This journey has been an adventures one with its ups and downs. Officially, My 4-year journey has come to an end. Throughout this I have learned a lot, I have learned never to give up, get up when you fall, and keep going. I have made mistakes, owned them, learned from them
Lionel Messi’s letter for his father. ❤️🩹
Dad, I still can’t believe that you’ve gone. I don’t fall, or rather, I don’t want to fall. It’s very hard for me to imagine that I’m not going to see you anymore, that we’re not going to talk anymore. I know you were suffering and that it’s for the best, but you left too soon. We still had a lot left to enjoy together.
You asked me so much to play in the last World Cup, and it was in the days just before it started that you got the worst. It was the first time you weren’t going to be at a tournament, but Mom told me that you were going to get better and that you’d be well enough to travel. I told you we were going to reach the final so you could travel.
Every time a match ended I waited for and missed your message. That’s when I realized the situation was really bad. Even so, I didn’t stop thinking about going as far as possible, to buy you time and so you could see a match. We reached the final and you couldn’t be there.
I wanted to win it to bring it to you and show you a new one. I couldn’t; my legs wouldn’t give any more. This time I tried to go against my body, but I couldn’t. I never managed to feel good.
When I arrived you thought we had lost the final on penalties. We couldn’t talk about any of everything that happened. You couldn’t enjoy anything.
We weren’t champions, but you have no idea how much we enjoyed every single match. Once again, you were right: I had to be there and play it.
I’m telling you this because it was the only thing we couldn’t talk about, since you already know everything else. We talked every day and saw each other whenever we could, given my commitments.
I don’t know what I’m going to do without you, I don’t know how to go on. I only played football and now I have quite a few doubts about whether I’ll keep doing it for much longer.
You were by my side from the beginning; there was so little left until the end. Why couldn’t you hold on that little bit more so we could finish together?
I know your happiness was seeing your family well, your wife, your children, and above all, without the others finding out, watching me play…
It was always like that since I was little. You would take me to all the training sessions as soon as you got home from work. For many of them Mum took me because you were working.
Obviously you never missed a single match. How you suffered watching me and how you enjoyed it, even though you never gave me many compliments.
You were dad, friend and representative.
You were always the person you needed to be in every moment and you never got anything wrong. Beyond a few reproaches or arguments, you were always right. In the end it always turned out the way you said.
I’m going to miss you a lot, but you’ll always be present, and especially in the upbringing of my children, because I teach them and raise them the way you both did with me.
Rest in peace and look after us from above the way you did down here. Thank you for everything.
I love you, Dad. ❤️
❤️🩹🇦🇷 Leo Messi: “Dad, you kept asking me to play in one last World Cup… just days before it began was when your condition got worse”.
“It was the first time you weren’t going to be there with me at tournament… but Mom kept telling me you were going to get better and that you’d be well enough to travel”.
“I kept telling you we were going to reach the World Cup final so you could make the trip, this was my mission once again”.
“After every match, I waited for and missed your message. That’s when I realized how serious the situation really was”.
“I couldn’t stop thinking about going as far as possible, give you more time and the chance to watch one of the games”.
“We reached the final, but you couldn’t be there. I wanted to win it so I could bring the trophy to you and show you another one. I couldn’t”.
“My legs just couldn’t give me any more”.
“This time I tried to push beyond what my body could handle, but I couldn’t”.
“I never managed to feel physically right”.
“We didn’t become champions Dad, 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… as you told me, always”.
✉️🇦🇷 Leo Messi’s letter.
“𝑳𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. ❤️🩹🥺
The pain is immense, it will take time for this wound to heal.
But I also choose to hold on to all the good things, all matches we turned around by giving everything and moments that will remain in our memories forever.
I will always remember the support of an entire country that, together with the work and effort of this group, brought us back once again among the best teams in the world.
Today, it is difficult to appreciate what we achieved… but this group has really reached two consecutive World Cup finals.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for every greeting and every message.
Once again, we managed to come together as a country and stand united, sharing the immense pride of being Argentine.
I also want to congratulate Spain on winning World Cup”. 🇪🇸
🚨 Harry Kane: "Last World Cup for me? Seeing Messi playing at 39 years old makes me not think about that."
"Messi is the best player in history, we tried to stop him as much as possible but every time the ball reached him he came back to life."
🚨𝗠𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗛:
🗣️ “I know my teammates are frustrated by the loss. It is a hard one to take, especially after being 2-0 up.”
🗣️ “Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, we say things we don’t truly mean. That is the case with Ziko. He respects Messi and never intended any disrespect toward Messi or FIFA.”
🗣️ “We believe the game was fair. The referee got most decisions right. Football is a human game, and errors can happen, but there was no robbery.”
🗣️ “I lost the ball in Argentina’s box before their third goal. That was my mistake, and I take responsibility. Had I kept my composure, maybe we could have taken the game to extra time.”
🗣️ “I am proud of my teammates. They gave everything throughout the tournament and represented Egypt with pride.”
🗣️ “Good luck to Messi and Argentina. I hope the GOAT lifts the World Cup once again.”
Rana Sanaullah looked a daughter whose father was disappeared 17 years ago in the eye and told her that the machinery that took him will keep running. “Enforced disappearances will run parallel to terrorism.”
Yet another ‘secret’ FIR appears to have been initiated against Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha. Heavy contingents of police have besieged the High Court for three days, determined to arrest them by any means necessary. But the couple has chosen, again, to place their faith in whatever is left of Pakistan’s judiciary.
Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un
Extremely saddened at the passing of Mama Qadeer , Baloch Vice Chairman of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons. He was a symbol of resistance against state oppression, enforced disappearances and injustice.
Despite immense personal loss and relentless hardship he never abandoned the families of the disappeared or his demand for truth and accountability. Mama Qadeer’s struggle was not just personal it embodied the collective pain and political resistance of entire people. My thoughts and prayers with his family
Norway-based World Expression Forum calls for a fair trial for its annual freedom of expression award winner @ImaanZHazir .
Kristenn Einarsson, the Managing Director of WEXFO, calls for a fair trial for Mazari-Hazir, saying that:
“We note that a court in Islamabad has rejected Mazari-Hazir’s plea for acquittal in a case related to social media expressions, and that the proceedings continue. WEXFO calls for a fair trial and respect for fundamental human rights, including freedom of expression, so that human rights defenders can carry out their work without prosecution, threats, or other reprisals. WEXFO will continue to monitor the case in cooperation with our network. It is crucial to stand up for the young voices who fight for freedom of expression.”
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