The Messi story needed its narrative arc and it is the World Cup

that has provided it. People prefer their

geniuses flawed, it makes them more
compelling. From the days of antiquity,
the idea has persisted that there must
be a price to pay for one’s gifts, a toll
taken.

With Messi, that struggle had long

been hard to see. Uprooting to Europe
aged 13 inevitably brought challenges but he made the
transition seem seamless on the pitch and off it. Even the
childhood sweetheart came with him. His life has been
characterized by success.

That can leave people a little cold. Gabriel Batistuta said it

comforted him that he had lost his Argentina scoring record to
an extra-terrestrial. Carlos Mac Allister, who played with
Maradona and whose son Alexis is now a World Cup winner
alongside Messi, summed it up.

“Without a doubt, Messi is the

greatest in all of history,” he said
recently. “I am rational. I believe
in what I see. Messi's numbers
are compelling.” And yet, still
there was the caveat that
Maradona had given the people
emotions that Messi had not
been able to provide.

Messi was a Champions League winner as a teenager and

scored in two more Barcelona triumphs before the age of 24.
He had an Olympic gold medal at 21. Seven Ballons d’Or. 800
goals. One big problem. The Copa America just was not
enough.

The World Cup was his final labour, the tournament that would
not bend to his will. This fifth and final opportunity had come at
a time when his powers had appeared to be waning. He was no
longer viewed the best player at his own club let alone on the
planet.

That he hauled Argentina to glory after the setback against

Saudi Arabia, ensured that we finally saw the struggle. Leads
were lost, once to the Netherlands and twice to France. But he
endured. He overcame. It did not come quickly or easily. That
makes it more special

This is a part of the post “Messi’s World Cup win confirms his status as the greatest” written by Adan
Bate. These sentences, these words are used to describe Leo Messi – who has recently won the FIFA
World Cup 2022 for the first time in his long career, and the third time for Argentina during the history
of this tournament. The post has brought to me a lot of emotion of admiration, cheerfulness and respect
– for everything he has done for his country. The second paragraph is a effective way to describe a little
bit but clearly about Messi’ life just in one word “success”, because he has achieved a lot of trophies,
awards, but from my perspective, to achieve success as now, Messi has experienced something like
difficulty when first moving to Catalonia to adapt to a new environment, to fight against Rickets, or even
lose. Carlos Mac Allister said to Bate that “Without a doubt, Messi is the greatest in all of history…. I am
rational. I believe in what I see. Messi’s numbers are compelling”. I and everyone will admit and claim
that his opinion is absolutely right, even Messi can’t win the World Cup, but he has won it. As the author
said “There is still a caveat that Messi can not bring about the emotion as Maradona”, that is the effect
in the previous period, when Messi can’t seal the trophy for Argentina as Maradona did in 1986 at
Mexico 86’, although he has competed in 4 FWCs in a row from 2006 to 2018. Leo has won a lot of
trophies with his own club Barcelona, from LaLiga to UEFA Champions League, he had had everything at
the age of 24 with 3 times win the UCL, but he did nothing for Argentina, so the Argentin started to
criticize and don’t recognize his talent. He has to do something to prove his value such as a national
team trophy. And the FIFA World Cup is the final labour for himself, the fifth and last time at the largest
venue in world football when his power and spirit is not as high as before. But as we had seen, this is the
best tournament of Messi, he had lead his team from the Group Stage to the Final. He started the
tournament with a goal on the penalty spot, but his team had lost when Saudi Arabia scored 2 goals in
the second half to create a huge shock. But after that match, Argentina played more carefully and
become one of the nominees for the trophy, with a 2-0 win against Mexico the keep a hope to be alive,
a dramatic win on penalty shootout against the Netherlands, an easy win 3-0 against Croatia in the
Semi-Final although everone forecasted that this would be a huge challenge for Messi and his
teammate, and the best match ever in history, when Messi scored 2 goals in the Final against France to
help Argentina win the FWC for the third time in history. To conclude, this post has used a lot of words
to summarize in the shortest way about Messi’s career and his recent achievement with Argentina
national team and when I read those words, I feel like I am witnessing the whole life of a genius that I
really respect and admire.