Final World Cup 2022 - Lionel Messi Made Argentina World Champion After 36 Years

In his fifth and final World Cup, Lionel Messi also fulfilled the dream he had been dreaming of since childhood. When Argentina's legendary player Maradona made the team the world champion for the last time in 1986, then a child had seen the same dream for his country. He was Lionel Messi. In search of the trophy from four World Cups, Messi also took the team to the final in 2014, but he could not win, but this time his dream came true and Argentina managed to win the World Cup title after 36 years.

Actually, Lionel Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in a middle class family in Rosario, Argentina. Messi's father was a laborer in a factory and his job was cleaning. However, at the age of five, Messi started playing football for Grandoli, a local club coached by his father George. In 1995, Messi began playing for Newell's Old Boys in his home town of Rosario, but at the age of 11 he was diagnosed with a serious illness, much to the dismay of his family. The name of this disease was Growth Hormone Deficiency.

However, when Messi's illness came to light, the family faced many challenges. Coming from a middle-class family, parents tried to do what they could for Messi. Meanwhile, the football club Barcelona came forward to treat Messi. Barcelona's sporting director, Carles Ricksack, was informed of Messi's talent. After which Barcelona got him to sign a contract, after which Messi and his family had to leave Argentina and come to Spain. Messi's family moved to Europe and he started playing in the club's youth teams.

Lionel Messi made his debut for the Barcelona club during the 2004–05 season at the age of 17. He scored his first goal on 1 May 2005 against Albacete. After this Messi started playing for the Argentina national team. In 2012, Messi had scored 91 goals during a year, which no player had scored so many goals in a year at the international level.

Significantly, Messi has made many records by scoring two goals against France. In the first half, where he took advantage of the penalty, he took the ball into the net, in the second half of extra time, he strengthened the team's claim by scoring a goal. However, despite this, they had to wait for the penalty shootout to win. Messi's team made a dream come true by defeating the defending champions 4-2 in the penalty shootout.