Argentina`s Messi-ah: Magnificent Leo saves the day to send Albiceleste to World Cup
(WorldNews Argentina)

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. An entire nation sat in front of their televisions on Tuesday, biting their nails and waiting for inspiration to come from a single diminutive individual with the No. 10 on his back. And Lionel Messi, the Messiah and the Albiceleste`s hat-trick hero, did not disappoint. Argentina`s 3-1 triumph over Ecuador that sealed qualification was tense, scrappy, and more than a bit fortunate. But ultimately their magnificent captain put in the display 43 million people were waiting for to drag them kicking and screaming into the 2018 World Cup. With another result it may even have proved Leo`s final game with the national team - it would at least have been difficult to...