The Magic of Messi
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Argentina and Croatia face off in the World Cup semifinals today, and all eyes are on Lionel Messi. At 35, Messi is trying to put a cap on a legendary career and bring a World Cup championship to his home country.
How did he get to the top of the soccer world? And what will be his legacy if Argentina loses?
Guest: Jasmine Garsd Garcia, host of NPR’s soccer podcast “The Last Cup.”
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| 0:35.2 | Jasmine Garst is a reporter and a podcast host over at MPR. |
| 0:39.4 | But for the rest of this show, the thing you really need to know about Jasmine is that |
| 0:43.4 | she loves soccer. |
| 0:45.8 | I don't know what it is with soccer. |
| 0:47.4 | I consider myself a very rational, scientific person. |
| 0:51.9 | When the world cup rolls around, I just become just this extremely obsessive, like, |
| 1:01.8 | superstitious. |
| 1:02.8 | I can't say certain things and I have to wear it's bizarre. |
| 1:07.6 | I just morph into another person. |
| 1:10.8 | As she does every world cup, Jasmine is rooting for Argentina, her home country. |
| 1:16.8 | When she says she's superstitious, she means it. |
| 1:19.7 | She's got trouble watching the game if it's too close. |
| 1:22.8 | And she also has these lucky socks she wears when Argentina is playing. |
| 1:27.0 | They've got avocados on them. |
| 1:29.2 | It's a little unclear how these socks work. |
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