Lionel Messi posts heartfelt message, video after World Cup triumph: ‘Failure is part of the journey’

Argentina captain Lionel Messi, who has achieved his dream of winning the FIFA World Cup, has been breaking records even after the final. His post with the World Cup trophy is now the most-liked picture on Instagram, with 62 million and counting.

The PSG forward has now posted another message, where he traces his journey from childhood to the historic night at Lusail. Along with the message, he has also posted a video that included moments from his childhood when he played for Newell’s Old Boys, to the heartbreak of losing the FIFA World Cup 2014 final against Germany.

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In the caption, the recently crowned world champion wrote, “From Grandoli to the Qatar World Cup took almost 30 years. It was close to three decades when the ball gave me many joys and also some sorrows. I always had a dream of being a World Champion and I didn’t want to stop trying, even knowing that maybe I would never give up.”

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“This Cup we got is also from all those who did not make it in the previous World Cups we played, like in 2014 in Brazil, where they all deserved it for how they fought until the same final, worked hard and wanted it as much as I did… And we deserved it even in that damn ending”, he continued, in reference to the Mario Gotze goal in extra time that saw the German snatch away the ultimate prize from right under Messi’s nose.

The 35-year-old also remembered his former coach and Argentina’s 1986 World Cup hero, Diego Maradona, saying, ” It’s also from Diego who encouraged us from heaven.”

He further added, “And of all those who spent the time always benching (backing) the National Team without looking so much at the result but the desire we always put into it, also when things didn’t go as we wanted.”

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Messi also paid tributes to the coaching and technical staff of the national team who worked tirelessly behind the scenes: “And of course, it’s from all this beautiful group that was formed and of the technical team and all the people of the national team who, being anonymous, work day and night to make it easier for us. Many times failure is part of the journey and learning and without the disappointments, it is impossible for success to come.”