One of the greatest in football but eliminated from all 4 World Cups: Who is Lionel Messi?
The little boy from Rosario is nearing the end of his football career, astounding the world. Lionel Messi… According to some, football owes him a World Cup.
Let's remember together how Lionel Messi, who took the field to collect his debt, was eliminated in the 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 World Cups he played before.
Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team.
Lionel Messi participated in the biggest tournament for the first time at the 2006 World Cup and played for Argentina. In the second match of the group, he later entered the game against Serbia-Montenegro and scored his first goal.
Argentina, which advanced to the quarter-finals, could not get what it wanted against Germany and was defeated as a result of penalty kicks. Messi never entered the game in the quarter-finals.
He was on the field at the 2010 World Cup under the management of coach Diego Maradona. They came out of the group comfortably with 9 points. In the quarter-finals, the opponent was again Germany and they wiped Argentina off the field with 4 goals. Messi failed to score any goals in the 2010 World Cup...
At the 2014 World Cup, Messi was now a superstar with 4 Ballon d'Ors. Lionel managed to score goals in all group matches and they finished the group with 9 points again.
Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands passed. As the monster at the end of the episode, Germany appeared in front of him again in the final. With Götze's golden goal, Germany won the World Cup. Messi was knocked down in the final…
The 2018 World Cup was the most difficult for Messi. In Copa America, they lost the cup by losing to Chile on penalties twice in a row. Messi said that he left the Argentina National Team, but returned because of his love for his country.
Messi had lost 1 World Cup final and 2 Copa America finals in 4 years. They were forced out of the group with 4 points. In the last 16, this time France blocked Messi. Messi tried 4 times and lost, he comes for the fifth time and all eyes are on him…