Lionel Messi’s brilliant international career with Argentina? Yeah, it officially wrapped up this week. His dad, Jorge, always wanted Argentina to fall head over heels for his son, and on that front, mission accomplished.
The God Who Stayed Silent
But here’s the kicker, it’s not all just brilliant goals and trophies. Brazilian writer Milly Lacombe, who was posting during this year’s tournament when anti-Argentinian sentiment was flying high, dove deep into the wild contradictions she felt supporting Messi. She even called what Argentina was doing “of a sacred order” at the time. Yet, she wrestled with this huge conflict: how do you reconcile a player who “is a God” with “a man who shakes Trump’s hand?” Lacombe emphasized the crucial need to acknowledge the messy complexities around Messi and the entire Argentinian squad. She straight-up asked, how could someone with Messi’s power choose to stay silent about the racist incidents we all witnessed around the team? And honestly, her words really hit home: “That’s why it hurts so much to see someone with Messi’s power choosing to make himself small.”
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Originally reported by The Guardian.
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