World Cup Confidential: Lionel Messi’s fate in the World Cup final is uncertain

Ahead of the kick-off between Argentina and France, the world media continues to present the narrative of this World Cup in Qatar, building on Lionel Messi fulfilling his destiny by winning the tournament.

The 35-year-old has an opportunity to cement his legacy as one of the greatest footballers of all time by claiming the one prize he has always coveted above all else.

He came close once before, losing in the 2014 final when Germany beat Argentina in extra time thanks to a goal from Mario Götze – and has announced it will be his last World Cup.

Lionel Messi is looking to win the World Cup for the first time in his final match of the tournament

Zinedine Zidane was sent off in his last game before being eliminated in the 2006 World Cup final

But as we know, football doesn’t always go as planned, with Zinedine Zidane’s infamous red card for a headbutt on Italy’s Marco Materazzi in his very last game at the 2006 World Cup being the best example.

With that in mind, the main topic of discussion in today’s World Cup confidentiality was Messi, with our author Martin Samuel reminding everyone that sport doesn’t always work the way you expect it to, arguing that he’s “sniffing everyone’s idea of ​​destiny”. . .

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Our writers Martin Samuel, Rob Draper, Ian Ladyman and Oliver Holt spoke at sports mail and MailPlus’ daily videocast “World Cup Confidential”.

It appears on MailOnline every morning of the tournament and can be found on our YouTube channel.