World Cup 2022: Pele congratulates Messi, Mbappe and… Morocco!

King Pele appreciated. This breathtaking World Cup final between Argentina and France, in which Albicelesta finally won (3-3/4, tab. 2), did not leave many indifferent. And even more so the subtlest football connoisseurs, starting with the ironic Brazilian number 10. “What a gift it was to watch this show for the future of our sport,” he wrote in his Instagram post.

The man with 1,000 career goals saluted Lionel Messi, the holder of his first planetary title, as well as the loser of the day, Kylian Mbappé, who scored this Sunday night’s hat-trick in Doha. “Today, football continues to tell its story in a fascinating way, as always. Messi wins his first World Cup as he deserved his way. And my dear friend Mbappe, who scored four goals in the final. “wrote King Pele, who apparently counted for a shot on goal followed by a tricolor crack.

“Diego is definitely smiling at the moment”

The former No. 10 auriverde, whose health condition has been sometimes worrying in recent weeks, also did not fail to put in a good word for the place of the Moroccan selection, the unexpected semi-finalist of this 2022 World Cup. And I couldn’t help but congratulate Morocco for this incredible campaign. Nice to see Africa shining,” he wrote. It must be said that before this 2022 World Cup, no African team has been in the last four World Cups.

All before repeating their congratulations to Albiceleste: “Congratulations Argentina! Diego is definitely smiling at the moment.” King Pele is referring here to Diego Maradona, the former glory of Argentine football, world champion in 1986 and who died on November 25, 2020. And who today really has an heir in the person of Lionel Messi.