Lionel Messi helped Argentina to their third World Cup on 18 December and has since returned to French membership Paris Saint-Germain to renew membership duties. But the magic of the massive win is tough to overlook as Messi posted an image of himself and his Argentina teammates with the World Cup trophy on Saturday.
“How are they going to convince me that magic doesn’t exist?” The photograph was captioned.
Most lately, Messi was awarded the ‘Champions of Champions’ award offered to the very best athlete of the 12 months by French publication L’Equipe on Friday for his performances with Argentina.
Voted on by the journal’s workers, the award has existed since 1946 – and has been open to athletes from outdoors France since 1975 – however stringent judging requirements have made it more durable for these enjoying group sports activities to win. However, this 12 months, each the highest 2 have been from soccer.
Messi received the award with a whopping 808 factors, whereas tennis participant Rafael Nadal, coming off his double Grand Slam-winning season, bike owner Remko Evenpoel, and two-time Formula One champion Max Verstappen rounded out the highest 5.
Messi is the one footballer from the nation to have been honored with the award, together with Diego Maradona (1986), Paolo Rossi (1982), Romario (1994) and Zinedine Zidane (1998). There is a typical thread between all of them – every of them main their respective nations to World Cup glory that 12 months.
Messi arrived on the PSG coaching floor on Wednesday and was given a guard of honour. He was handed a small trophy by sporting director Luis Campos whereas he was applauded on the coaching pitch.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
