The captain of the Argentine national football team, Lionel Messi, cast doubt on his participation in the World Cup to be held next year in the United States, Mexico and Canada by stating that “due to age, the most logical” thing is that he won’t be there, although he didn’t close the door after specifying that he still feels “excited and eager” to play.<\/p>\n
Messi fueled the uncertainty about whether he will take part with the ‘Albiceleste’ in what would be his sixth World Cup after playing his last official home match in the South American qualifier that Argentina won 3-0 against Venezuela in Buenos Aires with two goals from the Rosario striker.<\/p>\n
“The same thing I said at the time. I don’t think I’ll play another World Cup. Due to age, the most logical thing is that I won’t make it, but we’re there, I’m excited, eager, and as I always said, I go day by day, game after game (…) It’s that, going day by day, feeling sensations, and what is clear is that today was the last one here,” Messi commented at the end of the match.<\/p>\n
The captain of the albiceleste national team, who won the World Cup in 2022 held in Qatar, emphasized that the priority is “to feel good.” “And, above all, to be honest with myself. When I feel good, I enjoy it, and if I’m not good, I have a bad time and I prefer not to be. So we’ll see,” he added.<\/p>\n
“Go game after game. At this point, nine months go by very quickly and at the same time it’s a lot. I’ll see how I feel,” he said.<\/p>\n
Regarding his possible departure from the national team in the short term, he said: “It’s not something I like, that I want, or that I’m waiting for, but time goes by, it’s been many years, and well, sometimes I feel good, sometimes not so good, and it depends a lot on that.”<\/p>\n
Argentina’s next match will be against Ecuador in Guayaquil, with which the team led by Lionel Scaloni will close the qualifying phase as a prominent leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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