Original title: Western media: Argentines are crazy about Messi and finally surpassed Maradona
A different World Cup from the perspective of global media
Reference News newspaper dedicated to creating and launching the first digital exclusive product – “Panorama Qatar”. Extensive and timely collection and excavation of the massive information resources of the world‘s major media about the World Cup to form information service content with “reference” characteristics, and at the same time provide wonderful picture articles from the Xinhua News Agency’s front-reporting group, presenting users with rich and unique content inside and outside the stadium, in front of and behind the scenes , engaging content.
US media: “World Cup aftermath” will impact European football
The Qatar World Cup is held in the middle of the European football season, and the resulting chaos means that the status of some players will be affected after the rematch of the league. After that, the tight schedule will bring more pressure to the players. (See Panorama Qatar）
Messi: Carrying expectations and looking forward to the blooming of dreams
In his fifth World Cup journey, Messi stood in the final for the second time. Whether this great player who carries thousands of expectations can realize his wish to win the Hercules Cup is exciting. (See Panorama Qatar）
‘Born to win’: France coach Didier Deschamps
France were used to success on the international stage, and Didier Deschamps was always at the center of it all: as a player, he was a born winner; as a coach, he was a persuasive leader. (See Panorama Qatar）
in my expectation!Santos resigns
French media said that Santos resigned as Portugal’s head coach. Although he had previously insisted that he would not be forced to give up his coaching job in the Portuguese team, he also admitted that not everyone agreed with his decision during the World Cup. (See Panorama Qatar）
Bayern and Inter Milan, dominating the World Cup for 40 years
A history that started at the final of the World Cup in Spain in 1982 is still being written 40 years later – Bayern Munich and Inter Milan have at least one player in each World Cup final. (See Panorama Qatar）
Western media: Argentines are crazy about Messi and finally surpass Maradona
In the eyes of the Argentine, the combination of Messi’s football skills and his words and deeds off the field has lifted him to unprecedented heights. He can already match Maradona, or even surpass the latter.
▲Fans unfurl banners with images of Maradona and Messi (AFP)The Spanish newspaper Le Monde wrote in a report titled “Messi finally overtakes Maradona: this is no longer in dispute in Argentina”, Lionel Messi knows that as long as he wins another game in Qatar He can win the championship that has been “denied” him throughout his career. “World Cup winner”, that’s a very real possibility, but he has another goal that has been elusive: gaining the unanimous approval and admiration of Argentines.
If Messi was and is extraordinary, so are his countrymen. While football fans in nearly 200 countries and regions eagerly look forward to seeing Messi in the blue and white striped shirt, millions of Argentines in South America squander this treasure year after year: They have been belittling, criticizing Messi and always thinking that he is not as good as Diego Maradona.
A few years ago, journalists from a Catalan regional TV station took to the streets of Barcelona looking for Messi critics, but it was clear they were in the wrong place: if they flew to Buenos Aires, they would be in the wrong place. It will be very rewarding. In the capital of the Catalan region, they simply could not find anyone to criticize the left-handed star.
▲Fans celebrate in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires (Reuters)Today, however, critics of Messi in Argentina can shut up. The combination of Messi’s football skills and his words and deeds off the field has lifted him to unprecedented heights. He can already match Maradona, or even surpass the latter, and there will be no more annoying comparisons. His new image as a footballer (different from the previous part of his career, but decidedly more passionate and efficient) is captivating his compatriots.
Messi’s reaction to his penalty-kick win against the Netherlands was the decisive catalyst. “What are you looking at, idiot? Go away, you idiot!” These two sentences drove the Argentines crazy for several reasons: it showed Messi’s domineering side, he dared to anger a 1.97-meter-tall man A strong European man, but this also shows Messi’s “Argentine true colors”. Although he arrived in Europe at the age of 13 and has spent two-thirds of his life in Europe so far, his “local accent” has not changed at all.
▲Messi’s angry words against Dutch players have been printedTT-shirts for sale (AFP)Messi’s use of the word “stupid” against Dutch player Walter Verhorst has also sparked a commercial phenomenon. Less than an hour after this sentence swept the social network and the media, the Mercado e-commerce platform known as the “Argentine Amazon” began selling T-shirts and coffee cups with this sentence printed on it.
The Argentine is rediscovering a previously forgotten sense of joy and pride. A country with a persistent economic crisis, 100% annual inflation, over 40% poverty, and “toxic politics” is on the brink of an abyss that is swallowing up all hope of making Argentina great.
After the World Cup, the reality punch will hit again, but at least for now there will be no political fights (because no one will pay attention to them). Fans of various clubs in Argentina who are usually incompatible with each other are dancing and singing together, and having a collective carnival in Qatar and major cities in Argentina.
Producer | Sun Yande
Review | Tian Xin
Editor | Xu Haiting