Shadowing Practice: Lionel Messi - WORLD CHAMPION - Movie - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What is your favorite?
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What is your favorite?
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It's my last World Cup, my last chance to achieve that great dream that we all want.
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He is absolutely one of the greatest players to have ever played the game.
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He comes into the tournament with great form for Paris Saint-Germain, with great form for Argentina.
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This Argentina team asks something and this guy here, he's the leader.
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I don't think a lot of people necessarily see him as a leader, but he is.
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We've seen some VTs, he's really going to galvanize this Argentina team
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and they're going to come into this hope that they can win the World Cup.
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It's such a special event, the World Cup.
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You have to expect he's going to turn off for this.
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He has said it's his last World Cup.
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Is it going to be his World Cup?
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There are 64 teams and 831 other players in Qatar that are vying to be world champions over the next month.
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But if the Romantics have their way, Argentina will win it.
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And Lionel Messi having played a pivotal role.
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He's capable of winning every game, we know that.
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Every game he plays it.
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It is all about Messi.
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Just listen to the noise as he comes onto the pitch.
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But he has the chance to score Argentina's first goal of the tournament.
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It's Messi for Argentina.
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It's simple, it's easy, it's 1-0.
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He is determined to cap his career with the only honour to have eluded him.
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This is an Argentina team that are unbeaten in 36 matches.
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Gomez trying to release Messi, he's scattering in behind here.
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He's in behind, he's only got the goalkeeper to beat.
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And he wasn't going to foul.
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The offside fight may want to come to Saudi Arabia's rescue.
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You don't feel we are able to come back?
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You don't feel it?
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He's got a shot on target and scores for Saudi Arabia!
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Oh my word!
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Who saw this coming?
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Saudi Arabia grabbed control of the game.
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The goalkeeper's out of his goal.
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Lionel Messi being tracked but still keeping track of the ball.
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They're digging in and the Sarri's trying to come away with it.
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He has come away with it.
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There's no more chances.
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Argentina, one of the favorites, getting beat by a country ranked outside the world's top 50.
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They have brought Argentina and Lionel Messi, one of the greatest players of all time, to their core.
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Excuse me, where is Messi?
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Where is Messi?
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Where is Messi?
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Where is Messi?
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Where is Messi?
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Where is Messi?
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Where is Messi?
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Where is Messi?
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Where is Messi?
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Who is Messi?
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Messi is no one.
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He's finished.
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He's finished.
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Where is Messi?
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Tomorrow, you will play against Argentina.
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Argentina, please missy kick him out World Cup kick him out missy for that now, so missy, yes, it's a job,
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missy, missy, and do you ask one question? yeah, I'm just one question, what is missing? but,
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but we can see that the group will not leave it out
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and we are going to go for it
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and we are going to go for it
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and for all the talent on that pitch it seems you gotta step back
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and let's just hope Lionel Messi does his magic.
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Which is going back to what we've seen.
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Which was my complaint around Argentina for so many years.
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For all that talent, everybody just seemed to down tools and hoped that Lionel Messi would produce some magic.
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Show what you've got, show some good and courage.
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The scene is set then.
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Argentina must bounce back or their World Cup would well be over.
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It is Messi, they cannot lose, he must not lose.
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Lionel Messi, Messi's here!
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Oh!
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That's what they came for!
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The Magic Man!
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One more Messi moment!
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And Argentina are alive!
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He's not giving up without a box!
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They give thanks that he is one of them.
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How often have they said that prayer of Max?
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And of course, it was not a great performance by the whole team, but we have Leo Messi and we need to rely on him.
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He's got two goals in two games, considering he's almost finished.
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You can't write these players off.
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Yeah!
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Chance for the shot and it's fired in!
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It's a second goal for Argentina!
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Messi didn't score back, he was another top-class performer from there.
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And still every player looks to him to drag them through matches.
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He's still capable of that.
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The best three or four dribbles in the game was Messi, and the best three or four passes in the game was Messi.
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And that's what it gives you.
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And the best plan of pitch was Messi.
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He plays a different kind of sport, I think, to most mere mortals.
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He's a smear mortals.
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He's alien.
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Argentina, equipped to frighten anyone.
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Australia, fearful of no one.
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Messi.
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Messi.
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McAllister.
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Messi!
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He's only gone and done it again.
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A thousand games and still he excels.
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Messi again, drifting and taking the ball with him.
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Lionel Messi looking to penetrate with support from Alvarez.
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Messi again and still Messi.
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Now Toro Martinez with him.
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Messi may keep wriggling himself.
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He plays it for Martinez.
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Messi, he's left behind Moy.
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And he's enjoying...
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Little Messi!
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And extraordinarily, in what will almost certainly be his last World Cup.
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There'll never be another like him!
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Enjoy him while he's here!
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Messi there has put on the best individual performance you've seen at this World Cup, so I think...
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My and my own showboating, laying chances on a plate for a team mate, so it was almost like Godlike.
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I've not seen anything like this.
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Whenever he gets the ball, the whole stadium gets on their feet, doesn't it?
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You can see everyone just arrives.
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He knows that he's his last World Cup and you can really see he's enjoying it.
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And Eimei Martinez said at the end of the game, he said, Messi is 99.9% of this team, but I just don't know how far you can go just with him.
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Just with him creating, just with him scoring, just with him doing something special, doing a bit of magic.
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The thing like us, he's a human.
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For sure he's good, but for sure I can get the benefits.
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How do you stop him?
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I'll see him on Friday.
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He has a dream to fulfill.
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Step by step, they draw closer to the ultimate fulfillment.
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Berghuis, Vikhost!
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Those are crashing over the outrushing Argentine.
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There was a wave of Dutch Orange as they rose as one to confront him.
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He's getting heated.
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The Cote Minus start to do extraordinary 101 minutes!
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And the immediate future is still, is still orange!
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And we stare down the barrel of extra time and they're not going home.
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The unit has hit the post!
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Hopefully we can decide the game before getting into penalties.
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.. it gives a small plus if we don't have to use penalties.
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I'm sure I can get the penalties.
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Lautaro Martinez, Argentina World Cup!
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Look at that, look what it means to them.
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Do you know what?
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I don't know if I said this last time, but you don't see that emotion when he's in a club shirt.
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Isn't that the difference of a World Cup?
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When it's for your country and the expectation and everything that comes with it.
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He's really enjoying it.
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He's the one who makes the difference.
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They are absolutely relying on him, but he's been delivering in this tournament.
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Yeah, and we said he's been before the game, he's been making a difference for 15 or so years at a top, top level.
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The cutting edge of football, he's a fantastic footballer and when it comes to games that need to be defined, he's the one that takes from the responsibility to that and he enjoys that.
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He's a phenomenal footballer.
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You see in this stadium, whenever he gets the ball and whenever he does anything, the whole stadium stands up.
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It's amazing to see.
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How do you see that pass?
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That part, with a pass defies physics.
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How did he see this?
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Yeah.
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How does he see this pass?
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It's just like everyone else in the stadium saying, Oh no, oh my God!
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This is just one of those.
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I'm not sure I've seen a better pass in football ever, let alone at a stage like this.
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When I say I'm confident before the game is because we have Messi in the field.
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Everybody is getting confidence.
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Playing with Messi makes you feel like you can do anything.
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Lionel Messi gave to Argentina every single thing that they needed to get through this time.
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It's a little hot for the final.
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Look at him, he's a little bit.
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Nothing happened, he's a little bit.
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What an incredible player he is and you kind of feel
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that from the Argentinian side that he's on this mission with his country, with his nation behind him as well.
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This is the World Cup that's maybe written in the stars with Lionel Messi.
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And the other end, oh that's a gift for Meebidge who finishes it absolutely magnificent!
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Sensational goal, we're gonna walk in!
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Lionel Messi embraces his moment again and stares into the eyes of another World Cup final.
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Messi again with the marvelous mischief and he will have,
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he will have his ultimate game.
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Messi away from Brauliole and Argentina already in the final.
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What is there left for him to do?
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The answer to the question, win the World Cup.
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How you do that with the ball at your feet running at full speed while twisting and turning, it's unbelievable, it's mesmerizing to watch.
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The last thing I'm going to say is not a question, but I just want to say that it's a World Final.
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And although we all want to win the Cup, I want to say that beyond the result, there is no one that will take you.
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You've crossed each Argentine, I really tell you.
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There's no girl who doesn't have your shirt, who doesn't have the original, the old, or the old, or the old, or the old, or the old, or the old, or the old.
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You've marked the life of everyone, and that's what I think is bigger than any Cup in the world and that's not going to take you.
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It's a great thanks for a great moment that you've lived to so many people.
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I hope you take it to the heart because I think it's more important than a World Cup.
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So thanks, Captain.
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It's a good star!
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Our stars are aligned for Messi to get to the world's life, to jump, to get up and try again and fight for his dreams.
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He tries to spare man, and how deep are you?
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For glorious goal!
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Mbappe And Nation re-infused with hope!
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Mbappe!
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Oh wow!
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An awesome force of nature!
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Messi Lidl Messi Martinez Lidl Messi Fernandes Martinez Mbappe Mbappe The referee's given the goal!
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The referee's given the goal!
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Mbappe Into the Galaxy of Prince!
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Exerts!
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Alive again!
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Conor Moulinni!
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What a stop!
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What a stop by Martinez!
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Obapé steps out first And Obapé rattles it in!
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Next to the face!
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Imagical, of course!
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Conor Moulin!
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Montreal Argentina
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Champions of the world Lionel Messi
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has shaken hands with paradise has just pitched up in heaven
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he climbs into a galaxy of his own the greatest player
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of his age finally has the greatest accolade football can afford
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him at the end of one of the greatest football matches ever played Was it written?
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Can it be?
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See the tears, feel the emotion.
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And all those people, all those people who say he's not the greatest of all time, because he hasn't won the World Cup, well Messi won 12 league titles,
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he won four Champions Leagues, he won seven Ballon d'Ors, he was Argentinian Player of the Year 14 times, he won the Copa America,
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and to cap it all, he won the World Cup as well.
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Surely now, we have to admit Lionel Messi is the greatest of all time of all time.
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Argentina is the World Champion!
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Argentina!
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That's the world's winner!
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Argentina is the World Champion!
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Messi is the World Champion!
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It could not be another way but without him!
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And today this man of 35 stars with the stars, what can you say to that guy?
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What is your dream?
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playing in the Arcelia team?
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Well, that he expects something extraordinary, something that I could not imagine,
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that he will have a very beautiful path in his profession,
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with a hard moment that he will have to overcome,
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but never to return to his dream, because at the end he will have his reward and a happy ending,
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as if it were a movie that ends with a happy ending.
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Beautiful movie.
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Very nice.
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I'll have to go back to it.
About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will engage with an exciting transcript featuring Lionel Messi, one of the greatest football players of all time. The focus of your practice will be on improving your English speaking skills through shadowspeak. By listening to the passionate commentary about Messi's performance during the World Cup, you will enhance your ability to express opinions and describe events in English. This activity aims to refine your pronunciation and intonation, critical components of effective communication, and is especially beneficial for IELTS speaking practice.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- World Cup - An international soccer tournament held every four years, featuring national teams from around the globe.
- Galvanize - To stimulate or excite someone into taking action.
- Pivotal role - A crucial position or function in a specific situation.
- Unbeaten - Not having lost a match.
- Elude - To evade or escape from something.
- Shot on target - A shot that is directed towards the goal and could potentially score.
- Determine - To find out or conclude something after consideration.
- Chances - Opportunities for success in a given situation.
Practice Tips
As you listen to the transcript featuring Messi, it is important to adopt the technique of shadowing. This method involves listening closely to the audio and repeating what you hear almost simultaneously, which is excellent for English speaking practice. Here are some specific tips:
- Start Slowly: If you're new to shadowing, begin with a slower part of the video or use a shadowing app that allows you to adjust the playback speed.
- Focus on Emotion: Notice the emotions expressed in the commentary. Try to mimic not only the words but the speaker’s intonation and stress for a more authentic practice.
- Repeat Sections: Don't hesitate to replay sections of the transcript as needed. This will help reinforce your understanding and pronunciation of difficult phrases.
- Record Yourself: Listening to your recordings can help identify areas where you might want to improve your pronunciation or fluency.
- Use New Vocabulary: Incorporate the key vocabulary you've learned into your shadowing practice. This integrates new words into your speech patterns, which is vital for improving your overall communication skills.
By engaging with this content and practicing regularly with these techniques, you will develop your speaking abilities and confidence in English in no time.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.