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Diego Lugano, a former Uruguayan international, asserted that Lionel Messi and Argentina were assisted by FIFA in winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
After contributing to three goals and seven goals during the competition, Messi, 35, was awarded the Golden Ball.
During the World Cup, Argentina received five penalties, and Messi converted four of them.
Lugano, though, claims that Argentina received assistance from FIFA as a result of Messi’s widespread appeal.
“That they [FIFA] gave him [Messi] help is no doubt. Argentina had its merit but of the 5 penalties, 4 I think no one has any doubt that they were not,” Lugano told Futnbl por Carve TiaDiaria, Lugano.
“They were totally forced, that is the reality. But that’s to the credit of Messi, who moves a lot worldwide.”
He added,
“You see [Mike] Tyson in the Messi shirt, you see Tiger Woods, you see Roger Federer. Do you think that FIFA does not see that and it does not work for them? The merit of Messi and later also the merit of Argentina, who knew how to take advantage of that.”
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