Argentina will play in three World Cup finals in the Messi era.
And he led them as their captain, their top scorer, and their best player to all three finals.
Only 6 players in all of history can boast of playing in 3 FIFA WC final matches; none can boast of being their teamโs best player in all three.
Do you know the crazier bit? Messi has won two FIFA World Cup player of tournament awards and he will certainly win a third regardless of what happens in the final.
He is above and beyond all. Past, Present and foreseeable future.
๐ฉต๐ค Leo Messi: โI have been preparing for this World Cup for almost a yearโ.
โI spent December in Argentina, training morning and afternoon, because I knew I was going to give everything to arrive in the best possible shapeโ.
Lionel Messi won 5๏ธโฃ FIFA Man of the Match Awards at 2026 World Cup, all of this at 39 years old. ๐ฆ๐ท
๐ vs Algeria (GS)
๐ vs Cape Verde (R32)
๐ vs Egypt (R16)
๐ vs Switzerland (QF)
๐ vs England (SF)
Messi bathed Yamal when he was a baby, they were finally scheduled to meet in the finalissma and they cancelled it & now they finally meet at 19 and 39 years of age in the World Cup final.
I swear not even Shakespeare himself couldโve written this script.
You canโt convince me life is just a series of coincidences. What do you mean Lionel Messi was randomly paired with a five-month-old baby after the babyโs family won a UNICEF raffle for a charity photoshoot while Messi played for Barcelonaโฆ and that baby grew up to be Lamine Yamal?
Lamine would go on to become one of the brightest young stars in soccer, wear the same No. 19 Messi wore for the same team when that photo was taken, and now, nearly two decades later, could face Messi in a World Cup Final???????
โPosterity will judge our generation for entertaining the faux comparison between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as though it were a genuine rivalry.โ