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Lionel Messi of Argentina with his children and teammates line up for the national anthem prior to an international friendly match against Panama. (Pic: Daniel Jayo/Getty Images)

“We’ve taken Aqaba!”  Peter O’Toole, Lawrence of Arabia 

Last Thursday night in Buenos Aires, football - in the truest sense of the phrase - came home. Almost three months to the day since Argentina’s unlikely triumph at the World Cup in Qatar, La Albiceleste emerged from the tunnel at the Estadio Monumental in Belgrano and walked past the trophy they captured the week before Christmas.