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The first email has landed, some time ago actually. “‘He needs only a hat-trick to grab the all-time World Cup record,’” says Steve Gisselbrecht, quoting an early version of my preamble.

That’s so 20 minutes ago.”

Good line!

And sorry for the blooper – I wrote it in advance, planning to give it a tweak in the light of whatever Lionel Messi had up his sleeve, and thanks to a misunderstanding it went live a little earlier than expected.

It’s fixed now – at least I hope so.

Sources: The Guardian

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