Even At The End, Lionel Messi Is Just Getting Started (opens in new tab)
It's impossible to think about Lionel Messi's sixth and presumably final World Cup without those thoughts immediately acquiring the sepia tint of romanticism. On the cusp of his 39th year, 20 years to the day since his simultaneous introduction and eruption onto the world stage, Messi returns to the site of both his greatest heartbreaks and most definitive Now, all this romance is well and good, but it's important not to let the easy narratives of fading greatness and curtain calls occlude a ...
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