Argentina captain Lionel Messi spoke for the first time about the emotions he felt after his team’s shock 1-2 defeat to World No.51 Saudi Arabia at the World Cup recently. 

“We were very angry all these days after that result. We did not expect to start the World Cup with a defeat. The days became very long. We wanted to change the situation,” Messi said after equalising Argentine legend Diego Maradona’s record of eight World Cup goals, following his strike in their 2-0 win over Mexico on Saturday.