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Xavi: ‘Lionel Messi is the Michael Jordan of football. He’s incomparable, almost inhuman’ Lionel Messi has spent 63% of this World Cup walking — but he is always ready to pounce ‘Lionel Messi never had it easy. By 15, he’d broken his leg and needed daily hormone injections’ Lamine Yamal has changed. The schoolboy at Euro 2024 is now a World Cup superstar Spain are not covered in stardust. It’s one of the reasons they are in the World Cup final Is MetLife Stadium’s pitch a problem ahead of World Cup final? Here’s how FIFA tests them
Published: July 17, 2026 10:29 am
Source: The New York Times — Read original