Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I te nuinga o te wā ka tatari a Lionel Messi kia mutu te tukinga o ngā kākahu, engari kāore ngā whetū hākinakina o Amerika i te whai wāhi atu ki ngā āwangawanga ka ngaro pea ia i te tukinga o te Rāhoroi i Washington. Ko te kaitakawaenga o Argentina, i noho ki te whakangungu i te Paraire na te raru o te waewae, kua oti i a ia nga koti e toru i te taone nui o US, kei reira a Argentina e takaro ana i te hoa ki a El Salvador i mua i nga kaiwhaiwhai 50,000 i FedEx Field. I kaha a Lionel Messi ki te mātakitaki mai i te taha o te rārangi i te wā i whakahaerehia ai e Argentina tētahi wā whakangungu i te Paraire. I noho mokemoke te whetū o Argentina i te wā i whai wāhi ai ōna hoa kapa ki te whakangungu i FedEx Field. I whara a Messi i te waewae i te wikitoria 2-1 a Barcelona ki a Real Madrid i te Ratapu. I tūmanakohia a Messi ki te whai wāhi ki te whakataetae hoa o te Rāhoroi i muri i te tirotiro i a ia ki te tākaro. Ko te mea tuatahi he koti Wizards i muri i te wha o nga kaitakaro o te Ao o te Tau i uru atu ki ona hoa-roopu ki te matakitaki i te tukinga NBA o te Wenerei ki a Indiana Pacers. Na ka whakawhiwhia a Messi ki nga koti Nama 10 i te Paraire e te Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III me te Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin. 'He kaiwhaiwhai nui ahau, a he pai ki taku wahine te whutupaoro - te whutupaoro ranei,' i kii a Griffin ki a CSNwashington.com. 'E whai ana mātou i te [whutupaoro] i ngā wā katoa, e whai ana hoki i te Ipu o te Ao. E whai ana ahau i ēnei tangata, mai i a Messi ki a Ronaldinho ki a [Cristiano] Ronaldo. He tino ngahau ki te mātakitaki i a rātau e tino pai ana ki tētahi hākinakina kāore anō au kia tākaro i tētahi hākinakina whakahaere.' I kite te tokorua i nga kaitakaro o Argentina e whai waahi ana ki tetahi huihuinga whakangungu i mua i te tutaki ki a Messi i te ruuma whakakakahu. 'I whakaakona ahau e taku hoa ki tētahi kīanga [i te reo Paniora],' ka tapiritia e Griffin. 'I taea e ahau te mea i taua ki a ia ina tutaki ahau ki a ia. Ka kata ia, ka whakawhetai. '
I whara te kaikawe o Barcelona a Lionel Messi i te El Clasico i te Ratapu. Kei Washington te whetū o Argentina mō te tukinga hoa o te Rāhoroi ki a El Salvador. I noho a Messi ki waho o te whakangungu i te Paraire ahakoa he matawai i mua ake nei i whakaaetia ai ia ki te purei.