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Lionel Messi: Destiny

Documentary about how Lionel Messi succeeded in lifting the World Cup - the only trophy to have eluded him in an incredible career.

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In football, in this thing
that we've invested - Lionel Messi: Destiny

In football, in this thing that we've invested

COMMENTATOR: Mbappe... - Lionel Messi: Destiny

COMMENTATOR: Mbappe...

In terms of delivering a World Cup, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

In terms of delivering a World Cup,

Argentina has a wonderfully
kind of varied relationship - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Argentina has a wonderfully kind of varied relationship

He brought togetherness
in the group. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

He brought togetherness in the group.

And it all starts
with a conversation - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And it all starts with a conversation

But he had a clear idea that they
had connected, Scaloni and Leo, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

But he had a clear idea that they had connected, Scaloni and...

REPORTER: The news that has
the whole football world talking. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

REPORTER: The news that has the whole football world talking...

When you have to leave one place
that you've been for so long, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

When you have to leave one place that you've been for s...

Heading into Qatar,
it's the first time for a long time - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Heading into Qatar, it's the first time for a long time

The team, before the World Cup,
had been on an incredible run, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The team, before the World Cup, had been on an incredible ru...

And we couldn't react.
We lost the fight. Erm... - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And we couldn't react. We lost the fight. Erm...

The population was on tenterhooks - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The population was on tenterhooks

I think in an odd way, the defeat to
Saudi Arabia actually did them good. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

I think in an odd way, the defeat to Saudi Arabia actually d...

They were bad in the first half
against Mexico. You could see - Lionel Messi: Destiny

They were bad in the first half against Mexico. You could se...

But at half-time, Messi again
gave everybody confidence - Lionel Messi: Destiny

But at half-time, Messi again gave everybody confidence

I'm sure that we're going to win,
but... - Lionel Messi: Destiny

I'm sure that we're going to win, but...

We just jumped like... - Lionel Messi: Destiny

We just jumped like...

The eyes of the world are firmly
fixed on Lionel Messi. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The eyes of the world are firmly fixed on Lionel Messi.

Against Poland, where Messi
misses the penalty, it's fine. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Against Poland, where Messi misses the penalty, it's fi...

Who would have thought a Brighton
player would be a key player - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Who would have thought a Brighton player would be a key play...

Before the World Cup,
Alexis was not in the starting 11. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Before the World Cup, Alexis was not in the starting 11.

Alexis Mac Allister of Brighton has
his first ever international goal! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Alexis Mac Allister of Brighton has his first ever internati...

The team was not Messi-dependent. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The team was not Messi-dependent.

COMMENTATOR: Argentina and
Lionel Messi's - Lionel Messi: Destiny

COMMENTATOR: Argentina and Lionel Messi's

It seems like now
I see the Argentina thing - Lionel Messi: Destiny

It seems like now I see the Argentina thing

So Argentina expects,
Australia dreams... - Lionel Messi: Destiny

So Argentina expects, Australia dreams...

And it's a different competition. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And it's a different competition.

Mac Allister. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

It had to be! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And the two-time winners
are into the quarterfinals. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And the two-time winners are into the quarterfinals.

Generally speaking, in Argentina,
there is a climate of hardship, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Generally speaking, in Argentina, there is a climate of hard...

I see this with this team. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

I see this with this team.

CROWD AND PLAYERS CHANT - Lionel Messi: Destiny

CROWD AND PLAYERS CHANT

For the Global South, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

For the Global South,

The sense of belonging
with our shirt is very important. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The sense of belonging with our shirt is very important.

The country, the fans, the players,
went on this emotional journey. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The country, the fans, the players, went on this emotional j...

They've got this history
with the Netherlands, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

They've got this history with the Netherlands,

The Dutch said things,
they provoked. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The Dutch said things, they provoked.

And Leo answered on the pitch. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And Leo answered on the pitch.

It's two! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

He celebrates a goal
with this gesture, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

He celebrates a goal with this gesture,

Oh, my God! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And then it got really intense,
didn't it? - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And then it got really intense, didn't it?

I think we like a bit of that.
As long as it doesn't go too far, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

I think we like a bit of that. As long as it doesn't go...

It's very difficult to explain
what the people feel with him. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

It's very difficult to explain what the people feel wit...

Oh, it's saved again! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Oh, it's saved again!

For me, that was a brilliant moment.
And, yeah, it was his moment. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

For me, that was a brilliant moment. And, yeah, it was his m...

The stadium erupts. And Argentina
are in the semifinals! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The stadium erupts. And Argentina are in the semifinals!

No, I was dead on the floor there! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

No, I was dead on the floor there!

For people that will know Messi
from a long time, we all know - Lionel Messi: Destiny

For people that will know Messi from a long time, we all kno...

What we haven't seen before from
Messi is those kind - Lionel Messi: Destiny

What we haven't seen before from Messi is those kind

Messi was showing signs
of being quite confrontational. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Messi was showing signs of being quite confrontational.

There's a lot of this,
people talking. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

There's a lot of this, people talking.

And you can't stay on the level
that long that Leo has, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And you can't stay on the level that long that Leo has,

He must have
realised that the clock's ticking. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

He must have realised that the clock's ticking.

In football, in this thing
that we've invested so much time, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

In football, in this thing that we've invested so much ...

Leo, for a while now, has understood
that he's a player of moments, - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Leo, for a while now, has understood that he's a player...

Messi. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Genius. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Amazing. It was like magic. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Amazing. It was like magic.

The World Cup, football,
he said, so big passion - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The World Cup, football, he said, so big passion

It's wonderful to see that career
panned out over two decades. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

It's wonderful to see that career panned out over two d...

We all knew that's the World Cup
for Messi. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

We all knew that's the World Cup for Messi.

It's only one more step
to make the dream reality. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

It's only one more step to make the dream reality.

Messi had found the perfect
mental state to win a World Cup. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Messi had found the perfect mental state to win a World Cup.

I went into the game
super confident. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

I went into the game super confident.

I think with international football,
games can become much more - Lionel Messi: Destiny

I think with international football, games can become much m...

And what a game that was. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And what a game that was.

Argentina were all over them,
all over the pitch. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Argentina were all over them, all over the pitch.

Messi. Turns it out to Alvarez,
who gets it through. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

Messi. Turns it out to Alvarez, who gets it through.

And then... - Lionel Messi: Destiny

It all changed. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

It all changed.

You're thinking then, Messi's
blown his own World Cup Final. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

You're thinking then, Messi's blown his own World ...

And then the extra time, I think,
was the best extra time - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And then the extra time, I think, was the best extra time

Here's Messi. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And then you thought,
"That MUST be it now." - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And then you thought, "That MUST be it now."

Mbappe... - Lionel Messi: Destiny

You know, it was the famous
Alf Ramsey line - Lionel Messi: Destiny

You know, it was the famous Alf Ramsey line

"Whatever you can do,
I will endeavour to do as well," - Lionel Messi: Destiny

"Whatever you can do, I will endeavour to do as well,&q...

And he rolls it in! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

And he rolls it in!

The next one is the one, you know. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The next one is the one, you know.

The first cheers
are Argentina's. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The first cheers are Argentina's.

The third one is a pressure pen. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

The third one is a pressure pen.

Wide! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

He became like a specialist
penalty saver. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

He became like a specialist penalty saver.

I cried a little bit.
It was mad. - Lionel Messi: Destiny

I cried a little bit. It was mad.

We were waiting for this moment
that Messi has that trophy - Lionel Messi: Destiny

We were waiting for this moment that Messi has that trophy

THEY SING AND CHEER - Lionel Messi: Destiny

THEY SING AND CHEER

# Allez campeones! - Lionel Messi: Destiny

# Allez campeones!

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Documentary about how Lionel Messi succeeded in lifting the World Cup - the only trophy to have eluded him in an incredible career.

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Production: BBC Sport

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

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ImdbRating: 7.7

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Released: 25 May 2023

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