“I count the days for the World Cup. There is anxiety and nerves at the same time. Wanting it to be now, what is going to happen, it is the last one, how is it going to go,” he added.
Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Messi, 35, will play in Qatar for the fifth World Cup of his career and will become the Argentine with the most appearances, surpassing the four of Diego Maradona and Javier Mascherano.
With the Argentine national team, the “Flea” played 19 World Cup matches, scored 6 goals and the best position in the competition was the second place achieved in Brazil in 2014, for which Qatar would be his last chance to lift the trophy.
We are not the favorites, I think there are other teams that are above us
“We arrived at a very good time because of how everything happened, with a very well-armed and very strong group, but anything can happen in a World Cup,” said the Paris Saint Germain striker.
“We are not the top favourites, I think there are other teams that are above us today, but we are very close,” he concluded.
I count the days until the World Cup. There is anxiety and nerves at the same time
Argentina, which reaches the highest event in football after winning the Copa América 2021 and the Finalissima 2022, is part of Group C of the World Cup group stage with Poland, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.