When Argentina fell to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the current World Cup, I wrote ‘Congratulations Saudi Arabia. It was indeed a moment that Messi’s Argentina fell to the Saudis. This takes me back to secondary school when Cameroon’s Omam Biyik defeated Diego Maradona’s Argentina 1-0. Africa rejoiced …But you know what? Argentina went to the finals and later lost to West Germany.
“We will see how Argentina responds; in 1990, Maradona single handedly combed together a largely weak team to the finals (outperforming his 1986 victory moment and “hand of god ” spectacular). Can Messi do that for Argentina?’
Today, Messi responded as Argentina crushed Croatia 3-0. As the Igbo Nation says “Ejighi ?t?t? ama nj? ahia” [do not use how your customers are responding at the early hours of the market to predict how the day will turn out”. Great players need to win the World Cup but the problem is that Morocco is playing for all of us!
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Nonetheless, all fans of the game appreciate the peerless nature of Lionel Messi – a lion with no mercy before opponents.
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Messi did not just respond against Croatia, he has been doing same since he landed in Qatar, or you forgot the pass that brought the second goal against the Netherlands?
Not sure who’s capable of eliminating Argentina in the final, but for anyone who understands this game and how Argentina plays, this World Cup is destined to be theirs.
Messi is fully motivated at this point, and when he’s at this level, you cannot stop him…