Cornered, Argentina clings once again to… Messi. La Pulce in the moment of greatest need for his team, for his teammates, but even for an entire nation, loaded everyone on his shoulders and with his left foot in the corner lifted an enormous weight off Seleccion’s shoulders, a boulder which, up until the 64th minute of the match from inside or outside against Mexico he had effectively rendered the entire albicelestial team sterile.
TEARS – It was understood that the tension was skyrocketing at the time of the goal, especially on the bench Selection almost stopped by the 0-0 that they didn’t want to unlock and that was about to destroy the dream of one of the favourites. And it is no coincidence that Pablo Aimar, Scaloni’s deputy and historic flag of the national team, even burst into tears on the bench after the 1-0 goal.
“Aimar”:
For this moment after Lionel Messi’s goal against Mexicopic.twitter.com/KOmSs8PJzw— Why is it a trend? (@whytrend) November 26, 2022
DISK – A goal and a record match, because with Enzo Fernandez’s assist, Messi stands as the oldest player ever, 35 years and 155 days to score and assist in a World Cup after also being the youngest always (18 years and 357 days). A match and a record night also because it brings Leo even closer to Diego, to Maradona which for Messi is an idol and a cumbersome shadow and which today is a little less distant. With today’s goal Messi has achieved the Pibe de Oro goal record at the World Cup (8) and also achieved it in number of appearances (21) at the World Cup with the Argentine shirt. “WE’RE BACK” – In times of need, a scream that revives a dream. Messi driving force, that’s what all of Argentina expects and even in the press conference Leo confirmed it: “It was a game in which it was difficult to take the lead, because Mexico play well. We knew we had to win today, we were conditioned by the first match. We knew that another World Cup had to start for us today and so it was. We can’t make any more mistakes”.
