Messy with Kapuprapich; The player will not play the World Cup once more
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi had earlier hinted that the World Cup in Qatar would be the last of his career. However, reports emerged later that if the player might not win the World Cup for the country before retiring, he might play in the 2026 World Cup as well.
New reports come following Messi announced that this will be his last World Cup following the semi-final match once morest Croatia yesterday.
Messi said to the media that he has to wait for many more years for the next World Cup and because he does not know if he will be able to play then, he wants to return happily following winning this World Cup title. Messi was speaking at a press conference following the win once morest Croatia.
“I am very happy to have made it to the finals. The next World Cup tournament will have to wait for a few more years. I don’t know if I will be able to play then. So I want to make a good progress in this World Cup and win the title in the final. I want to retire from the World Cup happily,’ said Messi.
Meanwhile, Julian Alvarez scored a double and superstar Lionel Messi scored a penalty.
At the beginning of the thirtieth minute, Alvarez’s progress, which secured the goal, was fouled by Croatian goalkeeper Livakovic inside the box, and the referee awarded a penalty.
Messi took the penalty kick and scored the ball easily. This is Messi’s fifth goal of the World Cup and his third from the penalty spot.
The second goal was entirely Alvarez’s. Alvarez got the ball from outside the box, tricked two Croatian defenders and beat the goalie Livakovic to reach the box.
Alvarez’s second goal was scored in the 69th minute. Messi paved the way for this goal. The ball received from the half of the right side of the ground was easily passed by the Croatian defenders and Messi gave it to Alvarez. Alvarez finished with ease and the scoreboard read 3-0.
With this win, Argentina looked to avenge their loss in the 2018 group stage. Argentina lost 3-0 to Croatia in the second match of the group stage.
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