The latest news from Qatar, including team news and press conferences as the second day of the World Cup sees three matches played
Tuesday’s early kick-off sees Argentina start their Group C campaign against Saudi Arabia. Mexico and Poland are also in the group. Jonathan Liew writes for us that 2022 might just be Lionel Messi’s best shot at glory:
This is Messi’s fifth World Cup. And of course there has been a lot of the usual talk about whether he “needs” to win it for his legacy, a lot of the usual hot air and spume about his duel with Cristiano Ronaldo, football discourse reduced to the level of a pub debate. Within Argentina, however, something seems to have changed. After more than a decade of treating Messi as a vessel for their expectations Argentina are finally beginning to ask not what Messi can do for them but what they can do for Messi.
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