Lionel Messi has won just about everything there is to win in soccer -- scoring titles, Champions League trophies, a Copa America championship, and a record seven Ballon d'Ors as the world's top player. But the one thing that has eluded him is the prize that matters most to him and his fellow Argentines -- the World Cup. With the tournament set to kick off on Sunday in Qatar, The Athletic's Ed Malyon, who cut his teeth as a soccer journalist in Argentina, joins us today to discuss Messi’s incredible accomplishments and high-profile failures, his complicated relationship with his home nation, and what’s at stake for him in his final World Cup.

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