Leo Messi He gave the first interview after proclaiming himself champion of the World. Speaking to TyC Sportsthe Argentine has reviewed the entire competition and the grand final or, as he has described, the day that everything changed.
Despite the joy of winning the title, the international has assured that he did not like what happened in the match against netherlands, where the tension left many controversial images for history. Among them, the Topo Gigio to Van Gaal or his pique with Weghorst.
“I didn’t think about it, he came out at the moment. I know that he knew everything that they had commented before the game, what he (Van Gaal) had commented. Even some of my classmates told me ‘Did you see what he said’, by the way. And well, when all that ends I don’t like what I did, I don’t like the ‘and para all’ and all that. But hey, these are moments of great tension, a lot of nervousness and everything happens very quickly. One reacts as one reacts, but nothing was planned. It was giving I don’t like to leave that image but these are things that also happen”, explained Messi.
I don’t like the ‘and para all’ and all that
The Argentine has acknowledged that he has not seen the final game again and that the night before the match he slept well and did nothing special. “I saw summaries, plays, people’s celebrations when we were world champions, but the final itself, the 90 minutes, I didn’t see them again,” he said. Besides, he has remembered a lot about Maradona throughout the interview. “I would have liked that, if he didn’t give me the Cup, at least see all this. I think that from above, both he and many people who love me were strong, not only for this but for everything in general.”
Messi He has also remembered the moment in which he kissed the trophy. “I saw her there and I couldn’t not do what I did. The Cup called me She told me ‘That’s it, come and grab me, now you can touch it’. I saw her there that she was shining, that she was startling in that beautiful stadium and I didn’t think about it, I went to kiss her because I passed by her. She needed it”, he recalled. The international has described all the festivities as madness after arriving in Argentina.
His family
Messi He has also shown his most personal side and has explained how his children and his wife lived the World. “It was an incredible month for me and my family. Thiago I was crazy. See how he enjoyed it, how he felt it, how he suffered… because after the game with Holland cried. EITHER Matthew doing the math after the match we lost against arabian. Cyrus He is the one who understands the least, but the other two experienced it as fans. Suffering, living it to the fullest, enjoying it. Even when we went back to Paris we extract the days in Qatar. We had a great time “; she has recalled.
I said that I knew that God was going to give me a World Cup
In addition, the international has shown his great faith. “I had said it once. I think it was before 2014. I said that I knew that God he was going to give me a world“, he stated.
I had a million messages on Instagram and it ended up blocking me
Finally, Messi explained that he had a million messages from instagram and it was blocked. There were messages that I didn’t get to see, it was crazy. “It’s something very nice that other athletes recognize you in that way. I’m not much of answering or commenting on photos, at most a like“.
