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How Argentina vs Croatia impacts Lionel Messi and the GOAT Debate

I’ve been following Argentina and Netherlands since 2010 and it is quite painful to watch both the teams that I love fail on the biggest stage especially since the latter even failed to qualify. I’ve been a Barcelona fan since 2008 and have been watching Messi for the last 10 years and this is the only time I’ve seen him devastated even before the match began. However, the coffin was already five feet under before the World Cup began when he had to drag the team into the tournament (Messi scored seven goals, including three in a must-win against Ecuador.