Lionel Messi is one win away from winning his first World Cup, practically the only trophy he is missing to complete a magnificent career in soccer that places him as a firm candidate to be the best player of all time, in that same category is the quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady, for many is the best football player of all time.
However, a strong criticism that the 45-year-old player has received this past season is that his time has passed and that, although it seems impossible, it is seen that his natural ability is beginning to diminish, meanwhile the Argentine striker continues to enjoy fullness of faculties at 35 years of age.
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Clearly between the seven-time Super Bowl winner and the “Pulga” there is a decade of difference in age but when Messi plays the World Cup final on Sunday it would be good to take into account that what he has today is not eternal, the proof is that the former husband of Brazilian top model, Gisele Bündchen, whose last Vince Lombardi Trophy he lifted in February 2021, is not even two years old yet.
Messi has already made it clear, Qatar 2022 will be his last World Cup, although Brady had also made it clear that 2021 would be his last season and his regret cost him both his marriage and his great form, the Paris Saint Germain striker could face the same fate if he does not stand by his decision.
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Lionel Messi says Qatar 2022 will be his last World Cup
“It’s a source of pride to be able to finish my World Cup journey by playing in this final. It is something exciting what I am living. Surely Sunday will be my last game in a World Cup. It’s many years before the next one (2026) and I don’t think I’ll be able to make it. So I hope to finish in the best way,” Messi said after Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Croatia in the first semifinal of Qatar 2022.