While heaped in praise over his performance at the World Cup, Lionel Messi was quick to share the credit with his coaches and teammates.
“We played with discipline today, we knew this game would end up this way; we’ve done a job so far.”
In retrospect, while difficult at the time, the loss may have been a blessing for Argentina, which no longer had to worry about the unbeaten streak and breaking the record of 37 held by Italy, which failed to qualify for Qatar. Regardless of how it goes for Argentina on Sunday in the final, Messi will still go down as one of the best to ever play the game. But a World Cup title would cement his legacy with that of Diego Maradona, who died nearly two years ago, but whose memory and likeness is found everywhere here.The final will be held just a week from the two-year anniversary of his death and Argentina fans have been singing of both Maradona and Messi on the streets and in the stands in Doha.
The talent was aging in Qatar, but the tenacity was still there, which took Croatia to the final four again.
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