"Goal-machine Messi": a thing of the past

By almost anyone else’s standards, Lionel Messi had an excellent World Cup. The Argentine scored four times, made one glorious assist and picked up the Golden Ball, a decision so unexpected that even Sepp Blatter felt unable to comment on it without immediately combusting into a flameball of hypocrisy.

 

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