Lionel Messi, the captain of the Argentina national team, said a few days before the start of the World Cup in Qatar that they must be realistic, because we can pay dearly if we exaggerate our illusions and dreams and find ourselves outside the tournament. Messi explained in an interview with OLE a few days before the meeting with Al-Akhdar on November 22, at the start of the two teams’ journey to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, that the World Cup is a very difficult tournament and we have to be realistic and that we have to go the same way from the first match to the next, play with the same intensity and concentration, and I think that’s very important. Because it requires fighting throughout the tournament, because we are not going to become champions from the very beginning.
And about the team he expects to face in the 1/8 finals, be it France or Denmark, Messi replied: “It’s really wrong to think now about the 1/8 finals, but we have to think about the first leg and winning.” it, and I think it gives you peace of mind in the next step.
“Today we say that it can be this way and that, and then everything happens differently, and I think that what happens at the World Cup is something that no one imagines, and that the previous things rarely happen, so we have to think about the first match. .
On the lessons he learned from his four previous World Cup appearances, Messi said: “The first time I was very young, I loved it and had the desire to play and in the 2014 World Cup we performed very well.” and it was an unforgettable experience as I enjoyed it and the most important thing is to be with a strong and cohesive group that leads to an important goal in the end and today I feel a lot of similarities between this group and the 2014 group and I think that he learned to start the World Cup well and win the first game, and I think this is fundamental. He represents a lot for you for the World Cup. And Messi showed that he is a person who does not make promises and does not make promises, always believes that God decides everything, and that what is coming will come.
The captain of the Argentina national team spoke about the state of anxiety in his family before the start of the World Cup, which puts terrible pressure on him, noting that they are in a state of anxiety asking about the first and second matches, and they are constantly watching videos of the team’s matches.
At the end of his interview, Messi sent a message to the Argentines, saying: “I’m just as excited as you are. Well, let’s hope that we, as always, will give it our all and fight.”
