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Gary Lineker Sends Stunning And Urgent Message To Lionel Messi After Copa America Win Over Brazil
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Argentine football legend Lionel Messi has received congratulatory message from fomer English professional footballer Gary Lineker who was happy with the Barcelona star winning the Copa America.
Lionel Messi was in joyous momentum on Saturday night, July 10, as Angel Di Maria's goal gave Argentina the win over Brazil in what was a painful defeat for Neymar and his teammates.
This will be the first time that Lionel Messi will be winning a title with Argentina and the Barcelona captain has been praised by football fraternities across the world.
Lionel Messi finally speaks after winning 1st title with Argentina senior team in 16 years
Lionel Messi in action for Argentina at 2021 Copa America. (Photo by Wagner Meier
According to the report on Mirror, Gary Lineker was full of praise for Lionel Messi who will now be turning his attention towards signing a new deal at Barcelona.
"Congratulations to Argentina on winning Copa America. A major tournament success for Messi after so many near misses and such a long wait."He’s been preposterously good in this tournament and another Ballon d’Or is a given. The undisputed goat world football."Meanwhile, Lionel Messi scored four goals in the tournament and was named as the best player in what was an incredible record.
Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how Lionel Messi showed his kind side after he was pictured consoling his former Barcelona teammate Neymar shortly after the Copa America final.
Messi's Argentina stunned rivals Brazil 1-0 to be crowned champions of South America.
Brazil silenced Peru en route to the final of the competition, with Argentina seeing off Colombia to set up a crunch meeting with the Samba Boys.
Messi spotted doing something big to Neymar after Copa America win over BrazilHowever, it was Lionel Scaloni's men who eventually emerged as continental champions, with Angel Di Maria's first-half goal making all the difference.
The title was Argentina's first in 28 years and meant everything for Messi who was desperate to end his International curse.
The final whistle at the historic Maracana Stadium saw Neymar break into tears before Messi went over to commiserate with him.
Earlier before the kickoff, the two players had been awarded the 'player of the tournament' prize.
Source: Legit.ng
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Governor Matawalle Finally Reveals The Real Reason Why He Defected To APC
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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has said he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to "bring more peace" to the northwestern state, The Cable reported.
The newspaper said Matawalle said he believed the issue of insecurity in the state will be effectively dealt with now that he has joined the APC.

Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, says he believes the issue of insecurity in the state will be effectively dealt with now that he has joined the APC. Photo credit: Buhari Sallau
Legit.ng gathers that he said this while appearing as a guest onthe Osasu Show programme on Friday, July 2.
APC governor reacts to alleged plan to create one-party state ahead of 2023He added that with his defection to the ruling party, the state will enjoy the dividends of democracy.
The governor also said his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC is nothing out of the ordinary, adding that Zamfara will experience growth as a result of his decision.
He said:
“The issue of security is not just for APC or PDP. We have to put all hands on deck so that we can solve that problem.“Politics is about interest and confidence. Many of the politicians have changed from one party to another, so it is not a new thing and I decided to change so that I can bring more peace to my state.“We have achieved tremendous successes, particularly on the issue of banditry where we used kinetic and non-kinetic approaches. These approaches we used, in particular — dialogue — it worked but you know that even with the approach of dialogue, we have to bring a political solution to it.Nnamdi Kanu: Wike tells FG to go after bandits, Miyetti Allah“So, I want to make sure that during this my tenure, I’ll bring everybody in the state together under one basket; that we should forget our political differences, work together, try to bring more peace to the state."With the defection to the ruling party, Governor Matawalle said he will work hard to get more support from the federal government particularly on the issue of insecurity.
Governor Matawalle officially joined the APC on Tuesday, June 29.
Fresh crisis looms in APC
Meanwhile, there may be trouble brewing in the Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following therejection of Governor Matawalle as the state party leader.
The recent declaration by Yobe state governor and chairman of the APC caretaker committee, Mala Mai Buni, was rejected by a former governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa.
Yari and Marafa on Thursday, July 1, rejected Matawalle's new appointment, saying he is not the leader of the party.
Source: Legit.ng News
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