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The road to winning the championship is tortuous and long. Argentines have gone for 28 years, including Messi's long journey of 15 years.

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Author | Luo Nian

A Hollywood-class epic performance, a free kick violence aesthetics. Messi screamed at the sky and swept away the haze for many years; Neymar shed tears on the court, unwilling to leave. America's Cup final, full of stories.

The road to winning the championship is tortuous and long. Argentines have gone for 28 years, including Messi's long journey of 15 years. Messi, the first adult national team champion in his career, made up for his regret and personally smashed the chain on the foot of the Pampas eagle.

The eagle is flying and the world is above me. At the end of his career, Messi, 34, finally realized his dream.

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National sinner? National hero?

How much Argentines love Messi, how much they hate Messi. Messi brought hope to Argentines again and again, but let them roll in the abyss again and again.

Messi almost became a "sinner" again before winning the cup.

At the end of the game, the Argentine core got an excellent single-handed opportunity, but his foot slipped and missed the opportunity to seal the victory. It is hard to imagine what kind of criticism Messi would face if the Brazilian reversed the victory at the last minute.

There are two Messi in the world, one is Messi of Barcelona and the other is Messi of Argentina. For quite a long time, some Argentine fans have "disgust" against Messi.

They don't understand why Messi in the club is omnipotent, winning four Champions League titles, six Golden Globes and 10 La Liga titles. Messi of the national team is mediocre, and the finals are often not seen. There is no champion in the national team competition.

As long as he wears a blue and white jersey, Messi will always be the object of ridicule. Fans selectively ignored who led the team to stumble forward, habitually magnified his single performance and questioned him for not working hard enough.

Every time he lost in the competition in the past, he almost became the focus of public discussion, and all his body movements and reactions were constantly fermented and infinitely amplified by the media. /kloc-After the 0/8 World Cup defeat, Messi rested his hands on his hips and his eyes were glazed over, which was magnified as no fighting spirit. After temporarily withdrawing from the national team, he was ridiculed and did not take responsibility.

This suspicion is somewhat anti-human. After the loss, depression and indifference are human nature and difficult to understand.

The psychology of love and hate makes Argentine fans unable to extricate themselves from contradictions. When they were singing Oh Messi, they ran away from the scene and disgusted Messi with their "sworn enemy" Cristiano Ronaldo.

In 2020, TyC Sports of Argentina conducted a poll based on the national team performances of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who won easily with 66.9% of the votes. The reason is self-evident. Cristiano Ronaldo led the team to win the European Cup, but Messi did not bring a championship to Argentina.

Fans used abuse and attacks to vent their long-standing grievances, and Messi became the best outlet. Then who should Messi vent his feelings to? Higuain?

As the core of Argentina's "rural hope", no one loves Argentina more than Messi, wants to win more, and finds it harder to accept the pain of failure.

One step away, out of reach. 14 After losing the World Cup final in Brazil, Messi's lonely eyes when staring at the World Cup touched countless fans. After that, Argentina seems to be cursed. 20 15 and 20 16 entered the America's Cup finals in succession and lost twice. They spent three years in Sanya. Messi was once disheartened to quit the national team.

But soon, he came back, still taciturn, but more and more like a leader, making his teammates around him better and better.

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Argentina cried again, this time it was tears of happiness.

This change is reflected in almost every game in the America's Cup.

"Team achievement is always more important than personal honor". After defeating Ecuador, the total number of goals scored in the Copa America reached 13, tying batistuta. Messi is very low-key, and he knows exactly what he needs.

Messi gave goalkeeper Martinez a deep hug when he beat Colombia in the penalty shoot-out, and he saved three penalties. His praise is beyond words. Encouraged by this, Martinez also used better expressive force in the final to keep the team's door intact and help Argentina realize its dream.

The harsh Argentine media and fans are also rarely gentle. Before the game, the picture of Messi singing the national anthem loudly was widely reported. He praised "Messi is singing with his soul and singing his love for Argentina".

This is nothing more than a normal thing for Messi. Since he put on the national team shirt, his love for Argentina has always been the same.

The record was rewritten by Messi. Before the final, Messi scored 4 goals and 5 assists, all of which were the highest in the America's Cup. Argentina scored 1 1 goals, and Messi scored nine goals alone, accounting for 82% of the team's goals.

But even this would not be enough Messi really needs a champion. Admittedly, he doesn't need a champion to prove his greatness. But as the spiritual idol and totem of Argentines, he needs to honor his promise and win back the trophy for Argentines.

In the final, Messi seemed invisible again. He instigated a goal that could have killed the game, but he lost it himself. He seems to be the same Messi, the invisible Messi in the final.

"Messi injured his hamstring and played against Colombia and Brazil." Coach Scalogni explained why Messi was "invisible". "Messi may be tired, but it's hard not to count on him."

At the age of 34, he has played seven games and his ankle is still bleeding. He gave everything he had to Argentina. At this moment of holding the championship trophy high, perhaps Messi can finally put down all the burdens.

The music "Don't make me cry in Argentina" started again. This time, Argentine's tears are happy.

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"Self-salvation" of Older Unemployed Youth

"Messi's existence is equal to half a person missing, and no strong team has his position." Football commentator Zhang Lu once commented on Messi after Barcelona suffered an 8-2 bloodbath in the semi-final of the Champions League last year.

During the America's Cup, a joke about Messi spread like wildfire in major fan forums:

34-year-old unemployed, didn't go to college, 13-year-old went abroad to work, his wife didn't work, three children at home, engaged in heavy manual labor, worked hard in the second largest city in China for 20 years, and was still a registered foreign hukou. Where is the future?

Argentines are fascinated by the future. Due to the expiration of the contract with Barcelona, the two sides failed to negotiate a new contract, the Argentine was temporarily "unemployed" and his personal information was deleted by La Liga official website.

According to the French media L 'Equipe, Messi is willing to reduce his salary by 50% to complete the contract renewal with Barcelona, but he still can't meet the requirements of La Liga salary cap.

La Liga introduced the salary cap system from 20 13, stipulating that the total salary of the team should not exceed 70% of the total budget of the club. Last season, Barcelona's salary cap was lowered to 347 million euros, while Messi's annual salary before tax was 65.438+300 million euros. Even though Messi promised to reduce his salary by 50%, Barcelona still failed to meet the requirements of La Liga salary cap. Many giants in Paris and Manchester City have extended olive branches to Messi.

But the dreams of these teams may be shattered. It is reported that some Spanish club presidents are willing to provide some financial support for Messi's contract renewal, and help Barcelona pay part of the salary after the contract renewal, so that Barcelona and Messi can successfully complete the contract renewal. The presidents of these clubs believe that if Messi can stay in La Liga in the future, it will not only benefit Barcelona, but also benefit the whole league.

If you can't get up early without benefits, these club owners will certainly not be kind. After Cristiano Ronaldo left Apennine, as the only gold-lettered signboard in La Liga, Messi's commercial value and influence are irreplaceable. They are worried that if Messi leaves the team, La Liga's appeal to fans and broadcasters will be greatly reduced, and the broadcast cost will also be reduced, and the club will ultimately suffer.

Behind the high salary is Messi's unparalleled ability to absorb gold. According to Spanish media reports, Barcelona estimates that Messi brings the club an annual income of about 300 million euros. The President of La Liga even said that Messi contributed 1.37% of Spain's GDP and created1.8000 jobs.

Last year, Nielsen announced the list of 50 athletes with the most commercial value in 2020, and Messi defeated Cristiano Ronaldo again and was awarded the "most commercial value athletes in the world".

Messi, who led the team to win the championship, proved that he is still an omnipotent "little flea" on the shady field, plus his super ability to absorb gold. The choice of this older "unemployed youth" will become the most shocking news in football this summer.

However, at this time, Messi has no time to think about it. He held the trophy high and enjoyed the victory brought by the "angel".