By Saturday evening, it could all be over. By Saturday evening, Argentina might be effectively out of the World Cup and Lionel Messi’s fifth – and final – World Cup will be at an end. Four years ago in Russia, it looked as if that was it. It looked as the greatest player the modern game has seen would retire from international football wearied by the demand to be even more than he is. To be even more than the greatest.  Perhaps, Messi will decide to return one more time in 2026. By then he will be 38 when the…

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