“I made a mistake and wished Maradona would attend.” Messi recalls the memories of the World Cup in Qatar

In a television interview, the Argentine player, Lionel Messi, recalled the most important moments of the Qatar World Cup 2022. He admitted that he made a mistake during the final match with the Netherlands, and expressed his happiness at the coronation, in which he wished Maradona would attend to hand him the cup.

Argentine star Lionel Messi admitted that his behavior during the match between his country and the Netherlands in the recent World Cup finals in Qatar did not please him, and that he was not satisfied with what happened.

This came in Messi's first interview since winning the World Cup with Urbana Play , which is broadcast from the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, during which he recalled the memories of the Qatar World Cup.

Messi admitted that what happened between him and the former coach of the Netherlands national team, Louis van Gaal, and player Wouter Figurst, after the World Cup quarter-final match, he did not like.

Messi celebrated in front of Van Gaal after scoring the second goal by placing his hands behind his ears, which is the way Argentine player Juan Riquelme used to celebrate, who had a strong disagreement with the Dutch veteran in the past.

After the match, Messi dealt sharply with Figurst, telling him during a press interview, "What are you looking at, you idiot? Go away, you idiot," a phrase that spread widely throughout the world.

Messi said: "My celebration in front of Van Gaal was spontaneous, and I did it after my colleagues told me what the Dutch coach said before the match."

He added, "In fact, I saw what I did, I did not like what happened to me, but it was an automatic response at that time, which was overshadowed by tension and bickering."

"If only Maradona was among us"

And the best player in the world 7 times, and a strong candidate to win the eighth Golden Ball in his career, confirmed that he had not watched the final match of the World Cup yet.

Messi scored two goals in that match, and also successfully hit his penalty kick.

And about that, Messi said, "I watched the summary of the match and the celebrations of the fans when we were world champions, but the match itself I did not watch again."

He added, "If Maradona had been among us, he would have given me the trophy. It would have remained a very wonderful image. He and all my loved ones are strongly encouraging me."

And about the moment when Messi kissed the cup, he said, "She called me and said to me, 'Come now, you can catch me and touch me,' so I went to her immediately and kissed her. She was brilliant and beautiful on the field."

Messi touched on the way his family lived the atmosphere of the Qatar World Cup, stressing that it was "a wonderful month for us. Thiago and Mateo lived as real fans, while Sir is the least understood among them, but in the end we lived the moment to the fullest, suffered and enjoyed, even when we returned to Paris." We remember our days in Qatar."

And Messi returned to say that he was confident that he would win the World Cup, and said: "I said it before, and I think before 2014, I said that I knew that God would give me the World Cup."

Messi commented on the penalty shootout, saying: "Before the decisive kick, I looked at the sky and prayed to God that Montell succeed in scoring it, so that we would not suffer."

And he added, "That day everything changed for me. I achieved what I dreamed of throughout my career. I slept comfortably, and I felt that I had done everything, for the moment of winning the World Cup."

million messages

Al-Barghout revealed a surprise related to his official Instagram account, and what happened to him after winning the World Cup.

He said, "My Instagram account was banned because of the large number of messages. More than a million messages reached me, and people wanted to see me with the World Cup."

It is noteworthy that one of Messi's posts on Instagram, in which he appeared raising the World Cup, received unprecedented interaction, and was admired by more than 75 million followers, which is the highest number in the history of the platform.

Messi generally shone in the 2022 World Cup finals, scoring 7 goals, with which he led the Argentine national team to crown the cup for the third time in the history of “Tango”, after the 1978 and 1986 World Cups, and won the award for best player in the tournament.