Brazil are the favourites to win this year's World Cup. Argentina have Lionel Messi, who has found a new joy late in his career. England haven't won any of their last six matches and sit bottom of Group D with just one point from four games. The story going into the World Cup is that of Argentinian football. That's really the storyline going to this World Cup that everybody's looking at. Can Lionel Messi ascend to his rightful throne by winning it all?
Pelé. Maradona. Ronaldo. Soccer’s greats are so good, they’re typically known by one name. Men in Blazers soccer journalist Roger Bennett explains how winning the World Cup can turn a player into a legend.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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