🚨🗣️New: Lionel Messi on why he started crying after receiving the silver medal despite the World Cup final defeat to Spain:
“I wasn’t just thinking about losing a final. I was thinking about everything that brought me here… every sacrifice, every difficult moment, every time people doubted us, and every time this shirt gave me the strength to continue.
“When I heard the Argentina fans chanting my name after the defeat, that was the moment that broke me. We had just lost the biggest game, but they didn’t turn their backs on us. They didn’t see a silver medal… they saw the journey. They saw the heart, the fight, and the pride we gave them.
“I looked into the stands and I saw families who travelled thousands of miles, people who dreamed with us, people who cried with us. That love is bigger than any trophy. Football gives you many victories, but moments like that remind you why you play.
“I cried because I felt the weight of the shirt, the love of my country, and the responsibility of wearing this badge. A medal can be silver, but the memories, the connection with the people, and the pride of representing Argentina… those things are priceless.
“Sometimes football gives you the perfect ending, and sometimes it gives you a painful chapter. But I learned that greatness is not only measured by lifting trophies. It is also measured by how you stand when your heart is broken.
“And hearing Argentina sing my name after losing a World Cup final… that was a victory of another kind. I will carry that moment with me forever.”
—🎙️Mixed Zone
bro @GhanaBlackstars you have no reason to disappoint. we’ll sacrifice our sleep to support you till 1am. and the next day we still have work. make sure you deliver.
Nothing is funnier than some Ghanaians acting like they don’t care about the match, and some even supporting Panama.
No matter what you do, you’ll low-key have some small feelings for your country. 🇬🇭😂
Ghanaians are different. 😂🇬🇭
Some people respond with anger and say go bek to your country
We respond by holding grudges through sports, memes, and endless banter. 😭⚽
No violence. No hostility.
Just premium trolling🤣
You’re right, you do surpass our countries on many fronts including;
High unemployment
Extreme inequality
High Crime and insecurity
Serious Electricity shortages
Education challenges
Corruption and governance issues
Infrastructure gaps
High illiteracy rate
Refusal to embrace civilisation
Water supply challenges
High poverty rates
Housing shortages
Youth unemployment
Skills shortages
Social unrest and protests
Extraordinarily high levels of fooling
Etc.
And I’m not even trolling. If I start in that department, you’ll delete your accounts.
Half of Ghanaian youth didn’t grow up watching Rosalinda, Storm Over Paradise and other Mexican telenovelas to end up supporting South Africa. #FriendsOfMexico
You only know how to beat innocent, harmless, hardworking black Africans.
When you’re needed to beat in an open fight, you’re as useless as k in knife.