Lionel Messi and his Argentina emerged as world champions as they defeated France in the penalties to lift the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the most exciting final ever. The legendary player, Messi scored two goals against France as the game ended 3-3 after extra time, with Mbappe bagging a hat-trick for the reigning champions. Messi also netted in the shoot-out with goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez saving one penalty before Montiel banged the winning kick to send Argentine players and fans into raptures.
Just like the whole world, cricketers and experts were also glued to their TV sets as they watched the legend kiss that prestigious World Cup trophy. Several cricketers including the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Mohammed Nabi wished Messi for this wonderful achievement.
Kaif Lists Similarities Between Sachin And Lionel Messi
Meanwhile, among many, former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif also took to his social media and posted a special tweet after Argentina’s win. In his Tweet, Kaif revealed that watching Messi win the World Cup reminds him of the Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and he also pointed out similarities between Sachin and Lionel Messi. He wrote:
“Watching Messi somehow reminds me of Sachin. Humble, in love with their sport and getting the ultimate Cup towards the end of career. If you have single minded focus on your dream, it will come true.”
Check out the Tweet:
Watching Messi somehow reminds me of Sachin. Humble, in love with their sport and getting the ultimate Cup towards the end of career. If you have single minded focus on your dream, it will come true.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 19, 2022
Well, this wasn’t just the only similarity between the two as both the GOAT players share some jaw-dropping similarities. Lionel Messi and Sachin Tendulkar are two of the biggest names in the world of sports. Both legendary players wear the iconic number 10 jersey shirts for their respective national teams. Both of them had to wait till their final World Cup appearance to get their hands on silverware.
In fact, earlier in the day, Sachin had shared a graphic picture comparing Lionel Messi’s World Cup journey with his. The image was originally shared by CrickTracker and showed similarities between Messi’s 2022 FIFA World Cup run and Tendulkar’s 2011 cricket World Cup run.
2011 India Cricket World Cup Champions
2022 ?
What do you think guys?#FIFAWorldCup https://t.co/U5OMmg0XSB
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) December 18, 2022
