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Messi Tearfully Remembers Late Father, Wanted to Win World Cup

Messi Tearfully Remembers Late Father, Wanted to Win World Cup
Wanted To Win World Cup To Show You, I Could Not...: Lionel Messi Shares Tearful Post Remembering Late Father · timesnownews.com

Lionel Messi is a very famous football player.

His father passed away, and Messi wrote a sad message to remember him.

He said he still cannot believe his dad is gone.

Messi explained that he cannot imagine never seeing his dad or talking to him again.

His dad was sick and had asked Messi to play in one more World Cup.

Just a few days before that big tournament started, his dad got much sicker.

It was the first big tournament that his dad was not there with him.

Messi's mom kept saying his dad would get better and could come watch.

Messi told his dad that his team would make it to the final so his dad could be there.

Messi really wanted to win the World Cup to show his dad.

Key facts

Person
Lionel Messi
Event
Tearful post remembering his late father
Father's final wish
Asked Messi to play in one last World Cup
Father's condition
Worsened just days before the World Cup began
Mother's reassurance
Said Messi's father would get better and be well enough to travel
Messi's promise
Told his father they would reach the final so he could make the trip
First absence
First tournament his father was not there with him

Quotes

Lionel Messi

Argentine footballer and World Cup champion

“"Dad, I still can’t believe you’re gone. It hasn’t sunk in, or rather, I don’t want it to. It’s so hard for me to imagine that I’m never going to see you again, that we’re never going to talk again."”
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