the end of Qatar 2022 it will be the last game of Lionel Messi in a worldrevealed the referent of Argentine national team this Tuesday after beating Croatia in the semifinals of the contest. Then age will make it difficult for him to return to play at the highest level representing his country, he acknowledged at the age of 35.
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After scoring and being voted MVP of the match, the soccer star was asked directly if Sunday’s duel will be his last World Cup appearance. His response was blunt and leaves many of his followers sad, but it is understandable for most.
“Yes, surely yes (it’s my last game in a World Cup). There are many years for the next one and I don’t think it will give me. And end this way, it’s the best”, declared the ‘Flea’ in dialogue with Olé.
However, he made it clear that he feels “a lot of happiness” to be a finalist in Qatar 2022. “Ending my World Cup journey by playing my last match in a final. Everything I experienced in this World Cup is something very exciting, what people experienced, how people are enjoying it in Argentina”, he added.
Messi also now has 11 goals in World Cups and is the Argentine who has scored the most in the history of the tournament, surpassing Gabriel Batistuta’s 10. He also equaled the record for matches in World Cups against Croatia, held until now by the German Lothar Matthäus (25). But for the PSG attacker “the important thing is to achieve the group objective, we are one step away”.
“What we have been doing is an extraordinary achievement. It is a huge joy for the whole country. Like we did throughout the World Cup, we’re going to give it our all and try and give it our all to take away (the World Cup), but let’s enjoy this, it’s great”, Messi said at the end of the match at the Lusail Stadium.