{"id":1025,"date":"2022-12-19T14:12:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2022-12-19T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:12:46","slug":"lionel-messi-keen-on-continuing-love-story-with-the-albeceleste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/lionel-messi-keen-on-continuing-love-story-with-the-albeceleste\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi keen on continuing love story with the Albeceleste"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Messi led side to shootout victory over France after epic final<\/li>\n<li>\u2018I want to enjoy a couple more matches being world champion\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi will not retire immediately from international football after finally capping an extraordinary career with Argentina\u2019s first World Cup since 1986, preferring to soak up the glory for at least a while longer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On a dizzying night in Lusail it seemed more than once that Messi could be denied the fulfilment of a lifelong dream at the fifth attempt. But he added to his two goals and virtuoso all-round performance in regulation time with a penalty during a successful shootout against France and afterwards confirmed his 172nd cap was not his last.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously I wanted to complete my career with this \u2013 I can\u2019t ask for more,\u201d he said. \u201cFinishing my career this way is impressive. After this, what else? I have a Copa Am\u00e9rica, a World Cup, almost at the very end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love football, what I do. I enjoy being part of the national team, the group. I want to enjoy a couple more matches being a world champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Messi has previously claimed Qatar 2022 would be his last World Cup and there is no indication he will continue beyond the short-to-medium term. But his manager, Lionel Scaloni, made clear the door would be open in three and a half years\u2019 time if he made himself available for the 2026 edition. Messi will turn 39 during that tournament, which will take place in the US, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to save him a spot for the [next] World Cup,\u201d he said. \u201cIf he wants to keep playing, he will be with us. He is more than entitled to decide if he wants to keep playing and what he wants to do with his career. It is such a huge pleasure to coach him. Everything he transmits to his teammates is something unparalleled that I have never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scaloni, who was visibly emotional at points of his post-match press conference, said positivity was key to Argentina\u2019s recoveries when they were twice pulled back from the brink of victory. He also hailed the self-confidence of his goalkeeper, Emiliano Mart\u00ednez, who saved Kingsley Coman\u2019s spot kick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told them we had to be optimistic, that is the main thing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe knew if we played our game we were going to create chances, going on the attack. In the shootout it was the same thing; we had to remain calm [even though] before it we conceded another goal. Emiliano is a very positive guy and told his teammates he was going to save some penalties. We had so many players who were ready and willing to take them and it shows the trust we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At times Scaloni\u2019s players seemed spurred by a supernatural fervour. \u201cThis squad played for the Argentina flag,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone is pulling for the whole country. This is the greatest pride. The players broke their backs because they understood what they had to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scaloni and Mart\u00ednez admitted Argentina had \u201csuffered\u201d, although the goalkeeper said he had been \u201ccalm\u201d when facing France\u2019s penalties. Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni also dragged a spot kick wide.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina headed to an organised parade along Lusail Boulevard, adjacent to the venue of their success, two hours after full-time and Scaloni said he would be \u201copen to what the players have to say\u201d about further celebrations in their home country, where they are certain to be received ecstatically.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>This article was first published by The Guardian Sports but reproduced by kick442.com as an official media partner.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messi led side to shootout victory over France after epic final \u2018I want to&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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