Saviour: Lionel Messi stepped up when Argentina needed him most
(Picture: Getty Images)Outside the Lusail Stadium, an Argentine supporter held a banner emblazoned with a smiling picture of his hero, arms spread wide in that familiar, corner flag-bound celebration.
“I will sacrifice all my dreams for Messi’s World Cup dream,” the slogan above it read, a little clunky, perhaps, but typical of what we had been led to believe about the difference between this iteration of Argentina and its predecessors coming into the tournament.
