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Lionel Messi

SOURCE: New York Times
12/9/2022

Is Messi the Avatar of a Post-Macho Argentina?

by Brenda Elsey

Lionel Messi's tenure at the top of the soccer world has coincided with an upsurge of feminism in Argentina and its sports culture, changes Messi has quietly supported.

SOURCE: ESPN
12/14/2020

Barcelona, Lionel Messi and the Napkin: Oral History of his Transfer, Arranged 20 Years Ago

Revisiting the negotiations that brought a 13 year-old Argentine soccer prodigy to Barcelona and launched the career of (arguably!) the greatest player of the world's game.