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Before the Russian Worldcup, winning ambitious of Argentina, second best on Brazilian Worldcup 2014, and Portugal, European Champion in France 2016, were justified from the fortune to have champions players like Messi and Ronaldo. None of this. The comment of Filippo Grassia, Italian Sports Journalist.

Lionel Messi, out of the WorldCup 2018

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By Filippo Grassia, Stefano Grassia

Presented by Stefano Grassia




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