The 55th edition of the championship game of the main American football tournament, and one of the most important sporting events in the United States along with the NBA Finals and the World Series, was played atypically in the context of the pandemic. In addition, from the NFL they wanted to remember the best in the world in team sports, among which he was included Lionel Messi.
During the previous meeting that consecrated the Tampa Bay Bucanneers before the Kansas City Chiefs, they were shown images of the legends in each sport, referred to as ‘GOAT’, a word that by itself means “goat”, but it is also the acronym that in English refers to the greatest of all time (greatest of all times), which is why it is commonly used by fans on social networks to mention an elite athlete.
Messi was listed as the best of all time in football, where the four Champions League obtained with Barça stood out as his main achievement, even despite not being the player who has won the trophy more times. However, being the top winner of the Ballon d’Or and the Golden Boot could also tip the balance in favor of the Argentine. Further, was the only player taken into account outside of the top three sports played in the United States.
Messi, in the Olympus with Brady, Gretzky and Jordan
On the part of American football, the protagonist has been Tom Brady, who that same night ended up lifting his seventh Vince Lombardi trophy, the second for the Buccaneers, establishing himself as the best of his discipline. Other players of the FC Barcelona, as Antoine Griezmann Y Gerard Piqué they were aware of the event. On Twitter, the defender congratulated Brady and Gronkowski, champions with the Tampa Bay team. In ice hockey, the most prominent was the Canadian Wayne Gretzky, winner of the Stanley Cup four times.
Basketball had as its main figure Michael Jordan, whose most outstanding merit was obtaining six NBA championship rings with the Chicago Bulls, ‘His Majesty of the Air’ also was the recipient of the most valuable of the season award five times and was considered the best in all the finals who disputed. The one from North Carolina He was also part of the ‘Dream Team’ of the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games, where a selection of North American stars was impressive after the admission of professional athletes to the Olympic event.