The chase for a transcendent star in the twilight of his career requires a new term: GOATwashing.
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Gerard Piqué’s Kings League Has Seen Soccer’s Future
Piqué won a World Cup and lost a pop star as he built a multimillion-dollar side business. Now he has quit the sport that made him famous to build a better version of it.
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World Cup Final Caps a Complex Saga Between Messi and Argentina
Lionel Messi left Argentina when he was 13 and has had a complicated relationship with the nation since. But this World Cup has changed things.
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It’s the World Cup Souvenir Everyone Wants. Getting One Is the Hard Part.
A game-worn Lionel Messi jersey is the most coveted collectible in Qatar. Good luck getting hold of the one (or two) he wears in the World Cup final.
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Lionel Messi Is the Right Man for Argentina’s Post-Macho Moment
The superstar striker’s career has taken place in an era when the country’s culture around masculinity in football has changed. Is that a coincidence?