"Messi Moment"
This is the transl at io n of my post in Marathi from the week of 2nd July. The week started on a disappointing note. My son wanted to get up at 5:30 A.M. in the morning to watch the Copa America tournament final between Argentina and Chile. I managed to convince him to get up at 6:30 A.M. so that he could watch the match from the second half onward. The score card continued to be blank during regular time and even during the extra time. Soham had to leave for the school bus before penalty shootouts started. Messi hit the first kick out of the goal post. Eventually Argentina ended up losing the final. Despite having excellent track record while playing from Barcelona club, this turned out to be the fourth successive loss in the final of a major international tournament for Messi and Argentina. Messi always had carried this agony of not being able to crown his country with any major international title. The sorrow of missing out the starting penalty kick in the fina...