Lionel Messi reached his third World Cup final but collected his second runner-up medal Credit: Paul ELLIS / AFP

Lionel Messi said on Monday that after Argentina’s World Cup final loss “the pain is immense and it’s going to take a long time for this wound to heal.” 

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