As Messi’s journey to clench his first-ever World Cup approaches, the Argentinian football legend has revealed that Qatar 2022 will be “his last World Cup”.
This year, Messi has been a key figure in Argentina’s astonishing journey, with the South American nation’s most recent match resulting in an incredible 3-0 victory against Croatia, securing their spot in the final. Thousands upon thousands gathered under the Argentinian capital’s Obelisk monument to celebrate the win and chant the name of their national hero.
“It is impressive to end up playing a final. There’s a long way to go for the next one, there are many years and surely because of age I won’t get to it”, Messi stated in a recent interview. He went on to state that this final will be Argentina’s sixth, and the second he’ll have played in.
Oftentimes a front-runner in the discussion of greatest football player of all time, a World Cup victory would undoubtedly be the cherry on the cake in Messi’s illustrious career.
With 4 Champions League victories, 10 LaLiga trophies, 7 Copa del Rey triumphs, 3 Club World Cup wins, 3 European Super Cups and so many more accolades under Messi’s belt, will the Argentinian legend manage to grasp that which he craves most?
Argentina are set to take on France this Sunday at 4PM in what is expected to be the intense culmination of an exciting world cup campaign.
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