When a footballer is 35 years old and is playing at the World Cup, it’s kind of obvious that this will probably be his last one. If Arsen Wenger’s wish came true and World Cup was switched to a every two years tournament, maybe Lionel Messi would participate in another one, but arguably the best footballer doesn’t have any second thoughts – he doesn’t plan to participate in the WC 2026 at the age of 39 (don’t count out Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo thou). Lionel Messi confirms Qatar will be his last World Cup:”Surely, this will be my final World Cup.” pic.twitter.com/65bAX3Hz2u— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 6, 2022 PSG forward gave an interview for Star + and officially confirmed what all of us knew, but hoped not to be true, that this will be his last big tournament. Many football fans around the world, not just in Argentina will root for Messi’s country this season, just so they can see Leo winning the last big trophy he lacks – champion of the world. At the club level, he won everything he could, broke a ‘sea’ of records, but he was always mentioned for his lack of trophies with the national team. After two defeats in the Copa America final, Messi managed to win both in the middle of Brazil, now he has the world crown left.„If it is my last World Cup? Yes, surely yes, surely yes. I feel good physically, I can have a very good preseason this year that I hadn’t done the year before because of how everything went, I started training late, playing without rhythm, with the tournament already started, then I went to the national team, when I came back I had an injury and I never finished starting” he said for Star+.Scaloni: Let’s enjoy Messi while he lasts, he will be missed like FedererThe world’s best player points out that even thou this will be his last big event with the national team, he is still anxious and can’t wait to leave for Qatar. Being pretty experienced, the Argentinian didn’t want to put additional pressure on himself and his teammates by declaring his team as favorites. „I am counting the days for the World Cup, the truth is, there is a little anxiety of wanting it to be now and the nerves of saying well, we’re here, what’s going to happen, it’s the last one, how is it going to go and yes, we can’t wait for it to arrive. I don’t know if we are the great candidates, but Argentina in itself is always a candidate for history, for what it means, more now at the moment we arrived, but we are not the favorites, I think there are other teams that are above“ admitted Messi. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6697268##
