World Cup 2022: Argentina’s Top Player

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Argentina talisman Lionel Messi celebrated his 35th birthday June 24. Messi, the iconic footballer, moved to the French club Paris Saint Germain from Barcelona in the summer of 2021. Many would say he’s the greatest soccer player in the history of the sport.

Lionel Messi has 667 goals and assists in La Liga alone, one of the two players with more than 100 Champions League goals (120). The Argentinian superstar has been involved in 938 goals for the Blaugranas., the only player to have scored more than 10 goals in a single La Liga season for 15 campaigns. He’s netted more than 30 goals in each of his last 13 seasons with the Catalan giants.

While under eight different managers, Messi has played 778 games for Barcelona, playing the highest number of games under Pep Guardiola. He is the only player to score 40-plus goals for a single club in ten seasons in a row. He left Camp Now after 17 years with the club signing with PSG, totals of 672 goals and 266 assists.

From winning La Liga in 2005 to winning the Copa del Rey in 2021. Everything Leo Messi touches turns to gold,. He has won an incredible 35 major trophies with the Spanish giants (10 La Liga, eight Spanish Super Cups, seven Copa del Rey, four Champions League, three Club World Cup, and three European Super Cups). While at Barcelona, Messi was unstoppable. We did make great profit adding him to our soccer picks  and parlays.

Best Ever for Argentina

Despite his dual citizenship and professional success in Spain, Messi’s ties with his homeland remained strong, He was a key member of various Argentine national teams since 2005. He was on Argentina’s victorious 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squad, represented the country in the 2006 World Cup and scored two goals (in five matches) as Argentina swept to the gold medal at the  2008 Beijing Olympics.

Messi and Argentina reached the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals, where the team was eliminated by Germany for the second consecutive time in that tournament. At the 2014 World Cup, Messi put on a superb display, finding the back of the net four times and nearly single-handedly earning his country a ticket into the knockout rounds, There, they advanced to the final ot the Cup final for the first time in 24 years.

Argentina lost that contest, 1–0, to Germany, but Messi nevertheless won the Golden Ball award as the best player in the competition, In the case of Argentina, they simply ran out of gas. The team started the match with high-intensity pressing, but lost energy.

Messi’s finally a winner at international level after four previous finals on the losing side (thrice in the Copa America and once in the 2014 World Cup). People took to the streets in Argentina in celebration of the win. It was Argentina’s first major title since 1993. The 35-year-old has been in superb form, scoring four times-including two trademark free kicks-and assisting on five goals, a tournament-high. If you’re betting online, back Argentina with a small stake. They are priced at +800.

World Cup Expectations

Messi was so upset at losing to Chile on penalties in the Copa America final of 2016 (same as a year before), he retired from international football. He reversed course a few weeks later, helping drag the then-poor Argentina side to the World Cup finals in Russia, then lost to eventual-champion France in the last 16.

Messi failed to score in the knockouts of the World Cup for the fourth time in a row, raising even more questions about his place among the all-time greats. Lionel Messi will be turning 39 by the time the 2026 World Cup comes around. That has led many to believe his current run at the 2022 FIFA trophy will likely be the legend’s last bid.

Messi perhaps experienced the worst season of his professional career in 2021/22, managing ust 14 goals in 34 competitions overall for Paris Saint-Germain. The season is now over, and fans across the world were a bit disappointed the Argentine endured a mediocre one, He is definitely ready to give his best and bring PSG the Champions League and Argentina the World Cup. Argentina are huge favorites to win Group C, priced at -250 with the latest soccer odds. Messi to win the Top Scorer Award is +1400.