Messi's Last Dance | World Cup 2022 As It Happened 

Nah man it wasn't him, that was paredes

@@abdelghanimeralet9423no it was Montiel..

@@abdelghanimeralet9423 It was Montiel

And I thought Montiel was simply unlucky. Ball rebounded off his elbow. He did so well to keep his head and convert his penalty.

Imagine he missed the penalty too and France went on to win

Had 2 heart attacks in the matter of 20 minutes

Bro anytime I watch the highlights of the final I always feel anxious

I was a shivering mess by the end of extra time. Hands were literally shaking.

I was literally running out of breath once extra time was done, it’s like my body can’t handle penalty shootouts 🤣

Yea same It felt like I had 5 heart attacks

Sometimes one can forget the simulated part

WE know too well eh?! Pakistan vs India.

It's presicely why international sport events are much more hype than any other. And also why the US doesn't get taken seriously in sports in general.

@@thefearlessshaheen2366 Sure we do brother

@@HyakuJuu01300 they do dominate basketball tho

If you prayed for Argentina, you are Argentinian. You see, we are argentines are borne wherever we want, yet still are argentines, you just have to feel it.

Beautiful comment. I'm neither Argentinean nor South American but I wanted Argentina to win it. Mostly for Messi to seal his legacy with the World Cup and oddly enough I wanted Paolo Dybala to end up a World Cup winner as well. Nothing against France. I like them too but I wanted this to be Argentina's moment.

Finally spotted a Malayalee 😜

You only have to like Dulce de Leche, root for the albiceleste, and you are one of us.

The whole world, sans France, was cheering for Argentina. France won the last WC, and their star player is still at the beginning of his career. We'd all seen the images of Messi falling short at the World Cup, which progressively got more heartbreaking each time. Winning the Copa America was good, but his ultimate goal was a World Cup championship, and this was his *last chance.* Every neutral fan wanted to see Messi finally get over that last hump.

Still getting chills when I see anything related

Just the other day the commentator in PSG match said "World Cup winner Lionel Messi" and I was like ☺☺☺

@@HyakuJuu01300 love how everyone is calling Messi the wc winner but arent giving the same credit to the other argentina players who also played very good

@@somerandomchad4699 Other Argentina players also got their welcome. Look up "Mac Allister welcome to Brighton", for example.

@@HyakuJuu01300 allow it he's just salty

Thanks for the support my friend, glad the world enjoyed watching Argentina lift the cup as much as we did back home. Good showing in 2022 too, Japan looked really strong!

@@ianroblesbentham5767 Everyone was with argentina mate.. even god himself. I celebrated this win of messi and argentina almost as much as i did when my country greece won euro 2004.

amen to that brother!

We really felt the international support here in Argentina, specially from countries outside Europe. It made this the best WC experience.

The only thing that made me happier than Argentina doing great after the loss against Arabia, was Japan beating Germany and Spain and topping their group. Oh i wished they could've beaten Croatia and at least played with Brasil, i was praying for it to happen and i even hoped they could beat Brasil and play against Argentina in the semifinals, would've been amazing but alas, it was a good run for Japan and i hope this world cup inspired generations of japanese kids and teens to become better at football.

Yes sir!

+1

And the guy who received the "watcha looking at dummy" from Messi is Weghorst, who upon entry to the field wouldn't stop badmouthing and trash talking the players (according to Arg players). When the match ended he supposedly wanted a handshake and Messi's shirt and so Messi was like "nah fam, get lost".

@@brunococcia1126 yea, the medis loves to make argentina seem like the bad guy when infact it was the dutch being complete dickheads all along

Dutchy here. I agree with what happened on the field, but don't agree with the analysis of van Gaals words. Van Gaal never said Messi is a has-been. He praised Messi for being an amazing player, who can create chances out of seemingly nothing. He did say that Messi doesn't contribute that much if they don't have possession and that that might be part of the plan he'd like to execute against Argentina (might be disrespectful, but I think we can all agree Messi doesn't press that much compared to other players). Next to this the Dutch GK said he could stop Messi's PK. Is this disrespectful? Shouldn't a goalkeeper be confident in his abilities to stop PKs? Would have been a lot weirder if he said "If Messi takes a PK he will score, there would be nothing I could do". Van Gaal was a bit too proud in claiming he trained the players on penalties, and talked too much about this in the press conferences for sure. But he only said he thought they would have the edge when it comes to penalties. I don't see disrespect in this. The dislike of Van Gaal to South American players is something I don't know much about. However, Di Maria said that after a good game, Van Gaal would showcase points of weaknesses in his game, which to me seems like a coach who above all wants improvement in the team. Next to this Riquelme says he has no problems with Van Gaal. Now I don't know the ins and outs, but these two cases don't really show me he hates South American players. All in all I think Louis van Gaal talks too much, but didn't mean any disrespect. I feel like some media took his words out of context and ignited the fire, which he could have prevented by just keeping his mouth shut. He should have known better after his many years in this sport. On the pitch both sides showed some nasty behavior and I do agree that during the PK shootout the Dutch side was disgusting. Lastly, even though the match had cases of unsportsmanship conduct, I think it was one of the best matches during this worldcup to watch. Congrats with the worldcup, no hard feelings, and I hope you enjoyed the party!

@@08ivar really? Hoy are gonna defend the one who kept 2 really pro players like riquelme and di maria on THE BENCH? For not play euro-style? Even though playing like they know had them scoring goals from left to right....C'mon

Me too

as a Frenchmen I cry too, but for a different reason 😭😹

I cried thrice for football. wc 14 lost messi leaving barca messi winning wc 22

The guy scored penalties for money to eat when he was a kid. A world cup final is nothing for Cachete

@@JustKrin really?

@@whoami3694 yep, like many on the argentinean team, he comes from humble beginnings. He wasn't dirt poor but those penalties were a nice extra cash, his grandpa was killed when he was young and was who inspired him to take futbol, and he also helped his parents finish their house

i bilieve never mised a penalty in like professional player.

That's character

it was definitely suspicious that the media loved showing what argentina did to netherlands but showed nothing about how netherlands was doing to argentina

@@mkn.567 that's media influence

@@mkn.567 exactly. let's not talk about the deliberate fouls on each Argentine player and how the referee was literally playing for the Dutch.

@@youknowminholeeknow4028 and the 10’ Lahoz added smh. I dont like wishing bad on anyone but I gotta admit Im glad hes retiring from refereeing

Yes! Finally someone who understands the coach Scaloni's plan. Argentina defended and waited for the counter-attack, wich no other team had done!

Your Dad is watching from the great beyond all smiles same way I am smiling just watching this video.

@@existenceiskaos ❤️

He said he wanted to play a bit longer as a world champion so we still have Messi for some time. The next Copa America is in 2024 so hopefully he can win again and who knows, 2026 isn't that far and he will have his 39th birthday during that world cup. Strangers things have happened

Too relatable!!! 😂❤ Im definitely sharing this to others

Same, its still surreal to me that they finally won

Pelé was the greatest athlete ever, watch something on him. He won 3 world cups.

@@RaffaelOliveiraSousa1 Usain Bolt is the greatest athlete ever, and Michael Phelps, Michael Jordan, Or Pele are even close

@@RaffaelOliveiraSousa1 it really comes down to how you define being the 'greatest athlete'. first of all let's not get it twisted, pele won 3 world cups because he was a part of the most dominant national team side in the history of the sport, he wasn't as influential in that team as messi or maradona were for argentina. The competitive level in sports has also increased due to more participants, and a much higher level of training and tactics. For that reason there is no doubt in my mind that messi has produced the highest level of technical excellence the sport has ever seen. Pure talent is another debate and one that is basically impossible to measure.

​@@RaffaelOliveiraSousa1no his team won it he got 1 world cup player of the tournament Messi got 2.

@@staplegolf9595wrong

lmao i remember being so mad i had to be up at 6 am to watch some matches, after the 2nd day i was already used to it, woke up at 5, did everything i needed to then enjoyed all of the matches of that day this world cup was magical, my fav team since my childhood was Brazil and i find it sad i was born in 2003, 1 year after their last WC, but seeing one of my idols finally win and in such an epic fashion made up for every magical WC I missed, that final game i was the happiest guy, then the angriest/most sad, then the happiest again, then the anxious, then the blessed with a one in a lifetime experience guy (also cried for like 2 hours when Brazil lost to Croatia :c)

@@johon127 Brazil losing after that brilliant play by Neymar really ripped my soul out 😂

Pelé is the goat.

Bangladesh is a great and pleasant surprise for us. Love you too Bangladesh, from Argentina.

@@bolasdefraile Thank you brother ❤️

He had a point about pk The rest sadly he should've just stfu

@@GarkKahn Umm, facts proved he actually didn't have a point. You know, since they lost on pks.

​​@@GarkKahnlmao their goalkeeper didnt even catch ONE pen

Also that's riquelme's signature celebration Van gaal's story against argentina starts way back then in barcelona

@@GarkKahn Interesting!

Some countries were divided, half of Mexico was rooting for Arg and half was against, I think the same probably goes for Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Spain and probably many more. In fact, a lot of Brazilians were also rooting for Argentina, and of course, most of them weren't because of the historic rivalry. But that's football, I'm sure if Brazil was in the final a lot of people in Arg would root for the other team (not me, I want south americans to win WCs above all).

@@coderdbd The thing we Argentinians have with Brazil is more a brotherly rivarly. Of course you want to beat them and be better than them, and sometimes say or do something nasty to them, but when they clash against somebody else, you support your bro 100% and celebrate his victory like if it was yours

I'd suggest you also watch "daily dose of football" recap, I find that one, and BMOnus' one to be the best two recaps I've seen. I even rewatch them from time to time (like I just did with this one)

But the brazilians: we have favelas and gangs and stuff

@@OscarLopez-gw3jx really dude are you going to debate about this now? It was a joke lmao

⁠@@thesadrat2623wipe that smug face off. You have to live with the reality Argentina won fair and square, this GOAT debate is over.

Who?

@@itsbeyondme5560 Lionel Messi. The best football player that has ever lived.

There's actually another sport called handball in the US which is different from football, so calling them both handball would be confusing

Handball already exists. American Football should be called hand-egg.

Pele Maradona messi it’s the best line with best examples lol

We need that as a monument

It's great to see someone from France with sense of humor