“I can only give thanks for everything that I had to live in this 2021,” Lionel Messi celebrated in a brief message on social networks to say goodbye to the year, with a video in which he reviews, among other achievements, the Copa América with the Argentina team and its seventh Ballon d’Or.
The captain of the national team was completely sincere in his message and added: “Even more so when many people had a really bad time because of the shitty virus that never ends.”
“Hopefully 2022 brings a lot of health, which is what I wish you all for the new year. Hugs everyone!” Concluded the message Lionel, without saying anything about the maximum challenge he will have in 2022, perhaps the last opportunity to lift the World Cup at the World Cup in Qatar.
Messi’s year went from youngest to oldest, began with rumors about his departure from Barcelona, although he stayed at the club for six more months and managed to lift another Copa del Rey with Barcelona and be awarded his eighth Pichichi de La Trophy. League. Then came the Copa América in Brazil, where the captain of the albiceleste fulfilled his dream of giving the Olympic return with Argentina.
In the tournament that was played in Brazil, Messi was also the best player.
The return to Europe was with the unexpected, although much announced, departure of the Catalan club. Lionel and his family settled in Paris, where Lio continues his career in the mighty Paris Saint German.
The end of the year was with another cocarda: he won his seventh Ballon d’Or, which he obtained in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019.
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