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Lionel Messi's last Argentina match was built as a ceremony, yet the football around him kept demanding his attention. This article asks what a 3-0 friendly against Benin reveals about the player Argentina are…
Every article The Sports Guru has published about Lionel Scaloni: 5 Football articles between 17 June 2026 and 7 October 2026, newest first. For wider coverage, see all Football analysis.
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Spain beat Argentina to win the 2026 World Cup, but the scoreboard and the scenes after full time told two very different stories. This article breaks down what the statistics actually show about Spain's…
Football
Spain didn't just beat Argentina in the 2026 World Cup final, they beat them by every measurable margin, and this piece breaks down exactly how wide that gap was. It also digs into why the aftermath, not just…
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Argentina had already qualified, made nine changes and still won comfortably, which tells you something about their depth. They beat World Cup debutants Jordan 3-1 in Dallas, with Lionel Messi coming off the…
Football
Twenty years after making his World Cup debut, Lionel Messi produced the most significant individual performance of the 2026 tournament's opening days - a hat-trick that moved him level with the all-time…