At 23:00 on December 18, Beijing time, the artificial turf football field of Lusail Landmark Stadium witnessed a dazzling and meaningful game under the night. Veteran Messi danced gracefully in the Qatar World Cup final and scored two key goals. This time, he finally won the championship as he wished, crowned king, and won the Hercules Cup.

Before that, Messi had won almost everything. In the club, he broke all kinds of incredible records and fascinated countless fans who love him; in the national team, under his leadership, he won the Copa America and the Olympic champion. The only thing he lacks is a Hercules Cup. Although fans have said countless times that as a player, Messi no longer needs to prove himself, but we all know what the World Cup championship means to Messi, it means everything. Just like the 1970 World Cup for Pele, the 1986 World Cup for Maradona, and the 2022 Qatar World Cup, for Messi, it is the coronation of a new king. Once, the Hercules Cup was close to him but passed by; today, the Hercules Cup embraced him with tears to celebrate the moment of winning the championship.

The most perfect basketball player in history is Jordan, who has all the famous scenes to the greatest extent in his career. After Messi led Argentina to win the World Cup this time, the perfection of his career surpassed that of Jordan. In this World Cup championship, Messi not only completed the most perfect finale, but also performed the process wonderfully. A penalty kick in the first half stabilized the morale of the army and opened up the situation. A super critical shot was made in overtime, dragging the game into a penalty shootout. In the end, they defeated the French team with a 4:2 penalty kick and successfully won the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

What does football mean to Messi? Messi once said such a sentence: "I will always remember my first football, it is like a candy in my heart." Football changed Messi's destiny, and Messi also began to fight for football and destiny . This is a story familiar to fans. He began to show his football talent at the age of 4. He was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency by a doctor when he was around 10 years old. At this time, Messi was only 1.3 meters tall.

Growth hormone injections cost a lot. When Messi's father was worried about money, then Barcelona director Rexach took a fancy to Messi during the trial training and insisted on signing. Rexach and Messi initially signed an agreement on a napkin, Messi can finally continue to inject growth hormone. This extraordinary contract was later talked about by fans, and it was called the "napkin contract".

Later, Messi grew to 1.7 meters, which is not tall enough to play football. Since then, Messi has ushered in a new challenge. Previously, Messi has participated in four World Cup matches and five Copa America matches, but has never won the championship. In 2006, he made his debut in the World Cup group stage in Germany. Messi became the youngest player in the history of the Argentine team to play in the World Cup. In the final round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Messi served as the captain of the field for the first time and became the youngest captain in the history of the Argentine team. In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, he personally won the World Cup Golden Globe Award, but lost to Germany 0:1 in the final and lost the championship. In the 1/8 finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Argentina met the champion France and was eliminated.

In Qatar in 2022, Messi challenged fate for the last time. At the age of 35, he led a group of juniors who grew up watching him play football, driving low and high. From the first defeat against Saudi Arabia, to the last difficult victory over France to win the Hercules Cup, Messi successfully completed the coronation ball King's Way.

The famous Argentine poet Borges has a poem, the last few lines of which are written like this: "A tobacco shop is like a rose that incenses the wilderness. The twilight has penetrated into yesterday, and people share a fantasy past. The lack of It’s just the same: the other side of the road. It’s hard to believe that Buenos Aires had a beginning: I conclude it’s as eternal as water and air.”

Lionel Messi, after Pele and Maradona, is a well-deserved third-generation football king, and is an eternal stroke in football history.