Exactly two months ago, the Argentine National Team beat Brazil 1-0 at the Maracana and became the champion of America, ending a 28-year streak without titles. That day, in the midst of the celebrations, Lionel Messi demonstrated with a simple gesture why he is the best both on and off the pitch. It is that, in full euphoria, Rodrigo De Paul, figure of that final, wanted to ‘spice’ the rival of all life singing songs in a tone of mockery towards the Brazilians, but the captain reacted and stopped him cold: “No, no,” he said, and turned immediately, leaving the ‘Brazilian, Brazilian’ who had started the former Racing without his support or that of his teammates.
But at the Monumental it was different. There, after 3-0 over Bolivia, with three goals of his own, in what was the first match of the Argentine national team in local condition after having won the title and also the first with an audience in the stands since the pandemic put One foot on our ground, Leo found no reason to avoid giving free rein to his euphoria and singing, now, the complete repertoire. “Brazil, tell me how you feel,” sang the 10th, invaded by emotion, while the more than 21,000 Argentine fans who were lucky enough to witness the match were delirious with the Argentine champion.
Messi broke of the emotion
“I had a lot of anxiety, a lot of desire to enjoy. I waited a long time for this. We won the game that was important and now to enjoy. I looked for this a long time ago. Thank God it was given to me. It was a unique moment because of where and how it was done. He gave after so much waiting. There was no better way and being able to celebrate it is incredible. My mother, my brothers are in the gallery. They have suffered a lot, but I am very happy, “said Leo, already with notorious emotion and, of course, missing at a distance his wife and children, who stayed in Paris.
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