Tears of relief? Messi adds another incredible chapter to World Cup career

Tears of relief? Messi adds another incredible chapter to World Cup careerTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Argentina complete extraordinary comeback to beat EgyptByPhil McNultyChief football writer at Atlanta StadiumPublished9 minutes agoCommentsLionel Messi stood in the centre of Atlanta Stadium in floods of tears, sobbing on the shoulders of his team-mates, after adding another remarkable World Cup victory to the story of his incredible career.Argentina's great sporting icon had been captured on the giant screens looking up in despair as the holders trailed Egypt 2-0 with less than 20 minutes left.At that point, any tears Messi may have shed would have been the same as those of his great contemporary Cristiano Ronaldo, who made an emotional farewell to the World Cup after Portugal's injury-time loss to Spain.Instead, this defiant Argentina decided that was simply not going to happen - scoring three goals in 14 minutes to turn the game around in one of the most remarkable comebacks the World Cup has ever seen.Messi may be 39 and doing much of his work at walking pace these days, but the magic has not been dimmed by the passing of the years.Messi watches. Messi waits. Messi conserves his energy for when it matters. The body may be slower but the brain remains razor sharp. And the genius is permanent.And he proved it once more in the most dramatic fashion on another spine-tingling World Cup occasion, pulling Argentina up from the canvas just as Egypt were about to add to this tournament's list of shocks.Argentina complete extraordinary comeback to beat EgyptEgypt led through goals in each half from Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Zico – the latter of whom had an earlier goal ruled by the video assistant referee for a foul at the other end of the pitch - and keeper Mostafa Shobeir was in inspired form.Messi even had a first-half penalty saved by Shobeir - the fourth of eight spot-kic...