Lionel Messi’s first meeting with England will be a contest of will and aura

Lionel Messi’s first meeting with England will be a contest of will and aura The Messi arc reaches a decisive point in Atlanta – passage to a third final or an exit to test the limits of Argentina’s love for their unassuming athlete-geniusWednesday night, Atlanta Stadium, 101 games down, three left to play, and finally it makes sense. Bring on The Countdown, that moment just before kick-off in every one of those quietly fascinating World Cup matches where suddenl