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Qatar 2022Argentina pass but play to scare each other
The Albiceleste still narrowly escaped once morest Australia (2-1) on Saturday. Led by the “Muchachos” of her audience, she will see the quarters of the World Cup.
Lionel Messi led by example. He scored 1-0 in the 35th minute of play.
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“I was born in Argentina, land of Diego and Lionel…” Far from the officials “Hayya! Hayya” self-tuned spit in loop by all the loudspeakers of Doha, thus begins the song which seized the hearts with the Cup of the world. A call to prophecy that takes the undecided on board and lulls the souls of the curious. Which unites the generations between homage and incantation. The tube that whistles along the Corniche and screams standing at the stadium.
For the fourth time since the start of the competition, the Qatari metro went through the mill on Saturday evening of the so-called “Muchachos”: the unofficial anthem of the Argentines born during the last Copa América and dubbed by Leo Messi himself . The beast is solid, but it’s had arguably some of its bumpiest rides since entering service three and a half years ago. Its ceiling served to strike the rhythm, its floor to deaden the impossible to curb jumps, its doors to somehow keep a crowd possessed inside.
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A song that goes straight to the heart
It’s because in its guts, singing has everything it takes to touch the heart. A catchy melody constantly revived by this famous “Muchachos”, a reference to the one who was (Diego Maradona), another to the one who is (Lionel Messi). Against the backdrop of a World Cup that the former can no longer see and the latter is playing for the last time.
Words fuel prophecy. “Now we start dreaming once more,” they say. Reminder of the last world title of the Albiceleste, who celebrated his 36th birthday this summer. That of the “Hand of God”, of the “Goal of the century”. In short, from an era that the Argentines will not bring back to life. But to which it is a question of offering glorious tomorrows, carried by the emotions of a song.
It takes that. Because on the ground, the hope of living the blessed year hangs by a thread. Lionel Scaloni’s team slowly pulled out of the group stage. She broke her teeth on bunched tusks more than she twirled around them. She tasted the “hurras” of her crowd in suffering more than she might revel in it. In the end, she had no choice but to put herself in the hands of the object of her prophecy.
Lionel Messi, the man who broke Mexico, avoided paranoia and the most shameful way out. Man who on Saturday night broke Australia’s lock with a shot between four pairs of legs. The day of his 1,000th career game rhymed with his 789th career goal. Anecdotal behind the qualification of his selection for the quarter-finals (2-1).
The way can take second place
When you are embarked on a story for History, the manner can well take a back seat. This heroic rescue of Emiliano Martinez in stoppage time to prevent Australia from registering the 2-2 will quickly fade from memory. A few minutes later, the tens of thousands of Argentines at the Ahmad Bin Ali stadium resumed with a vengeance. Before their eyes, the conductor was called Leo Messi. From his mouth came a large “Muchachos”. That the echo was responsible for resuming with a single voice towards the sky.