Messi speaks: “I knew God would give me a World Cup, I heard it…”

past 43 days from Lionel Messi lifted the most coveted trophy at Lusail Stadium. The image of the captain of the Argentine national team rising to the Olympus of football at the World Cup in Qatar is still fresh in all Argentines… and in him too. This Monday saw the light of the first interview that he gave as world champion and he acknowledged that …

“I always thank God. I knew he would give me a World Cup, I don’t know, I felt it”, Messi assured this, anticipating the intimate chat with conductor Andy Kusnetzoff on Urbana Play radio, which was recorded last Friday, in Paris, and will be on air from 11:00.

“It was crazy, people’s happiness, big people, kids, all ages, the happiness they had was inexplicable”added in another preview that has been listened (without video), in the preview.

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The backstage of the interview

“The truth is that December was very mobilizing for us. Sofía (Martínez) was at the World Cup, she had the opportunity to ask that question that went around the world, then came the story of Hernán (Casciari) who is It went viral and generated a reaction from Messi, then I told him that I had surgery in December and I couldn’t go to the final. All this happened in December.”started his program “Street Dogs”.

Kusnetzoff made an impromptu trip to the French capital last week, as he was on the Atlantic coast with his schedule and team. “The truth is that I was doing a file for my mother, who fell over Christmas, and I was trying to get her a wheelchair. Marcelo Méndez (Rosario’s press officer since 2014) called me, with whom he had asked for a interview with Lionel some time ago, and he told me that with the energy that was generated, they invited me to write the ticket to Paris”He explained.

The driver boarded a plane with his family (his wife Florencia and young children Elena and León), without knowing when the interview would be, because he had no longer had contact with the Albiceleste captain’s entourage. “One got into doubt, it seemed too big to me and I didn’t believe it until I saw it”She said.

What do I give Lionel? One feature of Andy’s visits to Messi throughout his career is to give him gifts. “I started designing a jacket, a pure sketch, which came out well. It has three stars but thin, you can’t see it. I didn’t want to go empty handed”revealed.