SAO PAULO, Brazil—Lionel Messi finally got what he wanted: the best player in the world is going to play in his sport’s biggest game.

And this time he owes that more to his teammates than his own individual brilliance after Argentina won a penalty-kick shootout with the Netherlands to advance to Sunday’s World Cup final against Germany in Rio de Janeiro.

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