Sunday, 15 June 2014
MESSI MUST MAKE THIS WORLD CUP HIS OWN...COMMENT: At the age of 26 and with the conditions seemingly favourable, the Argentine forward knows this will be his best chance to win football's greatest prize...
Poised for true greatness. Lionel Messi has been football's outstanding player over the last six years and has often been described as the greatest club performer of all time, yet still there is one thing missing from his glorious career: the World Cup.
The forward has achieved pretty much everything with Barcelona: he's the all-time top goalscorer at the Catalan club with 354 goals, he has 21 trophies for the Camp Nou outfit, including three Champions Leagues, two Club World Cups and six La Liga titles, and has won four Ballon d'Ors in that time.
Success for his country, however, has never quite matched his feats at club level. An Under-20 World Cup in 2005 and an Olympic title in 2008 represent a promising return for the youth teams, but he has yet to win anything with the senior side and in order to be considered the best in history, Messi is well aware that he will have to win a World Cup.
And he will have no better chance than this time around. Currently 26, Messi turns 27 later on in the tournament and is at his peak. By comparison, Diego Maradona was 25 (almost 26) when he led Argentina to their last World Cup win in 1986. In addition, this tournament takes place in South America, where European teams traditionally toil. Culturally and climatically, Argentina are at home here, while the close proximity and accessibility mean many fans will cross the border to support the Albiceleste in each of their games.
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