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While we are shooting for glory, Argentine fans are shooting for hope as they worry for injured Lionel Messi.

Spain blanks Real Madrid in world cup squad selection, Ronaldo fetches a pretty penny and the mother and wife of an English player are fuming.
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00:07Co-favorite Spain announced their World Cup squad today and for the first time in World Cup history there are
00:12zero Real Madrid players on the roster. Coach Luis de la Fuente has overlooked players like Raul Asensio, Fran Garcia,
00:20Gonzalo Garcia, Dani Cavajal and the biggest surprise of all, young centre-back Dean Hoyssen.
00:25There are eight Barcelona players in the squad which is headlined by star player Lomín Yamal along with the likes
00:30of Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres, Pedri and Gavi. Also getting a call despite having an injury-plaked season is Nico
00:37Williams who was part of Spain's Euro 2024 winning side.
00:41Over 46 million Argentina supporters have their hearts in their hands after Lionel Messi was forced to exit his last
00:48Inter-Miami match with a hamstring injury.
00:51Messi went straight down the tunnel to the dressing room in the 73rd minute against the Philadelphia Union with a
00:56score at 4-4. Inter-Miami went on to win 6-4 but the score was secondary as fans will
01:02be eager to know Messi's physical state just 17 days ahead of the World Cup.
01:06You can't speak about Messi without mentioning Cristiano Ronaldo who saw one of his rare Panini cards sold for $1
01:12.35 million.
01:13It was the most ever paid for one of Ronaldo's cards with this one from his time at Juventus.
01:18However, the sale is still second only to Lionel Messi's rookie card which fetched a record $1.5 million.
01:26And Harry Maguire's non-selection to England's World Cup squad has not been taken well by his family, in particular
01:32his mother and wife who have both taken to social media to defend the player.
01:36His mom Zoe described his snob as disgraceful and said they're absolutely disgusted while his wife Fern was devastated for
01:43her husband and described it as shameful as he was up against a single opinion in reference to German manager
01:49Thomas Tuchel.
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