The pressure is on for the Argentine superstar in what he’s said will be his final World Cup.
the losing. Because while Lionel Messi was a superstar in Europe, his magic seemed to fade when he came back to play at home.At this point, Messi is a superstar in Barcelona, and people around the world have Messi fever. And he comes home in 2011 for the Copa America. It was a big deal because Argentina was hosting it. And it’s a disaster.There’s this one game against Colombia. And it’s terrible. The Argentina team is just stumbling around. They’re fighting with each other.
After years of picking on Messi—ripping him apart for letting them down—you’d think Argentinians would be glad to see him go. Instead, his resignation shocked his home country.. Some subway stations had changed their digital signs to “Please don’t leave us.” It was kind of a come-to-Jesus moment. People realized we really took this too far.where they’re crying and begging him to come back.
Soccer is kind of a religion, and it’s almost like you’re a kid and you’re being told Santa Claus isn’t coming here anymore. It’s devastating.It’s a two-way journey, though, because Messi had to make his journey, but also Argentina had to make a journey toward Messi of acceptance.It was understanding a different kind of hero. He wasn’t the hero we were used to. We were used to heroes like Maradona.He was a soccer legend, and he was a tough guy. He was slick. He was a smooth talker.
He was the quintessential South American player. He was loud and boisterous, and he was also really problematic, but he was a different type of hero. Our journey was also understanding that there’s different kinds of heroes.
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