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Lionel Messi speaks on if he will play at the World Cup with Argentina

Lionel Messi spoke about if he will be playing at the World Cup with the Argentina national team.

Messi scored twice for Argentina in their 3-0 win against Venezuela in his final World Cup qualifying match in Argentina. With that goal, Messi has now scored for 20 consecutive years with the Argentina national team, with five matches remaining in the year.

The Argentine confirmed that he will not play against Ecuador in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier. Speaking to the media in the mixed zone after the match, Messi was asked about if he would play in the next World Cup qualifiers. Here is what he had to say:

“It’s a natural question. Due to my age, my time is running out. There’s still a long way to go before the next qualifiers. I can confirm that I won’t be there. Now I’m taking each day as it comes. I hope to have a good preseason.

“I never said whether or not I would make it to the World Cup, I simply said that I was going to take each day as it came. I always said that, given my age, the most logical or natural thing was that I wouldn’t make it.”

1 Comment

  1. Leo paredes was so good but for me thaigo almada was the pick of the night what a player probably most talented Argentina play after messi right now I loved palacios he carred on what leo paredes left for palacios is so so underrated I liked G Simeone played as wing back
    Franco mastantuono still raw ne needs time remember he is 18 years when messi made his Argentina debut mastantuono wasn’t even born wow and they played together tonight

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