Lionel Messi: Destiny
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Lionel Messi has won his eighth Ballon d’Or and Guillem Balague gives a behind-the-scenes account of how in Qatar, the Argentinian won the World Cup. Guillem hears from the biggest names in the sport; from Aston Villa and Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, former England forward Gary Lineker and ex-Argentina defender, Pablo Zabaleta - who give their unique perspectives on what happened during that tournament. We are taken on a journey – from that shock loss in Argentina’s opening game against Saudi Arabia, to one of the best international finals ever – where Argentina beat France on penalties, fulfilling Lionel Messi’s destiny of winning the World Cup and cementing himself as one of the greatest players of all time
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| 0:00.0 | Jill Scott's coffee glove. We are back. I'm so excited for the second series, Ben. |
| 0:05.6 | It's gonna be so exciting, bigger and better this year. |
| 0:08.5 | We've got the Lioness's England manager, Sabrina. Wow. |
| 0:12.1 | It's if we've got Sabrina. I'm happy that I've seen her a couple of times after the Euros. |
| 0:16.3 | But more anti-V done in life. Oh, you're seeing her now, here. |
| 0:19.7 | Let's not forget as well, Jill. We've got to hear about all your antics in the jungle too. |
| 0:23.5 | Every now and then, there'd just be a tan I'd gone. |
| 0:26.0 | Jill, you're not allowed to leave Cali that way. |
| 0:29.1 | So I was constantly getting in trouble. |
| 0:31.0 | Jill Scott's Coffee Club. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.8 | BBC Sounds. Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:40.8 | The Football Daily Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:48.8 | I have seen the player that will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is |
| 0:55.7 | Lionel Messi. Those are the words of one of football's greatest legends, |
| 0:59.2 | the Armando Maradona. I am Guillermo La Gea and this is a story of how Messi succeeded |
| 1:04.1 | in fulfilling his destiny by lifting the only trophy he had yet to win the World Cup. |
| 1:11.1 | In football, in this thing that we've invested so much time in following, |
| 1:16.1 | he's the best we've seen. And to know that that might be ending, this might be the last time you see him. |
| 1:23.6 | I think that's almost unimaginable. |
| 1:27.5 | He's the best player in the history. One thing missing from me was the World Cup. |
| 1:31.2 | This was it really for him. He knew that he was probably the last big shot at the World Cup. |
| 1:40.6 | A dream that's been elusive over so many years. |
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