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It is easy to forget Messi, then at Barcelona and at the age of 29, he actually retired from international football in 2016.
In the year They lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany and three Copa America finals.
After reversing his decision, he won the Copa America twice.
When Messi – then PSG – lifted the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, it felt like the final part of his career was over.
Many consider World Cup winners Pele and Diego Maradona to be the greatest.
Ahead of the 2022 finals, “I’m very happy to finish my journey at the World Cup, to play the last game in the final. That’s really exciting.”
“There’s a lot of years between this year and next year. I don’t think I can do that. It’s great to finish this way.”
And when he left Europe the following year to join Inter Miami in the MLS, the wind seemed to subside.
It was not clear whether he will participate in last year’s FIFA Club World Cup this summer.
But here he still seems to be unstoppable – even though the game has changed.
Before the England match, he had walked 47% of the distance covered in this competition, the highest percentage of any away player.
Spanish journalist Guillaume Balague, who wrote a biography on Messi, subtly reinvented himself at least five times.
Messi has now scored or assisted in 13 consecutive matches for Inter Miami and Argentina.
If he scores in Sunday’s final against Spain, he will equal his record of 14 in a row in 2011.
He will be the second player after Kafu to appear in three World Cup finals.
Will that really be the last World Cup game? After all, he will be 43 years old in 2030.
But perhaps we should stop assuming anything at this stage when it comes to the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner.
