Messi: “I’m angry”

Leo Messi (35 years old) never tires of breaking records. After being the first Argentine footballer to play in five World Cup finals -2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022- and the first to score in four of them -2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022- , the Rosario’s star has been, before Polandto the Albiceleste player who has played the most games (22) in World Cups history, surpassing Diego Armando Maradonawho played a total of 21 in the four editions -1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994- in which he was present.

“I’m sure Maradona will be happy for me”

“I just found out. I didn’t know, it’s fun to continue achieving this kind of marks, records… I’m sure he -Maradona- would be very happy for me because he always shows me a lot of love and always happy for all the good things that happened to me”, he said about it Messi in the post game.

Also, Leo He admitted to leaving “with anger” for the missed penalty but was pleased with the classification. “I’m angry because I missed the penalty, I know a goal changes the whole game and makes you play in a different way. , like people, that he benched me. We played well, especially after the first goal, all of us. We’re back to what we used to be and what we were looking for at the start of the World Cup,” he analyzed.

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Messi claimed to know which is the round of 16 matches, matches Australia, It will be “very difficult. Whatever the opponent is, it is complicated, we are experiencing it ourselves. Tomorrow we will start preparing as we prepare all the games,” he said.

He wanted to highlight the group

Asked about scorers against Poland, Alexis McAllister Y Julian AlvarezLa Pulga wants to emphasize that “whoever plays, between the entries, will pay. It is very important because of the very short competition and with so many consecutive games it is good that we are all in this way. We know that the group is the most important thing “, he concluded at 10′.

Leo will play his 1,000th official match against Australia in the round of 16.