A huge amount was made of Messi's goal on the Beeb and RTE but very little was made of the absolutely brilliant pass which put him through. Messi took it well ok but the pass was sublime. If it had been Higuain, and the pass was by Messi, all the talk would have been about Messi's pass.
There is speculation that the manager asked Messi's permission to make the substitutions. This is the apparent footage: https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/27/argen...6/?ito=cbshare Who knows. I can't lip read Spanish.
Did Aguero actually touch the ball for the 10 minutes he was on the pitch ?
According to Messi ‘We knew God was with us and wasn’t going to let us go out. I thank all the fans that are here, for all their sacrifice and to all those in Argentina that were always with us. The shirt of the national team is above all else.’ You could imagine God in heaven with his Argentinian shirt on cheering them on, despite many of the Nigerian players blessing themselves before the game.
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