šØšØšØš„¹ LEO MESSI ON IG:
"Dad, I still canāt believe youāre gone. It hasnāt sunk in, or rather, I donāt want it to. Itās so hard for me to imagine that Iām never going to see you again, that weāre never going to talk again. I know you were suffering and that this is for the best, but you left us far too soon. We still had so much left to enjoy together.
"You kept asking me to play in one last World Cup, and just days before it began was when your condition got worse. It was the first time you werenāt going to be there with me at a tournament, but Mom kept telling me you were going to get better and that youād be well enough to travel. I kept telling you we were going to reach the final so you could make the trip.
"After every match, I waited for and missed your message. Thatās when I realized how serious the situation really was. Even so, I couldnāt stop thinking about going as far as possible, to give you more time and the chance to watch one of the games.
"We reached the final, but you couldnāt be there. I wanted to win it so I could bring the trophy to you and show you another one. I couldnāt. My legs just couldnāt give me any more. This time I tried to push beyond what my body could handle, but I couldnāt. I never managed to feel physically right.
"When I got back, you thought we had lost the final on penalties. We couldnāt talk about anything that had happened. You werenāt able to enjoy any of it. We didnāt become champions, but you have no idea how much we enjoyed every match. Once again, you were right: I had to be there and play in it.
"Iām telling you all this because it was the only thing we never got the chance to talk about. You already know everything else. We spoke every day and saw each other whenever my commitments allowed us to.
"I donāt know what Iām going to do without you. I donāt know how to keep going. All I ever did was play football, and now I have serious doubts about whether Iāll keep doing it for much longer. You were by my side from the very beginning, and there was so little left until the end. Why couldnāt you hold on just a little longer so we could finish it together?
I know your happiness came from seeing your family doing well, your wife, your children and, above all, without anyone else knowing, from watching me playā¦
"It had always been that way since I was little. You took me to every training session as soon as you got home from work. Mom took me to many of them because you were working.
"And of course, you never missed a single match. How much you suffered watching me, and how much you enjoyed it, even though you never gave me too much praise.
"You were my dad, my friend, and my representative. You always knew exactly who you needed to be in every moment, and you were never wrong about anything. Despite some arguments or disagreements, you were always right. In the end, things always turned out the way you said they would.
"Iām going to miss you so much, but youāll always be present, especially in the way I raise my children, because I teach them and raise them the way you and Mom raised me.
"Rest in peace and watch over us from above, just as you did here. Thank you for everything.
"I love you, Dad. ā¤ļø"
Leo Messi dropped historical World Cup at the age of 39, while knowing his father was living his final days.
No one would have blamed him for walking away to be by his fatherās side. Instead, for two months, he kept fighting to bring one more joy to us.
It makes what he did even more extraordinary.
Rest in peace, Jorge Messi and all the strength to Messi family ā¤ļø
It really doesnāt get appreciated enough that the guys came into the year with enormous pressure and just beat everyoneās ass all season. It was chip or bust literally and they cooked
@NoaDalzell Joe clearly has trust in Baylor, as he should. Jaylen did not play in the 4th at all and liked what I saw from the Baylor, Derrick, Payton, Luke and KP lineup to close it.