Kolkata, July 17 -- After Anthony Gordon scored, Lionel Messi was seen rubbing the back of his head. It looked like the reaction of a man used to managing crisis. A man who had made peace with the fact that like against Cabo Verde, Egypt and Switzerland, Argentina will again have to do it the hard way. And so they did. At the final whistle in Atlanta on Wednesday (Thursday, Indian time), knees planted on the pitch, Messi pumped his arms. England had kept him quiet for most of the semi-final and yet, he ended with two assists. Lamine Yamal and Spain stand between him and Argentina doing what no team have since 1962: retain the World Cup. Cue the photograph of baby Yamal and Messi getting another life on social media. Lautaro Martinez's stopp...