The headlines and the spotlights are all on Argentina's Lionel Messi, and so they should be. The last dance, if that is what it was, proved to be the best dance as the "Little Genius" won the World Cup at the fifth time of asking.
But it would not have happened without the other Lionel. The golden rule of football is that the stars shine brightest when the collective balance of the side is right -- and the man responsible for surrounding Messi with the best, most coherent team of his long international career is rookie coach Lionel Scaloni.