Magical Messi

No, he didn’t win the World Cup. But, then again, it’s kind of hard for one player to win a World Cup by himself. Instead, Messi did this:

Beat Iran pretty much by himself…

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Curled in a free kick over a wall of soccer players and hit it with such pace that the goalie didn’t even have time to dive for the ball…

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Made two players on the opposing team nearly kill each other…

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Set up a game-winning goal with two minutes remaining in extra time…

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Won the Golden Ball award.

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