Legendary, best, immortal: Information media throughout the planet ran out of superlatives after Lionel Messi led Argentina to victory in one of the vital dramatic World Cup finals ever. The thrilling penalty-shootout win over France gave La Albiceleste their first World Cup since nationwide hero Diego Maradona guided them to the 1986 title. And it sparked an explosion of pleasure in Argentina, the place the media saluted the nation’s newest era of World Cup heroes, and their talisman Messi. Photographs of him holding the trophy aloft and the group’s celebrations adorned information web sites and social media feeds in Argentina.
Messi’s Argentina had received “the best ultimate in historical past”, stated the day by day La Nacion, whereas Clarin described it as an “unforgettable” match.
The sports activities day by day Ole’s homepage was splashed with “We’re world champions!”
The ultimate was billed as a titanic showdown between Messi and French celebrity Kylian Mbappe, and it didn’t disappoint the neutrals.
Whereas Messi scored from the spot twice to place Argentina within the lead, Mbappe impressed the French fightback with a hat-trick to take the ultimate to penalties.
“Head held excessive,” learn the headline on the entrance web page of French sports activities day by day L’Equipe, the textual content imposed on a picture of Mbappe holding his Golden Boot prize as he walked previous the World Cup trophy.
“Legendary,” stated the entrance web page of the day by day Liberation, with images of each Messi and Mbappe, whereas Le Figaro described the French star’s efforts as “heroic”.
– ‘Within the Hand of God’ –
Messi had cemented his place way back among the many best of all time, however the soccer world was abuzz forward of the ultimate with the prospect of the fleet-footed magician crowning his glittering profession with the World Cup — the one main trophy he had by no means received.
And with Argentina’s win on Sunday, the controversy about his stature within the historical past of the game was settled for many.
In Britain, The Instances stated on its entrance web page that Messi had received the “battle of contemporary maestros in best ultimate”. On the entrance web page of its sports activities part, it described him as, merely, “The Best”.
The Mirror known as him the GOAT — “best of all time” — whereas The Solar stated the World Cup was “Within the Hand of God”, a cheeky reference to Maradona’s notorious aim towards England within the 1986 event.
In Germany, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung additionally performed on that reference with the headline “The foot of God” for Messi.
It known as the Argentina-France showdown “essentially the most thrilling ultimate” in World Cup historical past, whereas the day by day Tagesspiegel stated it showcased “two distinctive abilities”.
Even in Brazil — an intense rival — the O Globo newspaper paid tribute to Messi, saying soccer had “paid its debt” to its largest star.
In the USA, which is able to host the following World Cup with Canada and Mexico, a report in The Washington Publish stated Messi was lastly rewarded in an “immortal” ultimate.
Spain’s El Pais newspaper stated Messi had been “topped within the ultimate of finals”.
And in Asia, the place Messi has legions of followers, Indian newspaper The Hindu stated his Argentina group had saved their “date with future”, whereas South Korean day by day Hankook Ilbo known as him a “god of soccer”.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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