Twitter bows down to Messi after he rescues Argentina
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Argentina is off to the 2018 World Cup thanks to the brilliance of Lionel Messi, who, in a match his country desperately needed to have, scored three times to quell what were very real fears that the Albiceleste would miss the sporting spectacle for the first time since 1970.
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Twitter responded accordingly.
The reaction
Even the Argentine national team's official Twitter account knows who to thank for the nation's participation in Russia ...
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