Messi responded to Mbappé, who had said that the Euro Cup is more difficult than the World Cup

In advance of the start of the Copa América 2024, Lionel Andrés Messi gave a new interview, in which he not only spoke about what is coming to the Argentine team in the near future, with his spirits through the roof after managing to win the the Qatar 2022 World Cup, but also referred to the future of his career, which unfortunately for everyone is beginning to come to an end due to his age.

In a special program, the captain of the team led by Lionel Scaloni He confessed to journalist Martín Arévalo that He is not “ready to leave football”and that having won the World Cup in Qatar was one of the reasons that decided him to leave the high competition in Europe to go to the MLS.

But also, when asked about the controversial phrase of Kylian Mbappéwho had minimized the South American teams for the second consecutive time, stating that the Euro Cup is more difficult than winning a World Cup, where the best 32 teams on the planet participate, Leo chose to respond with his arguments.

“What did Mbappé say? He had also said that South American teams do not play high-level matches. Each one gives importance to the competition they play in, the Euro Cup is very important but it is leaving out Argentina, 3-time world champion. He is leaving out Brazil, 5-time world champion. And it is leaving out Uruguay, 2-time world champion. There are too many world champions out there to say that it is the most difficult. The best are in the World Cup, there’s a reason everyone wants to be World Champion.”explained the best player in the world.

“I’ve done this all my life, I enjoy the training sessions, the games. The fear of it all being over is always there”Leo later acknowledged, who seems much more relaxed since he has been playing for Inter Miami, although due to his way of being he has never lost the competitive spirit that has always characterized him.

The 36-year-old star arrived at the American franchise last July, from PSG and after failing to complete his return to Barcelona.

Now, Leo sees it as almost impossible as a player to be able to return to the “Culé” club, as well as putting an end to the dream of Newell’s Old Boys fans and of all Argentine football to see him in red and black, in his native country: “Inter Miami It’s going to be my last club.”he claimed.