Chile is champion!

[Spanish] I was thinking about it in the dressing room.

[Spanish] That's it. For me, I am done with the National Team.

[Spanish] It's useless... it's useless...

[Spanish] ... trying to make a leader out of a man who goes to the bathroom 20 times before the match.

[For many years, Messi was criticized in Argentina for his leadership.]

[Until now...]

[Messi is idolized even by his teammates.]

The reaction of his teammates when the final whistle went.

They all went to Lionel Messi.

They all were around Lionel Messi.

["If I was Acuña, I would tattoo that photo; he was the first one to get to him. - Papu Gomez]

I think there was a sense of... we're⏤we are indeed gonna do it for Messi.

That only comes about because he wants to do it for them.

Now, this is not "I just feel sorry for somebody and we try very hard for them".

This is somebody who they... they genuinely, in the heart, want to do well for.

- Yeah. - Because they know he's done it for them for so long.

["Messi said some beautiful words when we were eliminated by Brazil (in Copa America 2019)."]

["Once he finished, everyone was in tears because it touched everyone's hearts, especially the youngsters." - Angel Di Maria]

["If we win the World Cup, I would be happier for him than for me." - Leandro Paredes]

["We are all lions who fight for him!" - Emiliano Martínez]

["I'd go to war for Messi if he asked me to." - Rodrigo de Paul]

Watch the field, and, like, Messi's running around [unintelligible].

And the card's out.

[Messi plays like a warrior for Argentina.]

Lionel Messi on the ball; wanna move past Duván Zapata to try to help.

Messi pass three, Messi's cross⏤Martínez!

Moment of magic from Messi.

That was remarkable from Lionel Messi.

It's certainly the dream final from the neutral's perspective.

Lionel Messi's hurt.

It's a sight that makes much of the world hold their breath at this moment.

It's Lionel Messi's⏤of his two feet, it's the magical left one.

[Messi keeps playing with a bleeding ankle.]

Oh, you can see clearly there's some blood on the... the sock there.

Montiel did well to take it away; now Messi looking to accelerate.

Clear takedown, tactical foul, yellow card.

This is a guy who hasn't missed a single minute in this tournament.

In for Messi, he will just take it and wait for it, riding the challenge, still Lionel Messi running at De Paul, get out of his way, he's fouled from behind.

Messi to pick it up, and now he's gonna accelerate. Cuadrado trying to catch him from behind.

Messi rides the challenge, hops away, bounces the second Colombian off of him.

He's upended, but a free kick in a shooting position.

Just watch the strength and the balance.

The man with the bloody sock, the man with the magic left foot.

Lionel Messi, as he tends to be, taking the first attempt. We remember him missing in the 2016 final.

The weight of the world on the shoulders for the 5-foot-7 Lionel Messi.

He scores.

De Paul to give Argentina the advantage.

No! He puts it over the bar.

Edwin Cardona; he has to make this to keep Columbia alive.

And it's saved, Emiliano Martinez, his third save of the shootout.

When we won the... the shootout, he said, "Emi, you deserve it; I know exactly what you've been through; uh... you deserve it."

He knows everyone⏤he knows everyone's career.

He knows exactly what I've been through.

And I know...but the worst part...like...I was...I probably...sha...I was still, still shaking, bro.

[What makes Messi a great leader is his selflessness]

[Messi gives penalty to Neymar despite being on a hat trick]

["I was nearly crying because things weren't coming off for me."]

["Messi came up to me and told me that I only had to be the same player I had always been, to be myself."]

["To see that humility of a guy that has wont it all was something I loved." - Neymar Jr.]

And a penalty, and a chance to make it eight.

[Messi gives up hat trick and asks Suarez to take a last-minute penalty.]

Lionel throws it off to his best buddy, by the looks of it.

[Messi gives up a hat-trick penalty to Griezmann to boost his confidence.]

[Messi has gifted 30 penalties to his teammates since 2008.]

[Spanish] My mother loves you more than she loves me.

[Spanish] I carry her red ribbon for good luck.

[Spanish] If you want it, I can give it to you.

[Spanish] It's from my mom, so make sure to keep it safe.

[Spanish] I don't know if you remember, but my mom gave you a ribbon.

[Spanish] - Look at this. - No way, no way.

[Spanish] Did you really put the ribbon in your leg?

[Spanish] Yes, here it is.

[Messi gave the "lucky" red ribbon to Paulo Dybala before the match against Chile.]

["Messi gave me the red ribbon before the game to give me luck, and I ended up scoring my first competitive goal for Argentina, so it worked." - Paulo Dybala]

[Messi gave the same ribbon to Philippe Coutinho before the match against Sevilla to boost his confidence.]

[Messi lets Coutinho take the penalty.]

["Messi asked me to wear that red ribbon. Also thanks to Messi for letting me take the penalty. He is great, and gestures shows how big he is." - Philippe Coutinho]

[Coutinho still wears that red ribbon.]

[Eric Abidal put blame on Barcelona's dressing room for sacking of Ernesto Valverde.]

[Messi defends the squad via his Instagram.] - He's effectively calling out his boss. - We rarely hear from Lionel Messi.

Through this, since he's been captain, he's taken a much more proactive media role.

In other words, you know⏤this is coming out publicly, you are publicly calling out the players; I'm not having that.

Messi doesn't talk and doesn't say things, unless he has something to say.

Unless he wants to make a point.

And when the main man Messi gets up, and he's, like, speaking, does everybody just shut up; listen, everyone shut up.

Really, everyone shut up. Like, they're all like that; whoever it is⏤the manager, the president of Argentina.

Whoever's in there, they just shut up.

We saw the pictures before of Messi in the center talking to the team.

And when the... the great Lionel Messi's speaking to them teammates, they have to listen, they have to come together.

Because as I said, without that unity as what, as what [inaudible] was talking about, you can't achieve anything.

They say Messi doesn't talk much.

They're wrong.