09/08/2021 20:14
Clarín.com
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Updated 09/08/2021 20:20
Lionel Messi spoke.
And when he speaks, everyone listens carefully.
The 10th of the Argentine National Team, the best footballer in the world, took a little while to chat with the ESPN signal about various issues one day after the presentation of the national team against Bolivia at the Monumental, for a new date of the South American Qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
"We are seeing that everything is crazy. A pity that it cannot be a full stadium due to the pandemic. Everything comes together, but with a lot of desire to enjoy all that."
The absence of the family in the Copa América
"I would have loved that my family and my wife could be in the Copa América. We talked about the price they had to pay. They had always been there and it had not been given. And without them we could be champions. A pity. For me and for the rest. of my colleagues, who lived the same ".
"DAD, YOU WERE CHAMPION" the pride of Leo Messi and the happiness of his children after the coronation in Brazil.
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The champion group and the previous ones
"There is an incredible group that began to appear in the Copa América in 2019. Before there was also a spectacular group, in 2014, 2015, 2016. A group of friends. The group became stronger. We had reached the finals, in the same way . What happens is that when you win it is seen differently. Unfortunately, although it is not like that, many notice that ".
The best Messi
"I don't know what to say, because although the objectives were not met, I had many good moments. In the 2015 Copa América I had good moments, just like in 2016. The World Cup ... Today (the National Team) finds me in a moment that I grew much more as a player, that I look or play differently. I tried to assimilate and add other things to my game. I don't know which one I prefer. I had a lot of good moments and others not so good, obviously. "
Discomfort over the past
"There was a part of journalism that treated us as failures, they said that we did not feel the shirt and that we did not have to play anymore. We tried to do our best, to be champions. We were the first to want to be champions. Not everything happens to win or lose. It is difficult to win a Copa América or a World Cup. We believe that we are the best in the world, and we have to recognize that we are not the best. It is not easy to win it. There are teams that compete. We were not the worst before and now we are the best. We had lucky to win, but you have to keep growing. There are many teams that are very good, who compete as equals. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. The important thing is to leave everything and be satisfied with what you delivered. If not It was possible, it was not possible, win only one, reaching the final of a Copa América or World Cup is no small thing.And until now it had not been valued. The opposite was said. "
How do you imagine the Monumental vs.
Bolivia
"The truth is that I do not know what will happen. We do not have much information either. People are going to be crazy, just like us. First we have to think about winning the three points to continue adding. You deviate a little and it becomes much more complicated . First you have to win the three points to continue adding and getting comfortable. We are close to qualifying. We have to enjoy the people, the Cup that was won and everything we can. It was what I dreamed of since I started playing with the Selection: celebrate a title. We had been close many times, we were not lucky. Now that it happened, we have to enjoy it to the fullest ".
The holidays post title
"It was the first thing I said to the boys. Happy holidays from the first day to the last. It always touched me without being able to achieve objectives, bitter and not wanting anything. They were different from beginning to end."