The easiest thing to say is that they did not believe that Argentina, led by Leo Messi, would beat France in the World Cup final.
Childish nationalism, an incomplete look, although not a few forget what happened to Maradona after Argentina "ruined" the 1990 World Cup by eliminating Italy in the semifinals.
In April 1991 Diego's doping jumped.
Curious.
The only "immoral" in that time of calcium was Maradona?
However, Messi bears some responsibility for the scandal unleashed in Paris and for PSG's decision.
There is an unwritten and universal soccer code that the Rosario passed by: in defeat you have to be more united than ever.
What would be said if one of the River players who ate the win at the Maracaná yesterday had appeared with his entire family walking through Cataratas, Bariloche or Mar del Plata?
The heartwarming family photo of the Messis feeding the little giraffe herbs in Saudi Arabia is not innocent.
It was a message.
Photo: Saudi Ministry of Tourism/Handout via REUTERS
It is true that Messi had a signed commitment with the Arabs.
It is also true that, as a world figure, the relationship of forces gave him enough to postpone the commitment.
He did not do it.
Nor the previous weekend, when he went for a bike ride through Castelldefelds.
Not even the previous one, when he and the family of Cesc Fabregas visited Eurodisney.
Do you have the right?
All.
Was it convenient?
If it is true that Messi had already made the decision not to renew with PSG and seek another destination for his football autumn until the spring of the next Copa América and the 2026 World Cup arrives, he could have communicated it directly to the Qataris.
What is not known is if he had done it and the lightning trip reinforced that communication or was it a response to the alleged anger of the PSG owners.
Photo: EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA
Messi is not likely to be interested in geopolitics but he became a player in the historic quarrels between Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
The trip could be interpreted as an affront, a visit to the adversary (enemy?) Of the sheikhs who put up a fortune when he arrived from Barcelona thrown to his fate by the Catalans.
It is also true that Messi largely amortized the investment despite PSG's two-year failure in the Champions League.
It is not less than that in the two years of his stay in Paris he was the victim of a press campaign by the French sports media as brazen as it was fierce, sharpened after the December final in Lusail.
Undeniable reality that supports the theory of wounded nationalism.
The only thing missing was that they asked him not to sing the Marseillaise.
We already know what Maradona would say in that case: "Franchute, you have it inside."
It sounds brutal, like the treatment that Messi receives during these hours.
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