Lionel Messi fascinates the world! While his teammates were celebrating, he took a moment for a sad Neymar!

Lionel Messi has arrived! In the Copa América final, Argentina beat Brazil 1-0. For the Argentine captain, this is one of the most important victories of his career. For the first time ever, he won with the national team in a major international tournament. The football world is also taking notice of his incredibly gentlemanly gesture!

When the referee Esteban Ostojich blew the whistle for the last time in the match, there was a huge Argentinian cheer. I wish it wasn’t! Argentina had triumphed at Brazil’s shrine (Estádio Maracanã) and won the Copa América final against Brazil for the first time since 1937!

But there is an unwritten equation in football. The joy and ecstasy can only be experienced by the winner of the match, while the loser is left with the aftertaste of immense disappointment and sadness.

Neymar cried after the match, while the other players were already celebrating. Lionel Messi embraced his former Barcelona teammate and tried to console him at least a little.

For Messi, the Copa América 2021 was his tenth major international tournament and a symbolic photo circulated social media with the caption “Never give up”.

A reference to the fact that despite the few setbacks that come along the way, only the most persistent will achieve the success they desire.

Messi experienced three lost finals with Argentina (2007, 2015, 2016) and now he has finally arrived. After Barcelona, he will finally be a hero in his native Argentina, where he has often faced criticism in the past.

Interestingly, Messi’s “first” win came on the exact day since Cristiano Ronaldo’s first international tournament win, which happened 5 years ago at Euro 2016.

Sources: OGCOM, Barzaboy, Squawka Football