Lionel Messi is celebrating. The best player in the world, captain of the Argentine national team, Celebrate his birthday number 37 surrounded by his colleagues and his entire family in New Jersey, USA, while celebrating America Cup in said country.
Messi, As on so many other occasions, he has his birthday while he is playing a tournament with the Argentine National Team. In fact, since his first concentration in 2005, passed ten concentrations between American and World Cups.
Although the Argentine team remains focused waiting for tomorrow’s match against Chile, Messi will have time to receive Antonela and her children, and receive signs of affection from his teammates who, according to Rodrigo de Paul, They have some surprises prepared for you.
It will be a different birthday, far from past criticisms. It will be enjoyable, to look back, breathe easy, and review again and again the excellent career that the current footballer of the InterMiami. Waiting for another important commitment for the Scaloni selection, the one that can seal the classification to the quarterfinals of the continental competition.
Messi’s birthday: his best moments in the Argentine National Team
Below, a review of the best moments of Lionel Messi in the Selectionwhich became his favorite place to play in recent years:
-U20 World Cup 2005: his first big appearance with the light blue and white. He had an incredible participation, in which he scored six goals and distributed two assists.
He scored in every instance, including a great goal in the semis against Brazil and a double in the final against Nigeria. All this allowed him to win the Ballon d’Or for Best Player and the Golden Boot for being the top scorer.
-His debut in a world: during the second presentation of the Argentina team in the 2006 World Cup in Germany Messi’s debut in this type of competition took place, which would end up becoming his great obsession over the years.
At only 18 years old, “The flea” He entered from the substitute bench before a euphoric Diego Armando Maradona who celebrated among the public and scored the 6-0 that closed the win against Serbia and Montenegro.
–2008 Olympic Games: the second great achievement of Messi with the Selection It would also arrive with a youth category. In the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, surrounded by a top-level team, he won the gold medal after beating Nigeria in the end.
–Brazil World Cup 2014: the first big performance of Messi in a worldafter the hard blows in Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010.
The Rosario player scored four goals (all in the group stage) and an assist to Angel Di Maria in the round of 16 to beat Switzerland in the final.
The illusion of Messi in this world ended in the final, in which they lost 1-0 to Germany in a match where those led by Alejandro Sabella They had the best opportunities but they didn’t know how to take advantage of them.
-Triple against Ecuador and qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia: the Argentine National Team was on the verge of being left out of the 2018 World Cup, after a very weak Qualifiers.
They reached the last date before Ecuador with the rope around his neck and, furthermore, in that match his rivals took the lead before the minute of play. But Messi He brought out his entire hierarchy, scored a hat trick and sealed Argentina’s qualification for the World Cup.
-Brazil Copa América 2021: the tournament where the history of Messi in the Argentine National Team.
With an incredible performance, in which he scored four goals and gave five assists, Messi He was able to captain the “Albiceleste” to their first title in 28 years and the man from Rosario managed to get rid of his great thorn: winning a title with the senior national team.
–Finalissima 2022: in one of the best games of the cycle Scaloni, Messi He won his second major title with the national team after beating Italy 3-0.
-Qatar World Cup 2022: Messi He had one of the best individual performances in the history of the World Cup (he scored seven goals and gave three assists), winning the best final in the history of the World Cup and leading the Selection to the top of the world after 36 years.
-Reception of the champions in The Monumental: after the conquest in Qatar 2022the Selection He returned to play in front of his people and one of the most emotional moments in recent years was experienced thanks to the incredible reception from the public.
