OH YOU'VE TWEETED. I DIDN'T REALIZE.
LEAVE YAMAL ALONE, OBOMODU.
AT 18, HE'S STILL MORE STREET SAVVY THAN YOU.
HE GOT HIS FIRST BADDIE AT 17, YOU ACQUIRED YOUR OWN AT 35 & STILL HAD HER CONCEDING 40 GOALS AND ABOVE, UNDER YOUR ROOF.
HOW DID EMEKA RAPE YOUR TEAMMATE?
❤️🩹🇦🇷 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”.
Yes, it's true. John Obi Mikel has shared this exact story himself on his Obi One Podcast and in interviews.
After the 2005 U-20 World Cup final (Argentina 2-1 Nigeria, Messi 2 pens), Messi took the Golden Ball, Mikel the Silver. Mikel confronted him, Messi offered to swap awards, and they later had a warm reunion at the 2018 World Cup where Messi called him "golden boy." Classic humble GOAT moment.
🇳🇬 🗣️John Obi Mikel: "I will never forget what happened after the U-20 World Cup final against Argentina. Messi won the Golden Ball, and I won the Silver Ball, but I felt I deserved the Golden Ball. I approached him and said in Spanish, 'You stole the Golden Ball from me. I was better.'
Messi, with his characteristic humility, smiled and replied, 'It wasn't my decision; it was the committee's. But what you've done for your country is incredible.!' Later, when we crossed paths near the locker rooms, he offered to swap awards: 'If you want, take my Golden Ball and give me the Silver.' I laughed and said, 'I can't; you deserve it. I was just frustrated. Thank you for being so kind!'
Years later, we met again at the 2018 World Cup.
Messi greeted me, 'Hello, golden boy. I still have the photo from the awards ceremony! That's when I told him, 'Today I know you truly deserved that award. You the best Leo.🐐