Lionel Messi - WORLD CHAMPION - Movie 2024
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00:00 What is the most special moment of the tournament?
00:04 The most special moment, as you say, is probably my last World Cup,
00:09 my last chance to achieve that great dream that I have and that we all want.
00:13 He absolutely is. I mean, one of the greatest players to have ever played the game.
00:17 He comes into the tournament with great form for Paris Saint-Germain,
00:21 with great form for Argentina.
00:23 This Argentina team are something and this guy here, he's the leader.
00:27 I don't think a lot of people necessarily see him as a leader, but he is.
00:31 You know, we've seen some VTs. He's really going to galvanize this Argentina team
00:35 and they're going to come into this hoping that he can win the World Cup.
00:39 It's such a special event, the World Cup.
00:41 You have to expect he's going to turn up for this. He has said it's his last World Cup.
00:46 Is it going to be his World Cup?
00:50 There are 64 teams and 831 other players in Qatar
00:54 vying to be World Champions over the next month.
00:56 But if the Romantics have their way, Argentina will win it.
01:00 And Lionel Messi having played a pivotal role.
01:03 He's capable of winning every game, we know that. Every game he plays it.
01:06 It is all about Messi. Just listen to the noise as he comes onto the pitch.
01:11 He has the chance to score Argentina's first goal of the tournament.
01:15 It's Messi for Argentina. It's simple, it's easy, it's 1-0.
01:20 He is determined to cap his career with the only honour to have eluded him.
01:24 This is an Argentina team that are unbeaten in 36 matches.
01:28 Gomez trying to release Messi. He's scuffling in behind here.
01:32 He's in behind. He's only got the goalkeeper to beat.
01:34 And he wasn't going to foul.
01:36 And the offside flyer for No. 1 comes to Saudi Arabia's rescue.
01:41 You don't feel we are able to come back? You don't feel it?
01:44 He's got a shot on target and scores for Saudi Arabia.
01:48 Oh my word! Who saw this coming?
01:52 Saudi Arabia grab control of the game.
01:56 The goalkeeper's out of his goal. Lionel Messi being tracked but still keeping track of the ball.
02:02 They're digging in and the Saris kind of come away with it. He has come away with it.
02:06 There's no more chances.
02:08 Argentina, one of the favorites, getting beat by a country ranked outside the world's top 50.
02:15 They have rocked Argentina and Lionel Messi, one of the greatest players of all time, to their goal.
02:23 Excuse me. Where is Messi? Where is Messi?
02:29 Where is Messi? Where is he?
02:31 Where is Messi? Where is Messi?
02:37 Messi is no one. He's finished. He's finished. Where is Messi?
02:41 Tomorrow you will play against Argentina. Please, Messi, kick him out. World Cup. Kick him out.
02:47 Messi, out. Ciao, ciao, Messi.
02:49 Yes, ciao, ciao, Messi. Messi, ciao.
02:51 I do ask you one question. I would ask you one question. Where is Messi?
02:56 Where is Messi?
02:58 But trust me, this group will not leave him out and we will go and get him.
03:05 And for all the talent on that pitch, it seems we've got to step back and let's just hope Lionel Messi does his magic.
03:14 Which is going back to what we've seen.
03:15 Which was my complaint around Argentina for so many years.
03:20 For all that talent, everybody just seemed to down tools and hope that Lionel Messi would produce some magic.
03:27 Show what you've got. Show some guts and courage.
03:29 The scene is set. Then Argentina must bounce back or their World Cup will well be over.
03:34 It is Messi. They cannot lose. He must not lose.
03:37 Lionel Messi. Messi's here.
03:39 Oh, that's what they came for. The magic man.
03:45 One more Messi moment and Argentina are alive.
03:50 He's not giving up without a fight.
03:52 They give thanks that he is one of them. How often have they said that prayer of thanks?
03:58 And of course, it was not a great performance by the whole team, but we have Lionel Messi and we need to rely on him.
04:06 He's now scored two goals in two games, considering he's almost people say he's finished.
04:11 You can't write these players off.
04:19 It's Lionel Messi and it's saved by Cesny.
04:22 Strong hand to push it away and it remains nil-nil.
04:27 Here's Molina to drive it across. Turn towards goal and in.
04:31 Alexis McAllister.
04:33 Chance for the shot and it's fired in.
04:36 It's a second goal for Argentina.
04:39 Messi didn't score, but I think he was another top class performer from there.
04:43 And still every player looks to him to drag them through matches.
04:48 He still kept the rule of that.
04:50 The best three or four dribbles in the game was Messi.
04:53 And the best three or four passes in the game was Messi.
04:55 And the best line of pitch was Messi.
04:57 He plays a different kind of sport, I think, to most mere mortals.
05:03 He's an alien.
05:04 Argentina equipped to frighten anyone.
05:08 Australia fearful of no one.
05:12 Messi.
05:13 Messi.
05:14 McAllister.
05:15 Messi!
05:16 He's only gone and done it again.
05:17 A thousand games and still he excels.
05:18 Messi again.
05:19 Drifting and taking the ball with him.
05:20 Lionel Messi looking to penetrate with support from Alvarez.
05:21 Messi again.
05:22 And still Messi.
05:43 Now Toro Martinez with him.
06:12 Messi there has put on the best individual performance we've seen at this World Cup
06:17 so far.
06:18 By a mile.
06:19 Showboating, laying charges on a plate for teammates.
06:22 It was almost like good luck.
06:24 I've not seen anything like this.
06:25 Whenever he gets the ball, the whole stadium gets on their feet, don't they?
06:28 You can see everyone just running.
06:30 He knows that it's his last World Cup and you can really see his enjoyment.
06:35 And Emi Martinez said it at the end of the game.
06:37 He said, "Messi is 99.9% of this team, but I just don't know how far you can go just
06:42 with him.
06:43 Just with him creating.
06:44 Just with him scoring.
06:45 Just with him doing something special, doing a bit of magic."
06:47 Just the same like us, he's a human.
06:51 For sure he's good, but for sure he gets the penalties.
06:55 How do you stop him?
06:56 You're going to see it on Friday.
06:57 Here comes the sixth World Cup meeting of the Netherlands and Argentina.
07:08 Half to be taken by Messi.
07:15 What a goal!
07:36 What a goal!
08:02 What a goal!
08:32 With extreme cool.
08:34 For sure he gets the penalties.
08:36 An epic.
08:38 Lautaro Martinez.
08:41 Argentina march on!
08:44 Look at that.
08:50 Look what it means to them.
08:51 Do you know what?
08:52 I don't know if I said this last time, but you don't see that emotion when he's in a
08:55 club shirt.
08:56 Isn't that the difference of a World Cup?
08:58 When it's for your country and the expectation and everything that comes with it.
09:02 He's really enjoying it.
09:04 He's the one who makes the difference.
09:07 They absolutely rely on him, but he's been delivering in this tournament.
09:10 We said he's been, before the game, he's been making a difference for 15 or so years at
09:13 the top, top level.
09:15 The cutting edge of football.
09:16 He's a fantastic footballer and when it comes to games that need to be defined, he's the
09:21 one that takes on the responsibility for that and he enjoys that.
09:24 He's a phenomenal footballer.
09:25 You see in this stadium, whenever he gets the ball and whenever he does anything, the
09:29 whole stadium stands up.
09:31 It's amazing to see.
09:32 How do you see that pass?
09:33 What are we?
09:34 That pass.
09:35 But the pass defies physics.
09:36 How do we see this?
09:38 How does he see this pass?
09:39 It's just like everyone else in the stadium saying, "Oh no.
09:42 Oh my God."
09:43 It's just he's one of them.
09:44 I'm not sure I've seen a better pass in football ever, let alone at a stage like this.
09:50 When I say I'm confident before the game, it's because we have Messi in the field.
09:54 Everybody is getting confidence.
09:56 Playing with Messi makes you feel like you can do anything.
09:59 Lionel Messi gave to Argentina every single thing that they needed to get to this title.
10:05 A little hot at the end.
10:06 What are you looking at, fool?
10:08 Nothing's happened, fool.
10:09 What an incredible player he is and you kind of feel that from the Argentinian side that
10:14 he's on this mission with his country, with his nation behind him as well.
10:17 This is the World Cup that's maybe written in the stars for Lionel Messi.
10:23 Pogano steps across at the other end.
10:25 Oh, that's a gift for Ravich who finishes it absolutely magnificent.
10:30 Sensational goal.
10:32 Look at him walk in.
10:33 Lionel Messi embraces his moment again and stares into the eyes of another World Cup final.
10:47 Messi again with a marvellous mischief and he will have, he will have his ultimate game.
10:56 Messi away from Vardy all.
10:58 Argentina all but in the final.
11:02 What is there left for him to do?
11:04 The answer to the question, win the World Cup.
11:07 How you do that with the ball at your feet running at full speed while twisting and turning
11:11 is unbelievable.
11:12 It's mesmerising to watch.
11:14 The last thing I'm going to say is not a question, it's not just that I want to say
11:18 a World Cup final is coming and while we all want to win the World Cup, I want to tell you
11:23 that beyond the result, there's something that no one is going to take away from you.
11:26 You crossed the line to each and every Argentinian.
11:28 I'm telling you for real.
11:29 There's no kid who doesn't have your shirt, whether it's the original, the truncheon,
11:33 the invented, the imaginary, really.
11:35 You marked the lives of everyone and that's what, for me, is bigger than any World Cup.
11:40 And no one is going to take that away from you.
11:41 It's a thank you for a moment of such great happiness that you made so many people live.
11:45 I hope you carry that in your heart because I think it's more important than a World Cup.
11:50 You've got it now.
11:51 So, thank you, captain.
11:52 In order to be considered the greatest ever, it feels like you have to win the World Cup.
11:57 And he's not done the Cedible Cup since.
11:59 He's been walking down the pitch.
12:00 People don't fear him anymore.
12:01 They don't.
12:02 You can't compare him to anyone else.
12:03 Messi doesn't have to play more in the selection.
12:05 He doesn't have enough personality.
12:07 He's average.
12:08 Bruh.
12:09 We have a winner!
12:10 It's a goal!
12:12 To get up, to try again and to be back again.
12:16 I think that's what life is all about.
12:17 To stumble, to get up again and to try again and to fight for your dreams.
12:23 Our stars are aligned for Messi.
12:25 When the questions are asked, who's the greatest of all time, who's the best,
12:29 Mourinho or Messi, they say he hasn't won the World Cup.
12:32 This could be the moment.
12:33 The final of the 22nd World Cup.
12:36 Messi and the world.
12:39 And Messi!
12:40 A goal for Evermore.
12:42 Perhaps his moment for infinity.
12:45 Di Maria is the spare man.
12:47 And how Di Maria!
12:49 The ball is gone.
12:50 Obame.
12:51 A nation re-infused with hope.
12:54 Obame!
12:55 Oh wow!
12:57 An awesome force of nature.
12:59 Messi.
13:00 Lionel Messi!
13:01 Martinez.
13:04 Lionel Messi.
13:05 Fernandes.
13:06 Martinez.
13:08 Messi!
13:10 The referee's given the goal.
13:11 The referee's given the goal.
13:13 Mbappé.
13:15 Into the galaxy of dreams.
13:19 Excellent.
13:20 Alive again.
13:22 Oh my god.
13:23 Koulibaly.
13:24 What a stop.
13:25 What a stop by Martinez.
13:27 Mbappé steps up first.
13:31 And Mbappé rattles it in.
13:33 Messi.
13:34 In match point goals.
13:36 Koeman.
13:37 Montiel.
13:42 Argentina!
13:45 Champions of the world!
13:48 Lionel Messi has shaken hands with paradise.
13:52 Has just pitched up in heaven.
13:54 He climbs into a galaxy of his own.
13:56 The greatest player of his age.
13:58 Finally.
13:59 Has the greatest accolade football can afford him.
14:03 At the end of one of the greatest football matches ever played.
14:06 Was it written?
14:07 Can it be?
14:08 See the tears.
14:09 Feel the emotion.
14:10 And all those people, all those people who say he's not the greatest of all time.
14:14 Because he hasn't won the World Cup.
14:16 Well Messi won 12 league titles.
14:19 He won 4 champions leagues.
14:21 He won 7 Ballon d'Ors.
14:23 He was Argentinian player of the year for the first time.
14:26 He won the Copa America.
14:29 And to cap it all, he won the World Cup as well.
14:32 Surely now we have to admit Lionel Messi is the greatest of all time.
14:38 Look at this.
14:39 It's beautiful.
14:40 It's beautiful.
14:41 Thank you very much.
14:42 Obviously I wanted to end my career with this.
14:45 I can't ask for anything else.
14:47 I love football.
14:48 I love what I do.
14:50 And obviously I want to continue to live a few more matches as a world champion.
14:55 Argentina, world champion!
14:59 Argentina, world champion!
15:06 Argentina!
15:09 I want to win in heaven.
15:14 Argentina, world champion!
15:19 Messi, world champion!
15:24 I couldn't do it any other way but to win.
15:29 And today this man with 35 goals and 13 stars, what can you say to that kid?
15:34 What is your dream?
15:36 To play in the Argentinian national team.
15:38 Well, that he expects something extraordinary.
15:43 Something that you can't imagine.
15:48 That he will have a beautiful career with a hard time.
15:59 That he will have to overcome but that he never gives up his dream.
16:05 Because in the end he will have his most desired reward.
16:09 And he will have a happy ending.
16:11 As if it were a movie that ends with a happy ending.
16:16 Beautiful movie.
16:18 Very beautiful.
16:19 We have to see it again.
16:20 We have to see it again.
16:23 Argentina, world champion!
16:25 (dramatic music)