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Episode 15: Lionel Messi
It's bizarre how long it took Argentinians to learn to love Messi
BY:
SIMON KUPER, MEHREEN KHAN
June 20, 2024
It's bizarre how long it took Argentinians to learn to love Leo Messi. His exile from his declining homeland always made him suspect. The comparison with Maradona hung over him from the start. And why was he hardly ever as good for Argentina as he was for Barcelona?
We tell the story of the world's best player's complex relationship with his own country, and how it finally had a happy end.
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