Messi: "It will surely be my last World Cup"

MADRID, 6 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Argentine striker Leo Messi acknowledges a certain "anxiety" and "nerves" for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar that begins in a month and a half, which he sees as his last chance to be world champion since "surely" it will be the last of his career .

"Surely this is my last World Cup," he said in an interview with STAR published this Thursday. The PSG player confessed that it will be his last chance to take Argentina to the top that they haven't tasted since 1986. "There is anxiety, nerves about the World Cup. It's the last one and how it's going to go. We can't wait for it to arrive , but there is the cagazo of which it goes to us well", aimed.

The captain of Argentina spoke in this way about the pressure they have to play a good role, favorite "as always" on paper, in search of the third star. Messi, 35, trusted in the options of the albiceleste to become champion. "We arrived at a good time, with a very armed and very strong group," said the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner.

"Anything can happen. All the games are very difficult. The favorites are not always the ones who end up winning or going the way you expected. I don't know if we are the big candidates, but Argentina is always a candidate, because of its history and what it means But we are not the top favourites, there are other teams that are above us," he added.

The PSG player pointed out that he will arrive at an ideal time for the tournament that starts on November 20, where Argentina shares Group C with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. "I feel good, physically, I was able to have a very good preseason this year that I hadn't been able to do the year before, it was fundamental to start in a different way and to arrive as I did, with a lot of mentality and a lot of enthusiasm," he concluded.