By Gerardo Romero
07 Jun 2024, 12:34 PM EDT
The Argentine striker and star of Inter Miami of the Major League Soccer (MLS), Lionel Messi, surprised all his fans by revealing that the most important team in the history of soccer is Real Madrid and they demonstrated this after beating Borussia Dortmund at Wembley to win the 15th Champions League of his career to continue expanding his legacy as the club that has won the most titles in this tournament.
These statements were made by the attacker during an interview offered for Infobae as part of the concentration that the Argentine national team is carrying out as part of its preparation for the Copa América 2024 that will take place in the United States and will start on June 20. ; During it he was asked what he considered to be the best team on the planet.
“If you talk about results, it is Madrid. If you talk by game, I personally like Guardiola’s City and I think that any team where Guardiola is will be special because of the way he is, the way he trains and the way he makes his teams play. At a playing level, for me, City is the best. For results, Madrid,” Messi said.
During the interview he also revealed that during the time he played for FC Barcelona he had to be treated by a psychologist to be able to deal with all the pressure he experienced every day for being the highest figure of the institution and especially for the demands that He felt from the fans that they always expected the best from him to be able to win and become champions of La Liga and the other tournaments in which they participated.
“The truth is that I went at a time when I was in Barcelona a long time ago. I had never tried it, I was very reluctant to all that. I did not like it. I am a person who keeps everything inside and I eat both the good and the bad. But when I went it was very good for me, I liked it a lot, it has helped me a lot,” added the Argentine striker.
Finally, Lionel Messi spoke about the expectations of being able to be part of the 2026 World Cup, which will be held jointly in the United States, Mexico and Canada; He explained that he does not know if he will be able to compete in this tournament to seek the two-time championship and all this will be supported according to his physical condition and his state of health at that time.
“It depends on how I feel, how I am physically and being realistic with myself. And to know if I am up to the task of being able to compete and help the teammates next to me,” he commented.
“Life goes on. I had to continue in Paris, I had to live here and continue trying to achieve things, win. Now we have another challenge with the national team, to be able to try to win another Copa América. But at the same time, being a world champion… For me, it felt like feeling fulfilled, I achieved everything,” he concluded.
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