Argentina ecstasy, Leo Messi does not forget Diego Maradona
“It is also from Diego, who encouraged us from heaven.”
Having crowned the dream of a lifetime, rather than of a football career, Leo Messi is enjoying his triumph as King asoslute of the Argentine people. World Cup victory celebrations are still in full swing in Buenos Aires, where more than 2 million people have flooded the streets to welcome their heroes.
In all this, the Albiceleste captain found time and a way to recount on instagram all the emotions related to the Qatari triumph. Not forgetting a certain Diego Armando Maradona, for him a perennial source of inspiration and the object of comparisons with the same ‘Pulga’ in these hours.
“From Grandoli until the Qatar World Cup, almost 30 years have passed. It has been about three decades in which the ball has given me many joys and also some sadness. I always dreamed of being a world champion and I didn’t want to stop trying, even though I knew that maybe it would never happen,” the former Barcelona player began.
“This Cup we got is also from all those who didn’t make it in the previous World Cups we played, like in 2014 in Brazil, where everyone deserved it because of how we fought until the same final, when everyone worked hard and wanted it as much as I did…. And we would have deserved it in that damn final as well.”
“This cup is also from Diego, who encouraged us from heaven, And from all those who always stayed on the bench in the national team without thinking about the fact that they weren’t playing, but who always put in the will and effort, even when things didn’t go our way. And, of course, it is of all this beautiful group that has formed, the technical staff and all the people in the National Team who work every day and night in anonymity to make it easier for us. Many times failure is part of the journey and learning, because without the disappointments it is impossible to get to the successes. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Go Argentina!!!” concluded the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner.
