@FootynewsLionel Messi plays his Argentina farewell in a matter of days, and I genuinely don't know how anyone is supposed to narrate that without sounding ridiculous. He's 39. A few months back he put together the most epic World Cup run of all time: 8 goals, dragging Argentina to the final, all of it while his dad was in a hospital bed. Then came the final, and Argentina lost it. The cruelest defeat a footballer can take. And then his father passed, the cruelest loss a son can take. Most people fold there. Messi kept playing, won a championship with Inter Miami, and the numbers sit at 931 goals and 424 assists. I've never asked football for anything, because getting to watch the greatest of all time was already the privilege. But I'm asking now, and I'm asking carefully: on October 26, let the ninth Ballon d'Or go to Lionel Messi. It would be the most beautiful victory this entire planet could get. DO IT, FOOTBALL. #LionelMessi

@FootynewsLionel Messi plays his Argentina farewell in a matter of days, and I genuinely don't know how anyone is supposed to narrate that without sounding ridiculous. He's 39. A few months back he put together the most epic World Cup run of all time: 8 goals, dragging Argentina to the final, all of it while his dad was in a hospital bed. Then came the final, and Argentina lost it. The cruelest defeat a footballer can take. And then his father passed, the cruelest loss a son can take. Most people fold there. Messi kept playing, won a championship with Inter Miami, and the numbers sit at 931 goals and 424 assists. I've never asked football for anything, because getting to watch the greatest of all time was already the privilege. But I'm asking now, and I'm asking carefully: on October 26, let the ninth Ballon d'Or go to Lionel Messi. It would be the most beautiful victory this entire planet could get. DO IT, FOOTBALL. #LionelMessi