Friends often ask KK.
Spain is so young, why do you still favor Argentina?
I say it's not because Argentina is stronger.
On the contrary.
If we only look at the paper strength, the most complete team in this World Cup is likely to be Spain.
Young, stable, mature in possession, with almost no weaknesses in attack and defense.
But the World Cup has never been decided by paper strength.
The same goes for life.
Jin Yong wrote so many experts, but in the end, the ones that people remember are often not the ones with the highest martial arts, but the ones who, knowing they are nearing their limit, still carry their sword up Hua Mountain.
So, if the final is really Spain against Argentina.
KK still wants to cast this vote for Messi.
1. Spain practices the basics
Let's talk about Spain first.
Many people say they resemble the Spain of 2010.
KK thinks they do not.
They resemble the Quanzhen Sect more.
Not because of possession.
But because of youth.
The generation of Yamal, Pedri, and Gavi is at their prime.
The greatest advantage of youth has never been speed.
But recovery.
Today they can play 120 minutes.
Tomorrow they can still run all over the field.
So they dare to keep pressing.
Dare to keep counter-pressing.
Dare to play the game at their own rhythm.
The confidence of young people comes from their bodies.
Those who fear the young do so at their own peril.
This principle has not changed in the martial world for hundreds of years.
2. Argentina practices not martial arts, but the passage of time
Argentina, on the other hand, is completely different.
They are not like the Quanzhen Sect.
They are more like Peach Blossom Island.
The island is still the same island.
But the people on the island are all old now.
Messi is 39 years old.
Otamendi is also an old veteran.
Through all the knockout rounds.
Comebacks.
Overtimes.
Another comeback.
Others are playing a game.
They seem more like negotiating with time.
Many people say this Argentina is experienced.
KK has always felt that this statement is only half correct.
Experience is certainly rich.
But experience is never something that falls from the sky.
It is earned through failures, injuries, and farewells time and again.
Every extra time feels like the lamp oil has depleted a notch.
But just when it seems about to extinguish.
They manage to reignite the flame.
This is not young people's stamina.
This is the breath of old veterans.
3. The 39-year-old Messi resembles Zhang Sanfeng
Many people like to reminisce about the young Messi.
The one who could dribble past five players and cover ten zhang in one step.
But the current Messi is no longer that young man.
If we must find a Jin Yong character.
KK thinks it is not Qiao Feng.
But Zhang Sanfeng.
In youth, it was about fists and kicks.
In old age, it is about understanding.
You will find that Messi runs less and less now.
Walking more and more.
But during truly dangerous moments.
The ball still comes to his feet.
Because the true master is never the one with the fastest movements.
But the one with the quickest mind.
While others are still deciding the next step.
He has already seen three steps ahead.
So many people feel Messi has disappeared.
But he hasn’t.
He has just gradually transferred tasks he used to accomplish with his legs, to his brain.
Martial skills may fade.
Wisdom does not.
4. Spain's greatest enemy is actually the first time
Many people feel.
Argentina’s greatest advantage is Messi.
KK thinks not.
Argentina's greatest advantage is that they know what the final is.
While Spain's greatest enemy.
Is precisely the first time.
The first time on the World Cup final stage.
The first time realizing that 90 minutes can be so long.
When young, you often think there will be other chances.
But the cruelest part of the World Cup lies here.
It never guarantees a next time.
Many people have only this one final in their lifetime.
So the younger they are.
The easier it is for them to think at crucial moments.
Do not make mistakes.
But what is feared most in the martial world are these four words.
Because the more you fear making mistakes.
The slower your actions become.
Your mind becomes more fragmented.
A true hero is never one who does not get nervous.
But one who knows that being nervous is useless.
5. The greatest wealth of the champion is believing they can still win
Many people feel.
Argentina's strongest weapon is of course Messi.
KK however thinks.
The truly frightening part is that aura of a champion's team that they possess.
Guo Jing's first defense of Xiangyang.
And the last defense of Xiangyang.
There isn’t much difference in martial skills.
But the mindset is completely different.
The first time thinking about how to win.
Later thinking about how to defend.
The champion team is the same.
They do not start doubting themselves when down a goal.
They do not panic when the match goes into extra time.
Because they have been through it.
They know.
That real storms are greater than this current match.
The greatest value of experience is not to tell you how to win.
But to tell you when you do not need to panic.
6. If the match goes into extra time, I actually trust Argentina more
Many people believe.
Extra time surely belongs to the young.
Physically, maybe it does.
But psychologically, not necessarily.
After reaching 110 minutes.
The legs of young people start to feel heavy.
The lungs of the old begin to heat up.
Tactics start to fail.
Speed starts to decline.
What can truly decide the match.
Only remains the mind.
And the courage.
So KK has always felt.
The most dangerous time for Messi.
Is not at the start of the match.
But when the match is nearing its end.
At that moment, everyone thinks he can no longer run.
Yet he might deliver a pass that penetrates the entire defense.
Or a slow yet unsolvable free kick.
Young people rely on speed to create opportunities.
Old masters rely on time to create opportunities.
Time has taken away his explosiveness.
But it has filled his mind with the entirety of the martial world.
Epilogue
Many people say.
This World Cup belongs to the young.
KK agrees.
But only half-heartedly.
Young people will grow stronger.
This is the pattern of the martial world.
But the World Cup has another pattern.
It always offers those nearing farewell, another opportunity to write legends.
2006's Zidane.
2014's Klose.
2022's Messi.
They are no longer the fastest.
But they all possess something young people temporarily lack.
Called reluctance.
Reluctance to leave.
Reluctance to take their bow.
Reluctance to hand over the martial world just like that.
Therefore, they are always able to deliver that final strike.
This strike may not be the fastest.
But it is often the most accurate.
In fact, football is very much like trading.
The truly successful long-term winners rarely rely on a single gamble.
More often, it is about patience, rhythm, and the ability to make the right judgment at critical moments.
Some chase the trends.
Some stick to their own systems.
Some frequently engage in the hustle.
There are also those who quietly wait for their opportunity.
Such is the martial world.
And the market is the same.
If the final is truly Spain against Argentina.
KK would still cast this vote for Messi.
Not because he won't grow old.
But because until today, he still knows when to strike.
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