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🩵🤍🥺 Giuliano Simeone: “We know Messi is 39 years old, he has everything a footballer could dream… and then he is still fighting like as the best”.

“So for us, there’s only one thing left, give EVERYTHING we have, run for him and for Argentina”.

🚨 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪: If Lionel Messi plays in the World Cup final, he will be the 2nd player ever to actually play in 3 finals; Cafu and Messi would be the only 2 players.

However, in terms of being in the squad, Messi would become the 6th player to be featured in 3 finals:

· Pele: part of the squad in 3 but played 2
· Lothar Matthaus and Pierre Littbarski: part of the squad in 3 but played 2
· Ronaldo Nazario: part of the squad in 3 but played 2
· Cafu: played 3
· Lionel Messi: if he plays the 2026 final, he'll have played 3.

👊 🇦🇷 Take a second and let this ABSOLUTELY SINK IN.

🏟️ A 39-year-old steps onto the pitch against Bellingham, Kane, Rice, and Europe’s elite… and walks off as the undisputed best player on it.

🧩 9 successful dribbles
💪 Most duels won
🎯 2 assists

😭 He did it while Argentina trailed 1-0.

🅰️ Created the equalizer. Delivered the winner.

🏅 Those 2 assists made him the ALL-TIME leading assist provider in World Cup history.

🥇 This man dropped 9 dribbles and 2 assists in a World Cup semifinal — the ONLY player EVER to do that in one game.

😱 He matched the same 9-dribble masterclass he pulled in 2010… 16 YEARS LATER.

📖 Lionel Messi now owns these World Cup records:
🥇21 goals
🥇12 assists
🥇33 goal contributions
🥇101 chances created
🥇137 successful dribbles
🥇16 Man of the Match awards
🥇2 Best Player trophies

… and he’s about to make his 3rd World Cup final appearance.

🐐 The only player ever to dominate as top scorer, top creator, AND elite winger — all at once.

💙 Absolute greatness.

This is the first time ever that the World Cup final will be between the reigning Copa América champions and the reigning European champions 🍿

-Drew with Spain to earn first-ever WC point
-Took Argentina to extra time

Cape Verde really hung with both World Cup finalists 🤯

Messi completed nine dribbles vs. England, the most any player has completed in a single match this World Cup.

It's also tied for the most he's EVER completed in a World Cup match.

39 years old 😨

1986: Diego Maradona scores two goals vs. England in the QF and Argentina go on to win the World Cup

2026: Lionel Messi records two assists vs. England in the SF to advance to the World Cup Final

Messi and this Argentina side are looking to repeat history 🇦🇷

Lionel Messi won 5️⃣ FIFA Man of the Match Awards at 2026 World Cup, all of this at 39 years old. 🇦🇷

🏅 vs Algeria (GS)
🏅 vs Cape Verde (R32)
🏅 vs Egypt (R16)
🏅 vs Switzerland (QF)
🏅 vs England (SF)