“I know I don’t have much time left in football. As the Spanish would say – every year that passes is a gift. Playing football after the age of 35 is a gift“ said Cristiano Ronaldo yesterday after the friendly game between Portugal and Ireland. This was bascially the first serious statement about the ending of his career, which is approaching fast, considering that the Al-Nassr forward is 39 years old. And his football nemesis accross the ocean Lionel Messi is thinking the same. Hard-to-swallow pill: Messi admits Real Madrid are the best in the worldThe three year younger Argentine also spoked about the career-ending moment, and admitted he is afraid of that moment. He even revealed which his final club will be. “Yes, as of today, I think Inter Miami is going to be my last club. I’ve done this all of my life; I love playing ball. I enjoy the practices and the day-to-day, the games. Yeah, there’s a bit of fear that it’s all ending. It’s always there. It was a difficult step leaving Europe to come here. The fact we won the World Cup helped, it helped a lot, to see things in another way. But I try not to think about it. I try to enjoy it. I do that more now because I’m aware that there’s not a lot of time left. So I have a good time with the club, being lucky having good teammates and friends at my side. I enjoy my time with the national team, where I also have good friends, too, and a lot. I enjoy those small details that I know I’ll miss when I stop playing“ he said in an interview for ESPN Argentina. I know I don’t have much time left in football, every year after 35 is a giftMessi has won many trophies in his career with Barcelona and PSG and in 2022 he finally won the only one he was missing – the World Cup title. So now, when he reads that Kylian Mbappe said that that EURO is “more difficult than a World Cup”, he disagrees. “Well, everybody prioritizes their tournament. Obviously, the Euro is very important and has the best teams, but he’s leaving out three-time champion Argentina, five-time champion Brazil, two-time champion Uruguay. There are a lot of world champions left off to say that it’s the most difficult tournament. The best teams play in the World Cup, which generally includes all the world champions. There’s a reason everybody wants to be champions” he said. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8154672##
