Messi showed he’s in the debate for soccer’s greatest ever by leading Argentina to victory on penalty kicks, and Mbappé showed he soon could be in that conversation by scoring a hat tri…
With 11 minutes remaining in regulation, only one question hung over an otherwise seemingly decided World Cup final Sunday.The final result a forgone conclusion, the closing minutes of Qatar 2022’s dream final between Argentina and France were shaping up as a victory lap for Argentine genius Lionel Messi around Lusail Stadium, his closing — or opening — argument to claim the title as the sport’s greatest ever.
By the end of a match decided only after two hours by a penalty kick shoot-out, secured by a goalkeeper who had spent nearly a decade on loan to teams in England’s lower divisions, the world had witnessed Messi and Argentina and arguably the best World Cup in history crowned by the greatest final ever played.
Messi was discovered as a young boy in Rosario. But his promising career was nearly derailed before he even reached his teens. Small in stature, he was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency. His family’s insurance would cover only two years of growth hormone therapy. Two of Argentina’s top clubs refused to pay for the treatment. It was only after moving in with relatives near Barcelona that Messi blossomed.
Through a first half dominated by Argentina, past an hour, sport’s greatest prize finally seemed to be within his reach in his final World Cup match. And the remainder of the final would be an epic race between Messi and Mbappé, club teammates at PSG, to claim the World Cup.
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