After finally winning the World Cup, Lionel Messi made his strongest case yet to be considered soccer’s greatest player of all time.
After finally winning the World CupIt will never be possible to say definitively, though, even after Argentina's 4-2 penalty shootout victory over France on Sunday in the final at Lusail Stadium.
Kylian Mbappe certainly made Messi work for a golden trophy that had eluded him throughout his storied career. The France forward scored a hat trick as the defending champions came back from 2-0 down and then evened the match again after Messi made it 3-2 in extra time.“It took so long, but here it is," Messi said. “We suffered a lot, but we managed to do it.”
Competition is fierce when it comes to determining the greatest of all time, or the GOAT, as it has come to be known. It can come down to the smallest of margins that separate players of such brilliance.
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