Lionel Messi: 2026 World cup is too far
Updated On: 04 February, 2023 08:36 AM IST | Buenos Aires | AP
World Cup-winning Argentine skipper Lionel Messi unsure of participating in next edition, but is keen to play in 2024 Copa America; backs coach Lionel Scaloni to continue guiding national team
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Lionel Messi may be in doubt as to whether he’ll be still playing for Argentina at the 2026 World Cup but he’s sure about one thing: he wants Lionel Scaloni to stay on as head coach until then, regardless. The 35-year-old Messi led Argentina to the title in Qatar last December and wasn’t entirely sure if his fifth trip to the World Cup would be his last. The next edition will take place in Mexico, Canada and the United States when Messi is 39. Messi told newspaper Olé in an interview published on Thursday that he’d regularly said his age would make it difficult to play another World Cup.
Long way to go
“I love playing football, I love what I do and while I am feeling well and feel I am fit and continue to enjoy it, I will do it. But it seems to be too much until the next World Cup,” he told the newspaper.
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