Messi led Argentina to dominate the Copa America in 2021. After 15 years of fierce battle for Argentina, Messi finally won his first championship trophy in his national team career. This championship makes Messi once again regarded by the media as a strong candidate for the best player in history. But can Messi be called the world's top football team? His senior football kings Billy and Maradona have both won the World Cup titles, so before Messi retired, he of course wanted to win the World Cup championship the most. Only in this way can he deserve the title of King of Football.
The two most important football competitions in this summer have come to a successful conclusion. Messi is undoubtedly the biggest winner. He helped Argentina win the championship again after 28 years. At the same time, he also won the Best Player and Golden Boot Award in the Cup of America. In comparison, his old FIFA Golden Globes rival Cristiano Ronaldo won the European Cup Golden Boot, but is considered the most beautiful Golden Boot.
Messi kisses the Copa America
Today's world football Messi and Ronaldo have almost monopolized FIFA's title of World Player of the Year. Messi scored six times and Ronaldo won the title of the world's best player of the year. In 2021, Messi's performance in the Copa America was the Argentine captain who played all the time in this session, played 7 games, scored 4 goals and sent 5 assists, which means that Messi created 9 goals for Argentina. It is precisely because of Messi's excellent performance that Argentina advanced to the final and finally won the championship; while Ronaldo's performance in this European Cup was 4 games for Portugal, scoring 5 goals and giving an assist, that is, Ronaldo created 6 goals for Portugal. However, 3 goals were shot at the penalty point, so the value of the goal was undoubtedly discounted.
Nethermar and Mbappe, who are now in the world football team, are also fighting each other in a row. Although Neymar entered the final for Brazil, he failed. The tears after the game witnessed his unwillingness; while Mbappe, a new generation superstar who represents France, lost the penalty in the penalty shootout in the top 16 of the European Cup. It seems that they still have a way to go if they want to take over Mei and Luo.
Messi looked at Mbappe and thought that youth was no longer there
Messi's possession of the ball, dribbling, passing, organizing, long shots and free kicks in the Copa America are still important weights for Argentina to win. However, Messi in this Copa America has stronger spiritual attributes than in the past. This year's FIFA's annual Golden Globe Awards are waving to Messi. Compared with Lewandowski, Ronaldo and Kanter, Messi's current Golden Globe prospects are better.
However, can Messi be called the world's top football team? The most important thing is to lack a World Cup champion, and so is Ronaldo. Messi's closest time to the World Cup championship was in the 2014 Brazil World Cup, leading Argentina to the finals. At that time, Argentina and Germany met in a narrow road in the final. If Messi led the team to win the championship, there would be no controversy about his name as the king of football. Unfortunately, his teammate Higuain missed a one-on-one goal at the critical moment, and Argentina was defeated by Gotze, who was on the bench in overtime and eventually missed the World Cup championship.
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Messi has the last chance to be the king in the Qatar World Cup in 2022, and fans hope he can seize it. Lead Argentina to win the World Cup and truly become the world's top football team.
Old King of Football Maradona and Messi
However, the years are getting older. When the World Cup is played again in 2022, Messi, born on June 24, 1987, is already 35 years old. Can he still lead Argentina to regain the World Cup with his own strength? After all, his predecessor Maradona created the "One World Cup" in 1986, and was only 26 years old. Therefore, as Messi gets older, it is becoming more and more difficult to compete for the World Cup championship. However, people still look forward to the final battle of the old Messi in the World Cup, which can create a personal final peak farewell masterpiece.
