Our God is the Mighty Champion who fights valiantly on our behalf. He is powerful enough to conquer every battle we face. In His name, we will forever make our boast. Hallelujah!
Leo Messi’s letter to all Argentinians the night before the World Cup Final. 🩵🤍💌
“The most beautiful thing about all these years was 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲”.
“Sharing day-to-day life with this group, competing together, picking ourselves up in the difficult moments, and 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩”.
“Thanks to each one of my teammates, to the coaching staff, and to all the great people who work every day to keep this National Team as a 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲”.
“Whatever happens tomorrow, this group has already written 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 and that no one will be able to erase”.
“𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒔, 𝑨𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂”.
Pep Guardiola on Lionel Messi’s masterclass against England.
🗣️ “People keep asking me how Messi is still doing this at 39 years old. My answer is simple because football has never seen anyone like him. Age defeats everyone, but somehow it refuses to defeat Lionel Messi. What he did tonight was beyond football… it was art.”
“England didn’t play against an old player. They played against the greatest mind this sport has ever produced. Two assists in a World Cup semi-final, controlling the rhythm of the biggest match on earth as if he were playing in his backyard. That is not normal. It is impossible to teach.”
“I’ve stood on the touchline and watched Leo do things that left me speechless. Tonight, sitting at home, he made me feel exactly the same. Every touch had purpose. Every pass carried danger. Every decision was perfect. He didn’t run the most but he made everyone else run for him.”
“The frightening part is that he no longer needs his young legs. His football brain is ten seconds ahead of everyone else. By the time defenders realise what is happening, the ball is already in the back of the net or a teammate is celebrating. That’s genius. Pure genius.”
“People obsess over goals, but tonight Messi reminded the world that football is about creating moments no one else can imagine. Two assists that changed a nation’s history. Two passes that carried Argentina into another World Cup final. That is the definition of greatness.”
“At 39, most legends are sitting in television studios talking about football. Messi is still writing football history. He isn’t surviving at this level he’s dominating it. That’s why I will always say there has never been, and there will never be, another player like Lionel Messi.”
“When this World Cup is over, don’t just remember the trophies or the statistics. Remember that you witnessed a 39-year-old genius walk into a World Cup semi-final against one of the strongest teams in the world… and make them look ordinary. We are watching the final chapters of the greatest football story ever written.”
Giuliano Simeone, emotional talking about Messi:
"Leo is 39 years old, he has everything a footballer could dream of and is still fighting like as the best. So for us, there’s only one thing left, give everything we have, run for him and for Argentina."
We’ve all complained about Scaloni. We saw how Argentina were poor in previous games.
Today, he made a change. Simeone started the game instead of De Paul.
He may not have played well, but he did his job perfectly, he exhausted Gordon and Spence😂, and he made sure there were no penetrations from that side.
He also did not play his usual two strikers. Alvarez operated from the left in the first half. I remember many pundits saying Argentina play narrow, they don’t use wingers. So, Scaloni decided to actually use wingers, with Messi as a false 9 obviously.
Scaloni’s masterclass wasn’t just starting Simeone. Here comes the changes.
After exhausting the England squad with their dark arts, De Paul came in fresh, and started putting in sweet crosses. Otamendi also came in because he’s an aerial target for those crosses. If you noticed, even before the equaliser, they had so many good crosses and were close to scoring. Gonzalez and Montiel also turned up.
I was complaining about Enzo not playing well, but Scaloni took off Paredes, Enzo dropped deep and just came alive. Should we also mention the delay in the Lautaro substitution? I was wondering why Lautaro didn’t come in earlier, but it was just the perfect time at 81mins.
Please let’s clap for Scaloni. Everything he did today was CORRECT. Please clap for Scaloni👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽