Once every four years, football shifts its focus. The 24-hour cycle of club football drama takes a back seat and the World Cup arrives. Reminding us why it remains the beautiful game’s biggest stage.
A worldwide footballing festival, where amongst the cultural melting pot, legacies get decided. Narratives are altered. And in 2022, one story stole all the headlines. That of one man, one nation and one chance for Lionel Messi to change football’s history forever.
Whilst Doha may have felt like the heart of the action, we sent Eli Mengem 14,000 km in the other direction to Argentina, to witness a nation experiencing something bordering on spiritual.
Amongst a backdrop of political disarray, economic turmoil and 36 years of World Cup heartbreak. A nation clung on to its greatest point of passion and pride as a beacon of hope.
Football’s biggest name. In its biggest ever game.
Forget anything you saw in Qatar. The story of the 2022 FIFA World Cup was in Argentina.
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