The former football player of the Russian national team believes that Messi wrote his name in history with golden letters.
MOSCOW, December 19 – RIA Novosti, Oleg Bogatov. Lionel Messi, the captain of the Argentina national team that won the World Cup in Qatar, wrote his name in the history of world football in gold letters and rose to the same level with another legendary Argentinean, Diego Maradona. Russian national team Sergei Kiryakov told RIA Novosti.
In the final on Sunday, the Argentines beat the French 4:2 in a penalty shootout (regular time 2:2, overtime – 3:3). Messi scored two goals and transformed an 11-yard shot at the start of the series. The striker, who scored 7 goals in Qatar, was defeated only by the French Kylian Mbappe (8). The Argentine was recognized as the best player of the World Cup.
“Messi has dreamed of him all his life and longed for him. And now he has made his name among the big, he has elevated himself to Maradona level. Everyone said he didn’t have the world championship to stand by him.” . He did and all his fans are happy. Messi deserved it with his long and wonderful career, he wrote his name in world football history in golden letters.”
For the 35-year-old Argentine, this was the fifth World Cup, and he reached the final with the team in the 2014 tournament. Maradona is the 1986 world champion and the 1990 tournament silver medalist.
Source: Ria
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