Lionel Messi can write his own Michael Jordan-inspired script by making the 2022 World Cup his ‘Last Dance’, says former Argentina international Lucas Biglia.
While piecing together an enviable collection of medals at Barcelona, to go with his six Ballons d’Or, an all-time great is still waiting on a first senior honour with his country.
Final heartache has been suffered on World Cup and Copa America stages, with even one of the very best in the business proving incapable of dragging Argentina over the finishing line.
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There may not be many more opportunities for Messi to right those wrongs, as he approaches his 33rd birthday, but hope continues to spring eternal.