The emotions of seeing the Argentinian team win the World Cup again and Lionel Messi lifting the trophy for the first time were not only felt by the Albicelestes fans. The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal He was also infected by the atmosphere due to the historic consecration of ‘Lio’ until he shed some tears when the striker scored the third goal in the game against France for the Qatar 2022 final, as ‘Rafa’ recently admitted himself.
“When Messi scored the third goal, I cried. Winning the World Cup made me happy,” the former world no.
Nadal had assured in the previous one that he doesn’t particularly support Argentina or France, but he also claimed that he couldn’t remain indifferent to the performance of the PSG striker, whose big outstanding debt was precisely to win the world title.
Lionel Messi scored seven goals at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Photo: AFP
“For someone so great to culminate with a lacking title of this caliber, For what it means for Argentina, it seemed fair to me. I enjoyed it and was touched,” added the Mallorquin. “To see someone so great achieve what they lacked and suffered so much to achieve it was spectacular,” he concluded.
They claim the Super Ballon d’Or for Messi
In the last few hours, various foreign media have repeated fans’ requests for Lionel Messi to be awarded the Super Ballon d’Or, an award that France Football magazine has only presented once. Former player Alfredo Di Stéfano, five-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid, received the award in 1989 and was considered the best footballer of the past 30 years.