Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, who plays for the American club Inter Miami, was harshly criticized in his homeland until he became a world champion with Argentina in December 2022. The athlete spoke about this on December 1 in an interview with the TV channel ESPN.
“I felt bad, as did my family and loved ones. [Критики в Аргентине] were very unfair to an entire generation of players. They said a lot of bad things about me. “I don’t hold a grudge against them,” said the football player.
After Messi became the World Cup champion in 2022, the attitude towards the football player among Argentines has changed dramatically.
“I consider it a triumph that I changed this situation and won the favor of all the people of Argentina. Today, 95% or 100% of Argentines love me, and this is a wonderful feeling,” admitted Messi.
On October 31, it became known that the Argentine forward of the American club Inter Miami, Lionel Messi, won the Golden Ball prize for the best football player in the world, according to the French magazine France Football, for the eighth time. Previously, Messi won the prize for the best player in the world in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.
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