At last, Lionel Messi broke through with Argentina on the international stage. But one prize still remains unclaimed.
More than a decade of anguish on the international level was extinguished with a win over Brazil in the 2021 Copa América final. For the first time with his country’s first team, Messi lifted a major trophy—and a massive weight off his shoulders.
Five Copa Ámerica tournaments and four World Cups had yielded little but heartbreak for Argentina fans watching Messi. But now, with an international trophy added to his already massive haul at the club level, Messi is looking for the ultimate trophy. If he’s to be believed, this will be his last attempt to win it, and he may just have the team around him to get it done.
