Argentina starlet Enzo Fernandez shared a pitch with Lionel Messi as the pair won the World Cup for the first time, but things could have been very different for the international colleagues.
Messi scored twice in the final, and once in a penalty shoot-out, as Lionel Scaloni's Argentina team beat France to lift the World Cup in Qatar. Back in 2016, though, he had retired from international football with the expectation of never winning a trophy with the Albiceleste.
He was eventually convinced to change his mind, and returned to win the 2021 Copa America before further glory arrived in 2022. Fernandez ended up playing a major supporting role in Qatar, but back in 2016 he was just another young Argentine urging his hero to keep playing for his country in a heartfelt open letter.
