{"id":553034,"date":"2026-07-21T22:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/553034\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:42:10","slug":"unfair-questions-of-lionel-messi-addressed-by-indian-cricket-legend-sourav-ganguly-after-quiet-2026-world-cup-final-appearance-from-the-argentine-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/553034\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unfair\u2019 questions of Lionel Messi addressed by Indian cricket legend Sourav Ganguly after quiet 2026 World Cup final appearance from the Argentine GOAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final was a tactical nightmare for the Albiceleste, who struggled to exert their usual dominance over a youthful and energetic Spain. While Messi has spent the last decade building a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/lionel-messi-world-cup-final-tears-belated-beautiful-bond-argentina-icon\/blt34c70d4d893d1687\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">beautiful bond<\/a> with the Argentine public through various triumphs, the showdown in New Jersey saw him isolated as his team-mates adopted a physical approach that ultimately backfired.<\/p>\n<p>Ganguly was quick to praise the tactical setup of the European champions, noting that they effectively neutralised Argentina\u2019s biggest threats. \u201cI did not watch the entire World Cup, but I followed several key matches, including the semi-finals and the final,\u201d he explained. \u201cIn the final, I felt Spain never allowed Argentina to play their natural game from the very beginning. Tactically, Spain were far better prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final was a tactical nightmare for the Albiceleste, who struggled to exert their usual dominance over a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9877,85,46,15023,105,6866],"class_list":["post-553034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-argentina","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-l-messi","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}