A few weeks have passed but Lionel Messi still takes as much pleasure in returning to the climax of his career, this World Cup which he was finally able to lift, at 35, after so many disappointments in the selection.

The Argentinian thus took a long time, in his Parisian house, to receive the local newspaper

Ole

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A river interview emerged, published on Wednesday by the Argentine media and in which Messi notably returned to his return to Paris, which was necessarily special.

"A little ashamed to be the center of attention"

We can indeed imagine the contradictory emotions felt between the pride of having won the most trophy of his career and the slight embarrassment of finding himself so quickly in the country just beaten in the final.

Thus, the Argentinian recognizes that he was not very comfortable at the time of the small celebration organized by PSG for his return to training, in the middle of a guard of honor and with the presentation of a small trophy.

“I don't really like those things.

Although obviously I enjoyed it a lot, and it was something very nice.

I'm a bit ashamed to be the center of attention and to be treated this way, Messi admitted.

But it was good to have the recognition of all the people who work there with us and of my colleagues from Paris.

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A 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐞 𝐝'𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 for our world champion!

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Another special moment for him was meeting Kylian Mbappé, the other great man of this World Cup.

But the reunion was rather warm.

The Frenchman asked him about the days following the coronation and the atmosphere in Buenos Aires.

Among others.

“We talked about the game, the festivities, how people had experienced this title in Argentina and everything that had been prepared for us.

Nothing more, but [with Kylian] it's going well, really well, ”assures the Argentine captain.

The latter is in any case well placed to know that when you have lost a match of such importance, you do not want to hear about it all day long.

"I was on the other side too, I lost a world final [in 2014] and I remember I didn't want to know anything about it.

That's why I don't want to talk too much about it either, he notes.

But the truth is that there is no problem with Kylian, quite the contrary.

That's all France wanted to know.

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  • World Cup 2022

  • Soccer

  • Lionel Messi

  • Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG)

  • Kylian Mbappe

  • Sport