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Ganaron la COPA DEL MUNDO y estan comiendo milanesas a caballo con papas fritas y ketchup, con la copa en el medio de las mesas, como no amarlos

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December 18, 2022

By Franklin Foer

(The Atlantic) —The literary critic Edward Said coined the phrase late style to describe the final works of a composer or writer—when the decay of the body can’t help but inform artistry, when creativity is infused with the bumps, bruises, and wisdom of a life almost fully lived.

In soccer years, 35 makes the Argentine forward Lionel Messi a veritable geriatric. And this World Cup was his final opus, his version of Beethoven’s last string quartets or Monet’s lily ponds. And what makes Argentina’s thrilling triumph something to savor is how this victory was both the culmination of his career and the embodiment of a late style, a performance that carried the melancholic sense of an ending.

At the beginning of the tournament, the pundits agreed on a story line. The two defining figures of the era—Messi and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo—had won every prize in the game except for the ultimate one. Qatar represented their final opportunity to fill in the gap, to capture a trophy regarded as essential for staking a claim to the best who ever played.

Ronaldo, 37, flailed because he couldn’t adapt to his physical decline. He insisted on playing as if he were 10 years younger. By acting as if he was essential, he became superfluous. And in his final game, a flaccid defeat to Morocco, he came off the bench, contributed little, then left the field in tears—without shaking hands with his opponents or consoling his bereft teammates. It was a pathetic way to exit, befitting a vain career.

That’s the counterpoint to Messi’s victory. Without the legs to carry him, Messi economized his movements. Rather than pretending that he was a young man, he played like an older one. He ambled through games, saving himself for the moments that he could assert himself. He showed a remarkable awareness about how he might be able to parcel out his dwindling corporeal self, how he needed to make choices about when to give himself fully.

And to quote the wise words of el Dibu Martinez:

HOY SOY MAS ARGENTINO QUE NUNCA VAMOS LA CONCHA DE SU MADRE

CONGRATULATIONS TO ARGENTINA, YOU DESERVE IT. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!!

For Brazilians, we will make it in 2026 :D

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1986 2022

ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN LA PUTA MADREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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18/12/2022

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i’m just gonna say it: the french team let mbappe down man scored three goals and aced his penalty kicks just for his teammates to shit the bed. 

CAMPEONES CARAJO!!!!!!

I've been waiting all my life for this.

Thank you so much, Team.

There's no two without three.