Night of incredible emotions in Atlanta, a goal from the Inter striker decides. Messi (two assists) one step away from the legend. Sunday the match against Lamine Yamal’s Spain.
It will be Argentina against Spain, the champions of South America against those of Europe. Leo Messi against Lamine Yamal, the past and the future sitting together at the table that will give one of the two the World Cup which for theAlbiceleste it could be the second in a row and for Red Furies the second in history. A crazy final, designed by a night that Argentina will hardly forget and which in terms of emotions brings it closer to that of the Mano de Dios of forty years ago to the Azzeca of Mexico City.
The name engraved in history is that of Lautaro Martinez, kept on the bench for eighty minutes by Scaloni and thrown into the fray when his teammates were producing their maximum effort to turn England ahead from the start of the second half thanks to Gordon but gradually collapsing in front of Pickford’s goal line. For how many nights will the English struggle to sleep thinking about the opportunity wasted? In the lead against an opponent foaming with anger but also extremely unlucky, with the prospect of still having to manage a handful of minutes in his own fort before flying to New York.
Argentina rewrote the end of history in 600 seconds, those between Enzo Fernandez’s thunderbolt and Lautaro Martinez’s header. Both assisted by Leo Messi who in New York has the chance to overtake Maradona in the World Cup tally and who knows, perhaps, take an extra piece in the hearts of the Argentine people. The Inter Bull cried after goring Pickford: “It’s incredible. I’ve always dreamed of scoring this goal, ever since my father bought me a pair of boots. I’m enjoying all this, I’m enjoying life.” The most important goal of his career and the best is yet to come.
Why did Argentina win and England lose? Because beyond the urgency of reversing Gordon’s goal, the truth is that Scaloni’s national team played the tough and wild game they wanted in the first half and then, in the second half, spread ardor and technique on the pitch in industrial quantities. There is nothing accidental in the victory and, perhaps, not even in the fact of having already survived Cape Verde and Egypt and the suffering suffered with Switzerland.
It’s as if Messi and his teammates were on a mission to close the circle of a wonderful story. In the final, however, the level will rise further because de la Fuente’s Spain has proven to be the best organized team in the entire World Cup with the wild card still in its pocket to play. His name is Lamine Yamal, so far his World Cup has been about recovery and sacrifice: on Sunday he will play to take the crown from King Messi.
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