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A World Cup final, a match for his second star, once again separates Lionel Messi from glory. What the 39-year-old achieved in Qatar can be repeated in New York. Another final in his career.
So far, Messi has won all 4 of the last 4 finals he has played in with Argentina (2022 World Cup, Copa America in 2024 and 2020 and Finalissima 2021), although before these he lost 4 finals in a row (Copa America in 2007, 2015 and 2016 and the 2014 World Cup). Which means a success rate of 50%.
In total, Lionel Messi, thanks to the glorious era at Barcelona, has played in 43 finals in his career with clubs and the national team, winning 30 with a success rate of 69%. Messi's effectiveness in the final is very high, but not infallible. For this reason, Lionel Messi, as an Argentine, resorts to all the rituals to be able to repeat the triumph. The word 'ritual' is fashionable in the Argentine national team. It is about not changing what has worked in previous events that ended in triumph.
In Messi's case, it seems to be an obsession. It is also evident in his posts on social networks, for example, where he is publishing literally the same texts and posts as in 2022 before winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He understands that it is the best way to communicate and express everything that connected him with people at that time when he finally broke down the wall that was preventing him from being declared world champion.
Argentina, led by Messi, stayed at the same hotel that brought them luck in the last edition of the Copa America in 2024 and more specifically in the semi-finals where they eliminated Canada 2-0. It is the Hilton Shorts Hills, in New Jersey. But the Argentines' rituals go further, even the distribution of rooms is done as then, the players are divided into the same pairs and even the number of rooms is the same
In all the finals that Messi has played, he has scored 35 goals and provided 17 assists, excellent figures for a player who is usually decisive in the big challenges that give trophies. Of course, this is more evident in Barcelona, as he has won 23 titles with the Blaugrana in 31 finals. With Argentina, it is less so with a success rate of 50%. The New York final will break the balance in what could be one of the last battles for a title that Messi develops in his career, at least as far as the Argentine national team is concerned.
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