◤FIFA World Cup in Qatar◢ Leo Messi mades a U-turn and announces that he is not ready to end his national team career yet following Argentina's triumph..

2022-12-19 21:23

◤FIFA World Cup in Qatar◢ Leo Messi mades a U-turn and announces that he is not ready to end his national team career yet following Argentina




After helping Argentina win the World Cup for the first time in 36 years, the team's legendary star Leo Messi suddenly made a U-turn and announced that he had withdrawn his decision to end his national team career at the post-match press conference of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar final against France.


Messi made this statement when he spoke to a reporter from the Argentine media TyC Sports.  He said that he still wants to continue to play for the national team as a world champion.


Messi said that: "I enjoy the moment of playing with the national team and I also like to fight side by side with this group of team. I want to play a few more games as a world champion."


When asked why he suddenly decided to change his original decision, Messi said: "I was able to win the Copa América, the World Cup in a short period of time, I won almost all the championships, but on the other hand, I have been missing the only one. trophy (World Cup), so I struggled a lot throughout my career, winning the World Cup is everyone's childhood dream, and I've been lucky to achieve everything in my career. The World Cup, which was missing before, is now also won, Now it's here. It's the most beautiful thing, obviously I want to end my career as a World Cup winner, I'm done with it, but I love football so much, I love it. It feels so good."


When the reporter asked Messi how he felt about finally winning the World Cup, he couldn't hide his joy and said: "It's crazy, look at this trophy, it's really beautiful, very beautiful. You know how many times I have kissed the trophy? I have dreamed about it for a long time, and I have said it many times, God will bring this gift to me. I have a feeling of destiny, and it was this tournament that I will finally win it."


The 35-year-old Messi has played 172 times in all competitions for the Argentina senior national team since 2005, scoring 98 goals and assisting 55 times. The star who scored and assisted 3 goals in 3 different games in the World Cup proper is also the first among current active players who leads the World Cup's all-time top goalscorer list with 13 goals.


He had previously told reporters that he would end his national team career after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.


Messi, currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain, whose contract is about to expire after the end of this season, will definitely intrigued many as people awaits and see whether he will renew his contract with Le Parisien or return to his old club Barcelona as a free agent , or move to the Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami.


This season, Messi has played 19 times for this Ligue 1 giants in all competitions, scoring 12 goals and assisting 14 times. His form is terrifyingly good.