Fresh details are still emerging from Argentina’s historic World Cup victory over France, with newly unearthed footage captured by Lionel Messi seconds before the final result.
Messi has practically perfected football by leading his country to the sport’s biggest prize last month, capping an incredible career and already racking up a ton of trophies.
A video has been shared online showing the moment before team-mate Gonzalo Montiel took his final penalty.
It shows a 35-year-old man who looks up at the sky and seems to say the words “Puede ser hoy, abu”, which means “maybe today, grandma”.
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He then fell to his knees as the winning penalty was scored, securing the victory and giving Argentina their third World Cup.
Messi’s grandmother, Celia Olivera Cuccitini, played a major role in Messi’s early and fledgling career until his death in 1998.
She’s been a staple of his life, and the PSG star previously spoke about how she convinced her first coach to let him play the game.
“When I was little, we all went to the neighborhood club that the whole family always went to. My brothers and cousins played in different categories because we were all different ages,” he said. previously told an Argentinian publication. Diario Ole.
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“I was one of the youngest players, so I didn’t have a category yet, but one of them was missing a player, and my grandmother said to the coach, ‘Let me play. Do you want him to play? He’s too small to play.”
Messi added: She was very much loved by everyone at the club and kept demanding to let me in until they did. No, but that’s what my grandmother used to tell me.
The video added another dimension to Messi’s World Cup journey and caused a huge reaction among fans on social media.
One wrote, “His grandma is the main reason he became a footballer.”
Another said, “Every time I see this, tears come to my eyes.”
One more addition: “Messi loves him [grandma], we all love his grandma more than he does.without him [grandma] He wouldn’t have played football and he wouldn’t have enjoyed it the way he does today. “
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