Lionel Messi led Argentina to the World Cup victory to stamp his authority as the GOAT in soccer. Before Lewis Hamilton won the 7th world championship, Michael Schumacher was the undisputed GOAT of F1. In unearthed photos, we saw the two giants come together under one roof.

The contest between Argentina and France was one of the most thrilling World Cup matches fans have ever witnessed. Argentina dominated the game in the first half, as Lionel Messi scored from the spot in the 23rd minute after a foul in the box on Angel di Maria. Di Maria soon doubled the lead in the 36th minute and the score remained 2-0 until the half-time whistle.

Fans bring out rare photos of Michael Schumacher and Lionel Messi

France looked to be panicking as Argentina kept the pressure up in the second half. However, as the game moved toward the final 10 minutes, Kylian Mbappe scored twice in quick succession. It was now the French team that was dominating the possession and threatening the 3rd goal. Argentina, however, kept threatening with its swift counter-attacks.

As the game moved into extra time, Messi scored again in the 108th minute. However, the joy was short-lived as Mbappe once again rose to the occasion in the 118th minute and completed his hat-trick to take the match into the penalties. The French posed little threat from the spot kicks as Emiliano Martinez showed his class by saving two kicks from 4 attempts.

As the world celebrated Argentina and Messi’s historic victory, F1 fans remembered the time when Leo met Michael Schumacher. Have a look at a couple of photos fans posted.

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After achieving everything there was to in Europe with FC Barcelona, Leo moved on to Paris Saint Germain. The Catalan club was going through financial problems and could not afford the GOAT’s wages and therefore had to let go of him. But before he firmed his move to Paris, there was an F1 offer on the cards as well.

Mercedes’ enticing offer to Lionel Messi

A move to PSG was a no-brainer for the Argentine magician. His former teammate and Brazilian superstar Neymar played for the club after all. However, Mercedes did not shy away from shooting their shot as they slid into Leo’s DMs.

They asked him, “Leo. Have you ever thought about moving to Brackley?”

Messi, to the disappointment of F1 fans, did not reply. However, that did not deter the F1 team to make an offer again after the world cup win.

This time they tweeted the screenshot of the DMs and wrote: “Offer is still open, Leo.”

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We know how much the Mercedes admins like to mess around. This one surely got a good chuckle out from fans.