Lionel Messi He is considered one of the best players in history. With 41 titles to his name, the Argentinian forward has won almost every competition that has been presented to him except for one: the World Championship.
Although he still has a chance to achieve it, the PSG striker knows it won’t be easy, especially considering that Qatar is the last World Cup of his career. In an interview for Star Plus show In First Person, the 35-year-old revealed he’s very excited to play the international championship, even more so because he feels the end is near.
“The World Cup in Qatar will definitely be the last of my career. I’m counting the days until it arrives. Fear and nervousness at the same time. Do you want it now? What will happen, it’s the last, how will it go,” he commented in an interview with Sebastián “Pollo” Vignolo.
Messi lost the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil. Photo: FIFA
Likewise, the former Barcelona captain hinted that Argentina are at a high level but anything can happen at the World Cup. “We arrived at a good time because everything happened, a very armed and powerful group. But anything can happen at the World Cup. All games are very difficult, that’s why it’s so complicated and so special. Because the favorites are not always the ones who win in the end or go the way you expected,” he said.
After all, Messi considers his team to be the favorites in history, but everything is balanced at the moment of the game. “I don’t know if we’re the big candidates, but Argentina itself is always a candidate for history, for what it means, more now at the moment we’ve arrived, but we’re not the maximum favorite. I think there are other teams ahead of us today, but we’re close,” he said.