Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi considered this Monday that the 2022 World Cup was the ideal moment to proclaim himself world champion, and admitted that it would have been fantastic to receive the trophy from Maradona.
“There was no better time than this [para vencer o Mundial]just as there was no better time to win the Copa América, where it was and how it was”, said the Paris Saint-Germain player, in an interview with Urbana FM radio.
Messi, chosen as the best player at the 2022 World Cup, held in Qatar, guaranteed that if it could have been him, he would also have chosen to become champion at this time, “almost at the end of his career.”
The Argentine international striker confessed that “he had the feeling that God” was going to grant him a world title.
“I am grateful every day of my life, and not just for my professional successes. I can’t complain about anything or ask for anything more. I am thankful for everything I have,” said the 35-year-old.
The captain of the Argentine team admitted that he would have loved to receive the trophy, won after the victory over France in the penalty shootout, from Diego Maradona, world champion of Argentina and who died in 2020.
“I would have really liked him to hand me the Cup, if it had been there, I wanted him to hand it to me, to see Argentina world champion,” Messi said, adding: “He was pushing us to victory from above.” “.
On December 18, 2022, Argentina won its third world title, after 1978 and 1986, by beating France, the current champion, on penalties (4-2, after 3-3 at the end of extra time).
Source: TSF
