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08/05/2021 23:41
Clarín.com
Opinion
Updated 08/05/2021 23:41
They say that football unleashes so many passions because it is
unfair and unpredictable.
And it must just be true.
It is that, since July 10, there was no
happier guy
on earth
than Lionel Messi.
The last thorn had been removed.
That of many Argentines who kept demanding him to win a title with the light blue and white jersey.
And boy did he.
He raised the Copa América, against Brazil and at the Maracana stadium.
He was the scorer, the figure of the tournament and the leader
of a National Team that needed him more than ever.
Messi's happiness did not have to be sought in any hiding place. Leo himself
told it almost daily
, in that digital soap opera that is social networks. The celebration with his teammates in the locker room. Holidays in the idyllic home of an Argentine businessman on Key Biscayne.
Antonela's curves and the joy of her three children
with a trap musical background. The dives in the sea or in the pool. Everything was related and shown by him. This was
a Messi who had fun
posting photos at any time of the day.
Argentine athletes
were not even deprived of
moving at the
Tokyo Olympics. A message of encouragement for everyone at the opening ceremony and another of
sports respect for the farewell of the great Luis Scola.
From his Instagram account, Messi begins to establish himself as
the great reference for all athletes in the country.
Like Maradona, but without the controversial component that always accompanied Diego.
It is that Messi, the one who has overcome the comparisons with the stars of the past and with the great Cristiano Ronaldo of the present, the one who arrived in Barcelona to finish agreeing a five-year contract that allows him to
retire in a big way at the club he loves .
The team whose fans adore him and which he managed to transform into a compulsive tournament winner as well as
a successful
, millionaire and recognized
brand
in every corner of the planet. The Barca never sold more shirts in history since they have written the last name Messi.
That is why
the possibility of divorce between Messi and Barcelona
is moving the planet,
far beyond the massive football village
. Will you go to live in the glamor of Paris to add to the Qatari dollars of Saint Germain? Will he end his career in the British Premier League that he loves so much? Or will he cling to a millionaire retirement, playing with little demands on some American MLS team? Everything can be now, that
Pandora's box has been opened
and the best footballer in the world seems unable to continue his career in Spain.
There is only one issue that
worries us Argentines
in this soap opera that has global audiences in suspense.
And it is not that the Rosario manages to stay in Barcelona to calm the grief of his Catalan parishioners.
Or that it changes destiny to revolutionize the football of some other continent.
With only fifteen months to go before the next World Cup in Qatar, all we want is for
this relaxed, winning, exuberant Messi to
stay that way until the biggest football festival begins.
The only thing we need is
that the spell not be broken
so that Argentina achieves that consecration that takes thirty-six years of waiting and suffering.
Lionel is still flawless
, mature but injury-free and eager for more challenges. That Antonela, Papa Jorge and their representatives
take care of him for when the World Cup arrives.
Now it is known that Messi is only fully happy when he raises that glass that calms for a while the calamities of the country without calm.
