Lionel Messi appears like a person content material to experience off into the sundown, win or lose.
In an interview with Guillem Balague of CBS Sports activities and BBC Radio, Messi acknowledged that Sunday’s 2022 World Cup last, during which Argentina will play both France or Morocco, will “nearly definitely” be his final match at a World Cup, and expressed an appreciation for every thing that’s introduced him to this stage.
“I’m having fun with it and for a while, I've been having fun with it differently than previously,” Messi stated in Spanish. “Not solely with the nationwide facet, however in life, too.”
This would be the second World Cup last for Messi, as Argentina misplaced to Germany on Mario Götze’s extra-time winner in 2014. It could be Argentina’s first World Cup title since 1986, when Diego Maradona led them previous West Germany in Mexico Metropolis.
For Messi, it's a likelihood to cement his legacy on the worldwide stage, the place he received his first main trophy solely final summer time within the Copa America, when Argentina beat Brazil within the last. His relative lack of success with the Albicelestes in comparison with the membership stage with Barcelona has at all times been a knock on his legacy, notably again residence in Argentina.
In his final World Cup, although, Messi has been glorious, with a penalty kick purpose and a blinding help within the semifinal in opposition to Croatia being arguably his greatest efficiency in a event the place he has been the standout participant. Argentina will go into the ultimate with confidence.
“The reality is that it's a very highly effective group, very robust,” Messi stated. “We stated it after we misplaced our first sport [to Saudi Arabia] which none of us anticipated, that we had belief in ourselves as a result of we all know what we've on this group, the energy that it has and ultimately, that helped us develop, made us stronger and we knew that we might obtain this.
“Numerous happiness, clearly, to have the ability to obtain this, to have the ability to end my profession within the World Cup taking part in my final sport in a last and the reality is that every thing I skilled on this World Cup is one thing very thrilling, what the individuals right here have skilled and the way the individuals again in Argentina are having fun with it.”
Win or lose, Messi pressured the achievements of the Argentine nationwide staff, which went 36 matches in a row unbeaten earlier than the gorgeous loss to Saudi Arabia, and received a serious trophy for the primary time for the reason that 1993 Copa America final summer time.
“Clearly all of us wish to increase it, we wish to be World Champions, however it’s a soccer match, something can occur,” Messi stated. “And sure, hopefully this time it will likely be completely different from Brazil [2014].”
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