Messi led Argentina to win the World Cup. This process was very difficult, and there were several times when they might not be able to compete for the title. For example, they were upset by Saudi Arabia in the first game, and they might be eliminated early in the group stage. Against Mexico, before Messi scored, Argentina was on the verge of elimination. Playing against Australia in the round of 16, we were almost forced into overtime. The Netherlands equalized the score with seconds count, and Argentina narrowly won the penalty shootout with Martinez . The final suppressed France for almost 80 minutes, but Mbappé almost failed Argentina with a hat trick.
However, Argentina has never disappointed fans, because the combat effectiveness and mental attributes they displayed are championship-level. Although Argentina were threatened in every game, they never fell behind. Even a penalty shootout only created an atmosphere of tension for supporters, not despair. This tension completely disappeared after Messi scored the first penalty kick and Martinez saved the first penalty kick.
For the Argentina international, their biggest spiritual reliance is Messi. Messi has grown into an absolute leader in the past few years, which was especially evident in last year's America's Cup. Judging from Messi's speech before the final released in the documentary, his inspiring words moved even onlookers. What's more, those who have witnessed it, so Martinez said that he is willing to die for Messi, De Paul and others have always supported Messi, Aguero even went to watch the game when he was ill.
Of course, being able to speak does not mean you are a leader. Messi rarely yells because he knows that’s not how a leader behaves. A true leader, in addition to being sufficiently encouraging in words, also needs to act like a boss.
The most important thing is of course strength. If strength is not good, then you should be a locker room leader or assistant coach to be effective, instead of occupying the starting or substitute position, which is thankless. Messi is guaranteed in terms of strength. He is the number one player in the world. He was the best player on the team in every game in the World Cup. He was the best player in 5 games, the final MVP, the World Cup Golden Ball , the quasi-Golden Boot and the assist leader, with 7 goals and 4 assists in 7 games. Such a player is the boss and leader of any team. Of course,
’s strength is not enough. In the past, Messi was still lacking in leadership qualities because some of his body language was not conducive to motivating the team. But in the past few years, Messi has had firm eyes and improved his mental attributes to the only level in his current career. For example, in this World Cup final, he made an action, which shows that his mental attributes are very strong.
Here's the thing: When Kylian Mbappe equalized the score with a penalty kick in overtime, Messi felt desperate and almost fell to the ground on instinct. However, Messi may realize that he is the leader, and that Argentina has not been easy to reach this point, and has not lost, so he only did half of the action, and immediately stood up strongly, wiped the sweat, and continued to fight. Judging from Messi's penalty kick shot later, he completely controlled the adversity and was not affected by Mbappe's equalizer.
