Lionel Messi’s emotional letter, with a nod to Maradona: “This Cup also belongs to Diego who encouraged us from heaven”

Almost simultaneously with the departure of the caravan of champions through the city of Buenos Aires, Lionel Messi shared a emotional message on the path he traveled until he reached the long-awaited World Cup in Qatar 2022.

In the text, the Argentine captain underlined that he has spent almost three decades as a footballer, in which he has had “many joys and some sadness”. “I’ve always had the dream of being world champion and I didn’t want to stop trying, even though I knew it could never happen,” she said.

He also recalled his colleagues from 2014 and stated that heThe Cup “also belongs to Diego who encouraged us from heaven”, paraphrasing one of the verses of “Muchachos” the catchphrase of Argentine fans during the World Cup.

The full text of the letter

From Grandoli to the World Cup in Qatar almost 30 years have passed. It has been almost three decades in which dance has given me many joys and also some sadness. I’ve always had the dream of becoming a world champion and I didn’t want to stop trying, even though I knew it might never happen.

This Cup that we have won is also for all those who have not reached it in the previous World Cups that we have played, such as in 2014 in Brazil, where everyone deserved it for how they fought until the final, worked hard and wanted as much as I have I did… And we deserved it even in that cursed ending.

It’s also from Diego who encouraged us from heaven. And of all those who have always financed the national team without looking so much at the result but rather at the desire we’ve always put into it, even when things didn’t go the way we wanted.

And, of course, it’s from all this beautiful group that has been formed and from the coaching staff and all the people of the national team who, being anonymous, work day and night to make things easier for us.

Many times failure is part of the journey and learning, and without disappointment success is impossible to come.

Heartfelt thanks! Come on Argentina!!!