The world of Football was dancing with joy as Lionel Messi and his team from Argentina managed to beat Brazil 1-0 and emerge as the winner of Copa America 2021 Final on Sunday. The win was a full stop to Messi’s 16-year wait to lay his hands on an international trophy. Messi scored 5 goals in the tournament and was also declared the ‘Player of the Tournament’. Shortly after the win in the tournament, Messi shared a pic with the trophy and revealed his first reaction after the long-awaited victory.
Lionel Messi wrote: ?What a beautiful madness !!! This is amazing, thank you god !!! WE ARE CHAMPIONS THE SHELL OF YOUR MOTHER !!!!!! Come on damn.? As a 34-year-old footballer, Messi was seen going through a range of emotions after the final whistle blew. He was excited and happy for his teammates as they lifted him up in the air while celebrating their victory. At the same time, Messi was also seen consoling a teary-eyed Neymar after the match ended.
Emotions were running high at Maracana stadium on Sunday. The high emotion was a demonstration of how the outcome affected the two football icons of the cutting edge generation. For Argentina, they won an international title following 28 difficult years too. The last time they had won the Copa America way back in 1993. Messi didn’t score a goal for a change, yet he edged Neymar to win the Golden Boot. He scored five goals in the tournament and assisted with an equivalent number of assists. Angel Di Maria was the one who scored the solitary goal of the match as Brazil made a decent attempt to get the equalizer yet fizzled against an unshakable Argentine defense.