Samuel
December 13, 2022, 5:57pm
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Mata wears the No. 10 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2010
Schurrle wears the No. 14 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2014
Giroud wears the No. 18 at Chelsea and wins the World Cup in 2018
Ziyech wears the No. 22 at Chelsea and is in the World Cup semifinals
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 6:03pm
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Luis Enrique says there’s one player he wouldn’t have brought to the World Cup if he could redo Spain’s squad
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 6:03pm
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In the same game in 2006, Luka Modrić made his full international debut, and Lionel Messi scored his first international goal.
16 years later, they’re still battling it out on the biggest stage
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 6:08pm
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Argentina XI v Croatia: Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Alvarez.
Croatia XI vs Argentina: Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic.
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Aarav
December 13, 2022, 6:22pm
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Jay
December 13, 2022, 6:46pm
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Enzo “Seeing you play with the light blue and white is the greatest pride in the world. Play for fun, because when you’re having fun, you have no idea how much fun we have.”
Messi tonight
‘Don’t go… Please forgive us’: Enzo Fernández’s, who netted the second goal against Mexico, old emotional letter to Leo Messi goes viral
In 2016, when Messi had announced his retirement from playing for Argentina, the 15 yr old Fernández penned an emotional letter to his hero, pleading with him to reconsider his decision.
When the 21-year old Enzo Fernandez scored a gorgeous second goal to ensure Argentina won the game against Mexico, Leonel Messi would say, “I’m not surprised by Enzo, I know him and I see him train every day. He deserves it, because he’s a spectacular player”.
In 2016, after the Copa America tournament, when Messi had announced his retirement from playing for Argentina -a decision he would retract after two months, the teenaged Fernández penned an emotional letter to his hero, pleading with him to reconsider his decision.
Enzo The letter went thus:
“How are we going to convince you? If we are disastrous. How are we going to convince you? We never had 1% of the pressure that you have on your shoulders. You wake up in the morning, you look in the mirror and you know that a crowd of over 40 million people wants you to do the perfect thing and it has been ridiculously imposed that they can demand it.”
How are we going to convince you? If we fail to understand that you are a human being, a person with incomparable talent, the best player on the planet, but a person after all.”
How are we going to convince you? If we don’t stop for a moment to realize that you are not responsible for the anger that losing causes us, which often has more to do with our own frustrations that are reflected there. Let’s look in the mirror and ask ourselves if we demand from ourselves 1% of what we demand from this guy we don’t even know.”
Do what you want, Lionel, but please think about staying. Stay and have fun… in a world of ridiculous pressures, they manage to get the most noble thing out of the game, the fun.”
Seeing you play with the light blue and white is the greatest pride in the world. Play for fun, because when you’re having fun, you have no idea how much fun we have. Thank you and forgive us.”
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#ARG XI: Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Alvarez
#HRV XI: Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic.
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Messi is set to tie German legend Lothar Matthäus for most World Cup appearances by a male player (25)
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4 - Luka Modric is just the fourth player to start six matches at a single World Cup tournament while aged 37 or over, after Brazil’s Nilton Santos in 1962, Italy’s Dino Zoff in 1982 and England’s Peter Shilton in 1990. Evergreen.
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7 - Seven of today’s starters for #ARG and #HRV also started in their meeting in the group stage at World Cup 2018: three for Argentina (Messi, Tagliafico and Otamendi) and four for Croatia (Modric, Perisic, Brozovic and Lovren). Reunion.
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 7:43pm
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Lionel Messi continues to leave his mark on the World Cup
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 7:44pm
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Three of Messi’s five goals this World Cup have been penalties
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 7:46pm
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LIONEL MESSI PASSES GABRIEL BATISTUTA TO BECOME ARGENTINA’S ALL-TIME LEADING WORLD CUP GOALSCORER!
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 7:56pm
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Half time scores Argentina 2:0 Croatia
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 7:57pm
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Lionel Messi is the oldest man to ever score 5 goals at a single World Cup
Always breaking records
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 8:35pm
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34’—Messi scores
39’—Álvarez scores
69’—Messi assists Álvarez
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 8:38pm
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Leo Messi becomes Argentina’s all-time top goalscorer in World Cup history with 11 goals
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Samuel
December 13, 2022, 9:13pm
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TIME FOR REDEMPTION.
LEO MESSI AND ARGENTINA ARE ONE GAME AWAY FROM THE WORLD CUP
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