Messi’s GOAT Status Was Built Off the Field. His Father Built It.
Messi retired from Argentina the same summer his father died. Jorge Messi was not just a parent. He helped shape the person Lionel became.
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Argentina World Cup 2026: The Defending Champions, the 20,000 Who Followed Them, and the Last Chapter of Messi’s World Cup Story.
20,000 Argentines followed their team across North America. A couple heard their accent for the first time in five years. And Messi played his last World Cup.
