Messi: “We are happy where we are”

Leo Messinew reinforcement of between miamihas not specified when he will leave the senior team with which he won the World Cup in Qatar 2022, although due to his age he admitted that “it will be for a short time”, as he declared in the program ‘Key to eternity . ‘, on Public TV,

“Logically, due to age, it will be in a short time, but I don’t know exactly when that moment will be. I simply think about day to day, and enjoying all this that we are experiencing,” explained the world champion . . “I think it will happen when it should happen, after having achieved everything in recent times, the only thing left is to enjoy and, as I always say, God will tell when that moment is,” he added .

The 10 will be unveiled this Sunday at Lockhart Stadium in Florida. He will be reunited with coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, who, in addition to sharing his love for Newell’s Old Boys, directed Messi at FC Barcelona (2013-2014) and the Albiceleste between 2014 and 2016.

Messi said, yes, that if he does not become world champion he will leave the national team because it is a very stressful situation for him and his family. The World Cup is the only trophy he has yet to win.

“If I’m not a world champion, I won’t be there anymore. The national team for me is the best and there are times that are very bad for me. When I was at my best in Barcelona, ​​​​​​where I won Champions, league, individual awards, but I It’s time to go to the national team, and I suffered a lot and my family also suffered,” he said.

Part of the questions were asked by their colleagues through pre-recorded video messages. A consultation of winger Nahuel Molina revealed a strange aspect in the quarterfinal match against the Netherlands.

“Did you see or hear me before you gave me the pass?” The question is who opened the scoring in that match. And Messi commented: “I saw that he continued the race, I understood that at that moment the most normal thing was to give the pass to the side. It seemed appropriate to try to bring it to him because I think the whole defense waiting for someone else, but I didn’t listen, I saw”.

The captain referred to the bitter pill that meant a 1-2 defeat on debut in Saudi Arabia. “We came from 35 or 36 without losing, and we didn’t know how we would react in a difficult moment, because, luckily, we hadn’t been until then,” he recalled. “There are a lot of guys who are playing their first World Cup and the match against Arabia is very difficult because of that. Like it or not, anxiety or nervousness appears because of what it means, but this group showed that they don’t did. care about anything and that they are very strong.” , he said.

Adidas and Apple, their benefactors

Finally, he spoke about his future at Inter Miami with his family: “We are happy with the decision we made and eager to face the new challenge. My mentality and my head will not change and I will try, wherever I have to give everything for myself and for the club, continue to perform at the highest level”.

With the American team, he will earn between 50 and 60 million dollars a year, including shares in the club, an amount that will be partially covered by the sportswear company Adidas and the technology company Apple. Messi will make his debut on July 21 in the Leagues Cup against Mexican club Cruz Azul.