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Lionel Messi’s Argentina career turned football into a sacred mystery | Marcela Mora y Araujo

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Jorge Messi wanted his country to fall in love with his son. That ambition was fulfilled during a brilliant international career that ended this week“What Argentina is doing in this World Cup is of a sacred order,” Brazilian writer Milly Lacombe posted at the height of the tide of anti-Argentinian sentiment during this year’s tournament. She was exploring the contradiction she felt around her support of Lionel Messi: “a player who is a God and a man who shakes Trump’s hand”.Lacombe highlighted the importance of acknowledging the complexities around Messi…

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