Ukuphela kweXesha: UMessi Uvalelisa kwiArgentina
ULionel Messi ubhengeze ukuba uyayeka ibhola yamazwe ngamazwe emva kokukhokelela iArgentina kwifainali yesibini elandelelanayo yeNdebe yeHlabathi, apho boyiswe yiSpain ngo’1-0 eEast Rutherford, eNew Jersey, eMetLife Stadium.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engama-39, owaphumelela iNdebe yeHlabathi ngo-2022 eDoha ngokuchasene neFrance, uthe isigqibo sakhe “sibuhlungu kakhulu” kodwa lixesha elifanelekileyo.
Kwimiyalezo yakhe, uMessi uthe: “Le yinto ebuhlungu entliziyweni yam, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba lixesha elilungileyo.”
Wongeze wathi ubesoloko enikela ngako konke kwihempe yeArgentina. Emva kokusweleka kukayise, uJorge, wayesele ethe unamathandabuzo amakhulu malunga nokuqhubeka nokudlala ixesha elide.
Nangona kunjalo, ikhontrakthi yakhe neInter Miami isasebenza de kuphele isizini ka-2028.
Kulo mqhudelwano wamva nje, uMessi ufake iinjongo ezisibhozo kwaye wanika ii-assist ezimbini, kuquka ukubuyela komdlalo okumangalisayo ngokuchasene neEngland kwi-semifinal.
Kodwa ifainali yaphela ngeziganeko ezingathandekiyo; uLeandro Paredes nabanye abadlali beArgentina bagwetywa ngezithintelo nezohlwayo emva kokungquzulana nabadlali baseSpain.
UMessi wabonwa ekhala efumana imbasa yesibini, esithi intlungu “inkulu kakhulu” kwaye inxeba liza kuthatha ixesha ukuphilisa.
Ophumelele iBallon d’Or izihlandlo ezisibhozo, uMessi waqala ukubizelwa iqela lesizwe ngo-2005 nguJose Nestor Pekerman eneminyaka eli-18.
Ugqibe ngemidlalo eyi-207 neenjongo eziyi-125, waphinda waphumelela iiCopa America ngo-2021 nango-2024.
Nangona ekuqaleni wayengakafumani indawo efana neyeentsomi ezifana noDiego Maradona okanye uPope Francis, impumelelo yeminyaka yakutshanje yamtshintsha loo mfanekiso.
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UMessi, owafudukela eCatalonia eneminyaka eli-13 ukuze ajoyine iBarcelona, wayenokumela iSpain kodwa wakhetha iArgentina. UAngel Di Maria umncome esithi ilizwe liza kuhlala limnombulelo “ngokukhetha ukuba nguArgentina” nokulinyusa ilizwe phezulu emhlabeni.
UErnesto Godoy, utitshala waseBuenos Aires oneminyaka engama-38, uthe ukuhoxa kukaMessi “kuphawula isiphelo somsebenzi omangalisayo,” kwaye iArgentina iza kuphinda ijongane “nesithuba” esafana nese emva kukaMaradona.
