Edited By: Suramya Kaushik
Final Up to date: January 08, 2023, 16:01 IST
Lionel Messi with FIFA World Cup trophy (Instagram Picture)
Argentina captain Lionel Messi submit image with FIFA World Cup trophy on his Instagram
Argentina captain led his staff to World Cup glory on December 18, 2022 when the staff defeated France on penalties in an fringe of the seat finale in Qatar. Ever since profitable the trophy, the staff has been receiving praises from all throughout the globe. Nevertheless, quickly after the World Cup win, Messi returned to French Membership Paris Saint Germain to renew membership duties. However the magic of profitable the large one hasn’t left Messi as on Saturday (January 7), he posted a photograph of himself and his Argentine teammates with the World Cup trophy.
“How are they going to persuade me that magic doesn’t exist?,” Messi captioned the picture.
A number of days again, Messi was additionally awarded with the ‘Champions of Champions’ award, introduced to the perfect athlete of the 12 months by French publication L’Equipe, for his performances with Argentina.
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The award has been in existence since 1946 and open to athletes outdoors of France since 1975. The recipient is chosen by the workers of the journal however very stringent judgment is made whereas selecting the participant. It’s to be famous that this 12 months the highest two contenders for the award have been each from soccer.
Other than them, tennis participant Rafael Nadal, who had a double Grand Slam profitable season, bike owner Remco Evenepoel, and two-time reigning Method One champion Max Verstappen have been additionally within the prime 5. Nevertheless, Messi gained the award by an enormous margin of 808 factors.
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It’s to be famous that Messi is just the fourth footballer to clinch the award. Earlier than him, his countryman Diego Maradona (1986), Paolo Rossi (1982), Romario (1994), and Zinedine Zidane (1998) had additionally acquired it for his or her achievements. Essentially the most attention-grabbing similarity amongst all of the 4 recipients is – every of them led their respective international locations to World Cup glory that 12 months.
After the World Cup win, Messi has been fairly expressive by way of sharing his emotions on social media. He had earlier shared a submit whereby he thanked his household for all the time being with him and supporting him.
Messi has now arrived on the PSG coaching floor and a guard of honour was given to him on Wednesday (January 6). He was handed a trophy by sporting director Luis Campos and was additionally applauded onto the coaching pitch.
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