Lionel Messi’s sincerity on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: the memory of Maradona, the hit of ‘Muchachos’ and the message to himself as a teenager

From 18 December i Argentina national team lifted the World Cup for the third time there is a question or statement that haunts the mind of most football fans: What would Diego Arrmando Maradona have done or said?. And it’s also something that goes through the captain’s head Lionel Messiwho this Monday acknowledged that he would like him to be physically present during Qatar 2022.

“I would have liked Diego to have been there, I think that if he had been there he would have given me the Cup, but if not he would have at least seen Argentina as world champions, with whom he loved the national team and wanted these things. I think from above both he and many people who love me and want good for me have been strong for this and for everything in general, but above all they in this World Cup”assured Rosario during his interview on the radio ‘Urbana Play’.

The presence of Maradona -who died on November 25, 2020- was constant with Scaloneta, even in the blow of ‘Muchachos’ who accompanied the Albiceleste’s journey in this path dreamed of winning the Copa América 2021, the Final and the World Cup in Qatar.

“The song is very beautiful, I had said before the World Cup that I liked it a lot, but it hadn’t gone so viral. But little by little people sang it more and everyone was at the World Cup, even if they didn’t speak Spanish. It’s an infectious rhythm and everyone was in agreement”said the “Flea”.

In this context, Messi also revealed what he would say to his teenage self, the one who traveled with his dream of becoming a professional footballer all the way to Barcelona, ​​leaving his life in Rosario behind.

“That something extraordinary awaits you, that you could not imagine, that you will have a very beautiful path in your profession, with difficult moments that you will have to overcome, but that you will never give up on your dreams because in the end you will have your most desired reward and it will have a happy ending, like it’s a movie”hill.