“Arabian warriors wore it”: Messi’s World Cup trophy ceremony cloak explained

Dec 19 2022

Yesterday, Lionel Messi quite literally completed football by taking his Argentinian national team to the World Cup final and winning that which he craved most.

Messi’s black cloak is called a ‘Beshth’. Arabian warriors wore it after a victory. It’s also worn by the royal family. King of Qatar honoured Messi as a sign of respect. Signifying Messi as a warrior who won for his country Argentina pic.twitter.com/TMStG6mo57

— Tallie Dar (@talliedar) December 18, 2022

A wholesome moment for Argentina & Messi fans alike, the ceremony culminated with the Paris Saint-Germain forward lifting the World Cup alongside his teammates as he wore an Arab cloak of great significance.

Arab creator and Twitter user Tallie Dar explained that the cloak is actually called a ‘Beshth‘ in Arabic (البيشت), and is typically worn by Arabian warriors and members of the royal family.

The black cloak is called a ‘Beshth’. Arabian warriors wore it after a victory. It’s also worn by the royal family. Emir of Qatar gave Messi the honour as a sign of respect, he’s a warrior who won for his country Argentina 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/7b7QuZeRdL

— Tallie Dar (@talliedar) December 18, 2022

“Messi is being honoured as royalty in his Argentinian shirt, as the King of Football. It’s poetic,” the user wrote.

Despite this, many made claims that the cloak ‘spoiled’ the celebration because it hid the majority of his shirt during an otherwise legendary and cathartic moment.

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Lionel Messi and Argentina beat France to lift World Cup

Dec 18 2022

Argentina and Lionel Messi have done the impossible and have won Argentina’s first World Cup since 1986. They have beaten holders France in an entertaining and dramatic match.

In the 22nd minute Argentina opened the scoring when legendary forward Lionel Messi managed to keep his head cool and convert a penalty which was won by Angel Di Maria, to send every Argentina fan around the world into massive celebrations.

Those celebrations started over again in the 35th minute as a beautiful team play led to a goal scored by Angel Di Maria to put one Argentinian hand on the iconic World Cup trophy.

France’s superstar Kylian Mbappe scored one back in the 80th minute also from the spot similar, to his PSG teammate Lionel Messi.

To everyone’s surprise Mbappe managed to find France’s equalizer only two minutes after his penalty goal with a stunning half volley to send the match to extra time.

It was written in the stars for Lionel Messi as he scored another goal to give Argentina the lead in the 109th minute of extra time to restore hope to every Argentina fan.

However it was Kylian Mbappe’s turn to score again as the striker managed to convert yet another penalty and score the first World Cup final hattrick since Geoff Hurst in 1966 and this time send the match to a penalty shootout where Argentina managed to contain their emotions and come out victorious.

This World Cup win has cemented Lionel Messi’s legacy as one of the greatest to ever do it and has surely catapulted him to the same levels of admiration and stardom of the legend Diego Maradona who is regarded as a hero in Argentina for winning them the World Cup.

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Lionel Messi breaks record for most number of playing minutes and matches in World Cup history

Dec 18 2022

Argentinian superstar and legend Lionel Messi has managed to find even more records to break and this time break them on the biggest stage possible, the World Cup final.

In the semi final clash against Croatia, Messi made his 25th World Cup appearance equalling the record with former West Germany captain Lothar Matthaus.

This means that Lionel Messi has become the player with the most World Cup appearances in history given that his World Cup final appearance against France is his 26th match in the tournament.

The Argentinian winger has also broken Italian legend Paolo Maldini’s record of 2,217 minutes played in the World Cup. He only needed to play 23 minutes against France something that was a given since he’s Argentina’s star player and captain.

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Lionel Messi becomes the player with the most goal contributions in World Cup history

Dec 18 2022

Lionel Messi has broken yet another World Cup record this time the record for the most goal contributions in World Cup history.

The record was 19 goals or assists and was held by Miroslav Klose (16 goals 3 assists), Ronaldo Nazario ( 15 goals 4 assists) and Gerd Muller (14 goals 5 assists). Messi managed to get his 19th goal contribution after his stellar performance against Croatia in the semi final.

His vital goal/assist in the World Cup final against France was his 20th goal contribution in World Cup history meaning he has left behind the three other legends and has become the sole holder of this impressive record.

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