Lionel Messi is still calm creator of the fantastic

In Kansas City, Missouri, land of jazz, they know about improvisation and virtuosity. The legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker grew up there and once said, “they teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But man, there’s no boundary line to art.”

Over 70 years since Parker died, Lionel Messi proved exactly that point against Algeria on a field in Missouri. At 38, this bearded artist is still redrawing the boundaries of genius with his sophisticated left foot.