On December 19, Messi posted a message with many emotions to celebrate the second anniversary of the day he and the Argentina national team won the 2022 World Cup at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar. Coincidentally, the loser Mbappé also won the championship here after 2 years.
Messi and Mbappé, with Argentina and France respectively, created the most dramatic and exciting World Cup final of all time on December 19, 2022 (Vietnam time), at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar.
The 37-year-old star defeated the 25-year-old junior, who was then playing for PSG, to become world champion for the first time after a penalty shoot-out (score 4-2).
“I love December and the Christmas season. Two years ago, it could have been the bitterest last month of the year, but it ended up being the best month of my sporting career. And now, every December, this memory comes back to me. Congratulations on the second anniversary of winning the World Cup with everyone!” Messi wrote in a message on the social network Instagram along with photos of him sitting next to the soccer ball, the championship trophy and a familiar cup of mate.
Messi’s wife Antonela Roccuzzo also posted a similar photo, but it showed Messi using his phone and personally posting photos that could have been taken by his wife on Instagram, to celebrate the milestone in the history of this famous player when his dream of winning the World Cup was fulfilled.
“Two years ago, we witnessed the best and most dramatic World Cup final in history, which ended with a nerve-racking penalty shoot-out, after having also witnessed an impressive search for the scoreboard. Breathing hard with 6 goals scored in the main and extra rounds,” shared FIFA President Gianni Infantino in a message also posted on the social network Instagram account.
Coincidentally, on the same day, December 19, Mbappé, the French national team player who sadly watched Messi and the Argentine national team be crowned World Cup champions two years ago, also won the championship at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar with Real Madrid. Intercontinental Cup.
“This time I won at the Lusail stadium. The Intercontinental Cup returns to Real Madrid. The second championship trophy of the season” wrote Mbappé on his Instagram timeline. With that, it was as if he wanted to forget the failure of 2 years ago, with a new path in his career after separating from PSG just under 1 year after Messi also said goodbye to the Parisian team.
Most recently, the Columbus Crew Club decided to choose the Cleveland Browns’ NFL team’s Huntington Bank Field as its home field when it hosts Messi and Inter Miami in the 2025 season.
Previously, Columbus Crew often played at Columbus’ Lower.com Field with a capacity of only 20,000 seats. But in the near future, this team will choose Huntington Bank Field with a capacity of up to 67,431 seats to welcome Messi and his teammates.
The sheer appeal of Messi’s presence makes it impossible to fill the Lower.com Field stadium. Columbus Crew therefore decided to choose a stadium three times larger than their usual stadium to meet the needs of spectators.
The 2025 season is also the last year of Messi’s contract with Inter Miami. But the team’s management is preparing talks with Messi to approve a plan to activate the extension until 2026 and sign him for one more year until 2027, when this famous player turns 40.
