Lionel Messi, the star of Paris Saint-Germain and the Argentine national team, confirmed that his country will be fully prepared with the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on November 20.
Argentina is in Group C, along with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland.
Messi said in a press statement, "We are ready to face any opponent. The technical staff is working hard to impose its style, regardless of the opponent. The World Cup is a difficult tournament, small details that may lead to exit, but this team is ready to compete and will fight hard."
The former Barcelona scorer and star of the French capital team added, “In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, there was more talk about the ease of the Argentina group, but things were not like that. In the hearts of the players and go through the rest of the journey with calm nerves."
Messi pointed out that winning the Copa America last year is a wonderful moment, the victory changes everything and makes things go well, noting that the Argentina national team performed a great performance in previous versions of the World Cup and Copa America, but the difference is that this generation was lucky to win the Copa title. America, explaining, "It is an exceptional moment for me after I achieved everything with Barcelona, and I was subjected to severe criticism after every failure with the national team."
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Champions League
On his Paris Saint-Germain team, the Argentine captain explained that the team's goal is clear, which is to win the Champions League, and said, "Last season, we came out with a shocking scenario because of small details after playing two great matches against Real Madrid."
He added, "It is an exceptional season, because the World Cup will be held in the winter, but the Champions League is a difficult competition, the best does not always win the title, the details are important, and one mistake may cost you out, but we are ready for difficult moments, and we can be up to the responsibility."
It is noteworthy that the Argentine national team is considered one of the best teams in the World Cup in history.
Argentina is participating for the 18th time out of 22 copies of the World Cup held so far, since the first edition in 1930, in which he was runner-up, followed by another participation in 1934 and exited from the first round.
The team continued its continuous appearance in the World Cup, and participated in the 1958 and 1962 editions, and was eliminated from the group stage. In the 1966 edition, it reached the quarter-finals, after which it was absent from the 1970 edition.
He returned in the 1978 version, and crowned the title on his home soil, then exited from the second round in the Spanish version in 1982, to return and crowned for the second time in his history in the 1986 version, then finished as runners-up in the 1990 version.
And between 1994 and 2010, Argentina faltered between the group stage, the quarter-finals and the round of 16 until they reached the runner-up in the 2014 edition of Brazil.
In the last edition of 2018, Messi and the stars came out of the round of 16 again against France, which won the title.