Here's what I learned after watching Lionel Messi walk more than 100 minutes in a match originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Sitting high atop Kansas City stadium, where the press box is located a level above the nosebleed seats, it feels like almost the literal 10,000-foot view of seeing everything unfolding on the field as well as the surrounding atmosphere.
For Argentina's quarterfinal victory last Saturday, that included watching and hearing the fans jumping, singing and celebrating. It included seeing Switzerland's Breel Embolo's diving incident that sent him off the field with a red card, leaving his team a man down.
And it included the opportunity to watch Lionel Messi, every step of the match.
It's no secret that Messi spends a lot of time walking, standing, strolling during games. Heading into the match against Switzerland, The Athletic reported that Messi had spent 63 percent of this year's World Cup walking.
Sitting high atop Kansas City stadium, where the press box is located a level above the nosebleed seats, it feels like almost the literal 10,000-foot view of seeing everything unfolding on the field as well as the surrounding atmosphere.
For Argentina's quarterfinal victory last Saturday, that included watching and hearing the fans jumping, singing and celebrating. It included seeing Switzerland's Breel Embolo's diving incident that sent him off the field with a red card, leaving his team a man down.
And it included the opportunity to watch Lionel Messi, every step of the match.
It's no secret that Messi spends a lot of time walking, standing, strolling during games. Heading into the match against Switzerland, The Athletic reported that Messi had spent 63 percent of this year's World Cup walking.
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