Lionel Messi: “We can say that Argentina is the best, but that does not mean that we will win the Copa America easily”

Lionel Messi was interviewed by an Argentinian journalist Marcelo Tinelli at the Meridien Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, in an interview broadcast on the night of Tuesday, June 18 on the channel 'America TV'.

Argentina will open their Copa America campaign against Canada and the Inter Miami Star covered a range of topics ahead of the tournament.

Copa America

“Today we can say that we are the best, but that does not mean that we will win easily. It will be a very balanced match, all the teams are very tough,” he said.

Qatar 2022 World Cup

“I felt it a lot. A lot of people told me that. My own teammates said, ‘I want to win the World Cup even more because of him.’ I’ve always been grateful for the love I’ve received throughout my career.”

Final against France in Doha

“This is football and it happens. Everything happens for a reason and everything is written. If it is meant to happen, it will happen. It is already written. God planned for it to happen this way.”

2026 World Cup

“I don't know what's going to happen in two years, I don't know how I'll be physically, if I'll be able to continue contributing, that's why I don't know if I'll be there.”

Neymar

“It's a shame [about his injury that will keep him out of this Copa America]. Brazil have a million players. They have a lot of them, because they always bring in players. Even though Ney it's not here, they have a million options. Brazil It's a very strong and very competitive team.”

About his retirement from football

“I live day by day and I don't think about what might happen. Even though age is a number, I feel very good.”

Training camps

“Here, we stay up late. We play a lot of truco. I defend myself and I like it. I am conservative. We play three. I usually play with Rodrigo De Paul And Leandro Paredes. I like him a lot and in a way I'm going to miss him.

Her personality

“Just yesterday I lost a small match in training and it made me angry. I like to win, to compete. At some point I'm a bit moody, I get angry and after a while it passes and I wonder why I got so angry. It happens to me with the matches at Inter Miami.”

His children and their temperaments

“During the matches, I don't say anything to them. Afterwards, we discuss, we comment. But it also depends on the moment and the way we tell them. They all have a different character. Thiago He is much more sensitive and if you tell him something bad, he assimilates it in a worse way. He is more touchy, but he already realizes when he does something good or bad and tries to talk to me. Mateo. I can tell him anything and he doesn't care what I say, good or bad. He takes it the same way. Cyril “He's the one who is most like me in terms of character. He has elements of my character.”