Messi’s dance to Italy in the Grand Final: one by one, all his speeches at Wembley

He was the MVP, he controlled the rhythms, retrieved balls, drove, talked, dribbled, threw luxuries and sang the anthem … To Lionel Messi, in the Wembley Grand Final, all he needed was the goal. But the Argentine national team captain completed one of his best performances of Lionel Scaloni’s cycle by lifting his second major league trophy in less than a calendar year.

Here we tell you one by one the interventions of the Albiceleste star who made thousands of Argentine fans delirious who filled the stands to see the best footballer in the world up close.

First time.

5 minutes: received in three quarters of the field, held between four rivals and committed the foul. He looked straight from the free kick, but the wall returned it to him.

10 minutes: begins to receive the personal sign of Chiellini, which forces him to return to the middle of the field to be able to receive the ball with space.

17 minutes: He was angry with Rodrigo De Paul because he threw the ball and did not keep possession of the ball.

25 minutes: This is where the Messi moment at Wembley began. With space he receives and puts together the left-footed shot from 35 meters, but is blocked and goes for a corner. First attempt at the door.

26 minutes: he turned on the board to be able to put aside, he continued the game and, almost on the spot, he received with the left and concluded with the right hand in pure speed. Donnarumma denied.

28 min: rubbed the lamp after receiving from Lo Celso. He holds firm and turns on Di Lorenzo without touching the ball, starts at full speed on the left, inside the area, and inserts the goalkeeper for Lautaro Martínez for the 1-0. great goal.

38 min: the nervousness of an Italy that could not find its way ended up in Messi’s jaw, with a brutal elbow from Bonucci who received a yellow card, but could have been reviewed by the VAR.

Second time.

18 minutes: It took a while to make his first major move, but it was almost decisive. He steals under pressure, starts at full speed, enters the area and crosses to the far post, where Lo Celso inexplicably makes a mistake.

20 minutes: he takes the ball from Jorginho near the Argentine area and leads 60 meters on the counterattack, until he hooks, enters the area and delimits with the left, already without much strength, so Donnarumma finds him at the near post.

25 minutes: The Italian goalkeeper, his teammate at Paris Saint Germain, has covered two more attempts – one from the left and one from the right -, in search of his goal against the overwhelming dominance of the Albiceleste at Wembley.

35 minutes: He brought out his entire technical repertoire with a feint without the ball on the line, a couple of consecutive blocks, a pipe attempt and a strong attack from Di Lorenzo that earned him a yellow card.