Lionel Messi finally captures the trophy that had eluded him throughout his decorated career as he and Argentina emerge as FIFA World Cup champions.
His Argentina soccer shirt covered by the bisht the Emir of Qatar had just draped him in – the cape reserved for top officials and sheikhs. He smiled, he paused, then he hoisted high the World Cup, a lifetime’s dream realized.
“It’s madness… look how she is, she’s gorgeous. I wanted her so much. I had a vision that this would be the one… she was getting closer.” It had taken five attempts, and a record 26 World Cup finals matches, but the boy from Rosario – the farm hub city some 300 kilometers north of Buenos Aires – finally delivered to lift himself alongside that other Argentina footballing deity, Diego Maradona, who had taken his nation to the title in 1986.
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