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Son: Dad, I just finished watching Messi's full 2022 and 2026 World Cup highlights. Father: Don't waste your time. FIFA rigged both tournaments for him. Son: Really? That's what you've been saying for 20 years. Father: Of course. FIFA wanted him to win. Son: I'm confused though... Father: About what? Son: I saw Messi miss a penalty. Did FIFA tell him to miss it? Father: Well... no. Son: Then I watched him dribble through defenders, split defenses with impossible passes, score free-kicks, curl shots into the top corner and create assists that nobody else even saw. Did FIFA tell him exactly where to pass? Father: That's... not what I mean. Son: Did FIFA teach him how to dribble five players? Did FIFA tell defenders to let him glide past them? Did FIFA tell goalkeepers to stand still while he buried free-kicks into the top corner? Father: Well... Son: Did FIFA control his first touch? His vision? His balance? His left foot? Did FIFA tell Julian Alvarez, Di Maria, Enzo Fernandez and the rest of Argentina to finish the chances Messi created? Father: You're missing the point. Son: I'm actually trying to find the point. If FIFA rigged it, why did Messi still have to run, create chances, score goals, give assists, beat defenders and perform every single game? Why didn't FIFA just hand him the trophy before the tournament started? Father: That's not how rigging works. Son: Then explain it to me. Because from what I watched, all I saw was a football genius doing football genius things. The only explanation I've heard is FIFA rigged it. But every time I ask how, nobody can explain what FIFA actually did to make Messi play like that. Father: Son... some things are better left unquestioned. Son: So after 20 years... the evidence is still just "trust me"? Son: I get it now. People can argue over trophies forever. But nobody can rig vision. Nobody can rig dribbling. Nobody can rig genius. That's why the highlights are still convincing people decades later.