to hug Leo Messi once the Uruguayan Esteban Ostojich whistled the end of the game. Because the trophy went to the showcases of the Argentine team, but it was one more triumph than Messi than any other footballer under the command of Scaloni. Leo had that thorn stuck and he was finally able to get it out, at 34 years old and after having lived the troubles of losing the 2014 World Cup finals and even three of the America’s Cup (2007, 2015 and 2016). He even threatened to leave the national team in his day, making it impossible to ‘champion’ with Argentina, but finally he reconsidered and fate rewarded him last summer with what he most wanted.
For 33 points
Surely that America Cup conquered in Maracana it weighed a lot for just a month ago Leo Messi conquer the one who is the seventh Golden Ball of his career. He had been awarded as the best player in the world in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and it was also this year by beating Robert in the vote. Lewandowski (2nd) for 33 points.
Leo Messi He was already the footballer who accumulated the most Ballons d’Or, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, but since 2021 the gap with the Portuguese is already 2 awards, foreshadowing that, except for a miracle, the Argentine will retire above the Portuguese in the record that indicates the best footballer in the world in each year.
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