Sports Photo Of The Year 2014: Lionel Messi Flirts Longingly With The World Cup…

Chris Wright

13th, February 2015

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By Chris Wright

Taken during the aftermath of the World Cup final at the Maracana back in July, this ‘ere photo of Lionel Messi longingly eyeing the one golden trinket that has so far eluded him has been voted as the 2014 Sports Photo of the Year…

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“Myyyy preciousssss”

Entitled “The Final Game” and taken by Bao Tailiang for the Chengdu Economic Daily, the photo has won first prize in the Sports Singles category of the 2015 World Press Photo Contest.

If we’re talking poignant World Cup photos, then we personally prefer this one…

Brazil WCup The Week That Was Photo Gallery

(Via ESPN FC)