00:00But let's talk about the biggest story in sports right now probably is, in the world of football,
00:05the retirement of Lionel Messi from the Argentinian national team.
00:10The emotional farewell that happened last week, Humberto, I have my opinions on Lionel Messi,
00:16but I want to hear from you as a non-native footballer.
00:21As a casual football fan.
00:23Yes.
00:23Every four years, the World Cup, you know, gets me into it.
00:26You really got into it through the World Cup.
00:28So, how important is it for you to see this completion of his career?
00:32Well, you know, it's amazing.
00:33Now, I'm from Miami, so we still get to enjoy him in Miami as part of Inter Miami.
00:37He scored a goal, I believe, recently.
00:39I always wonder, like, how stressful it is for football players to do these international games
00:44and also do their club professional leagues because when it comes to American sports,
00:48they're not doing a lot of international games.
00:51Maybe, you know, the soccer guys, the NBA, but definitely not American football.
00:55But I know the impact.
00:56I know that he's considered the GOAT, although some people might consider Ronaldo,
01:00who we're going to talk about later, as the GOAT.
01:02But how much does it mean?
01:04You tell me.
01:05Yeah.
01:05When it comes to retiring from the international games,
01:10how sad are Argentina fans to see him go?
01:14Destroyed.
01:15They are facing one of the most difficult moments in their history
01:18after enjoying the fruits of Lionel Messi.
01:22Because let me preface this, because the Argentinians did not like Lionel Messi in the national team.
01:28For the longest time, they called him Pecho Frío.
01:31They called him for his retirement from the national team 10 years ago.
01:35Why?
01:35Because he failed to win a bunch of stuff with them.
01:38And the people were really upset at him because he was this promise,
01:41the next Maradona, and he was not getting the silverware.
01:44Y que se enoja y les dice, ah, sí, vas a ver.
01:47And then he won two Copas América and a World Cup.
01:50Almost won a second World Cup this time around.
01:53And then finally, everybody's like, Messi, Messi, Messi.
01:56But before, I had the receipts, my friend.
01:59Los Argentinos le tiraban de todo contra Messi.
02:01Wait, was it also because he left to Barcelona at a young age?
02:04Well, that's a big thing.
02:05Many Argentinos believe that he was never a true Argentinian
02:08because he left Argentina at 13 to go to Barcelona.
02:11And that's where he did his adult life.
02:13Right.
02:14So he's closer to Barcelona, if you think so, than Rosario.
02:18But Argentinos, they really claim ownership of him.
02:22And they expected too much.
02:24But then he delivered.
02:24And now we see, you know, the completion of probably the best footballer career.
02:29Now, there was a little controversy during the, they did a drone show.
02:32If you don't mind bringing up the link, I think we have it on latination.com.
02:36There we go.
02:36But basically, when they were, you know, celebrating,
02:39they had a beautiful drone show above the stadium.
02:43But there was an error.
02:44Yeah.
02:45They had the drones kicking the ball with the right foot.
02:48No, what?
02:49Yeah.
02:49When he kicks with the left foot.
02:51By the way, I'm a lefty as well.
02:52That's him crying right there.
02:53And he's looking at the drone show.
02:56And it's on top of the sky.
02:57You see his number.
02:58I was hoping that they were going to, you know, get the number right.
03:01You know, and they got that right.
03:02But then they had the figure kicking with his right foot when he kicks with his left foot.
03:07Now, is that a big deal?
03:08Yeah, I was in the stadium, no.
03:10But I like, I like that you caught that.
03:11That was a, that was a, you know, a fine detail in the whole thing.
03:14For me, the biggest blunder during this whole celebration was that the beginning of this drone show
03:20had the advertisement of an insurance company that they start having hundreds of thousands of unsubscribes
03:27because people felt it was cheapening and disrespectful to the goat
03:31to just slide in the promotional commercial in his celebration.
03:34All right.
