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UK · 31 mins ago

Lionel Messi’s inevitable gravity bends another occasion in Argentina’s favour | Barney Ronay

While England shrank away in Atlanta, Argentina’s No 10 was not finished making his mark on the biggest stage To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Well, not to this lot anyway. On a day of ceaseless rolling noise under Atlanta’s vast refrigerated dome, England reached the end of the road, the end of their own capacities at this World Cup, the end of the gears within this team. Mainly they ran into Lionel Messi, who wasn’t ready to be done just yet. Not like this anyway. With 55…
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