Now or never.
At 35, Lionel Messi is
"certainly"
playing his last World Cup, the fifth.
A final opportunity to win the only trophy that refuses him.
Champions League, Olympic gold, Copa America, yes.
Seven Ballons d'Or too, records in shambles and an unofficial status as king of the football planet shared with Cristiano Ronaldo.
But the World Cup, no.
The "Pulga" touched his dream with his finger in 2014, failing in the final against Germany (0-1) after dismissing the Netherlands in the semi-finals (0-0 ap, 4-2 tab).
The Netherlands is precisely the opponent of Argentina this Friday evening (8 p.m.), in Lusail, in the quarter-finals of a World Cup where Messi is on a mission, assuming his star status and the role of guide of a whole people.
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