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Messi and Lewandowski's World Cup dreams in the balance

Publication date 30 November 2022 | 14:18 | ICT

Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski head into Wednesday's showdown between Argentina and Poland (at 2am Cambodian time) with the futures of what could be their final World Cup adventures hanging in the balance.

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