Lionel Messi could play in the 2026 World Cup

Argentine star Lionel Messi left open the possibility of playing in the 2026 World Cup, although he accepted that it will be “difficult” considering that, by then, he will be 39 years old.

“I’m not thinking about the World Cup and I’m not saying 100% that I won’t be there because anything can happen. Due to age, the most normal thing is that he is not there. “We will see later,” declared Messi, 36, interviewed by Star+, almost a year after the title obtained in Qatar-2022.

“Perhaps we do well in the Copa América (in the United States-2024) and everything is given for us to continue. Maybe not. Being realistic it is difficult,” said the captain of the world champion team about the possibility of playing in a sixth consecutive World Cup.

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The star played his last game for the Albiceleste team in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in North America on November 21 at the Maracaná, when Argentina beat Brazil 1-0.

Messi, from Inter Miami, claimed to be “the first to know when I can be there and when I can’t. I am also aware that I went to a minor league (the United States MLS), but a lot happens because of the personal and the way one faces it and competes.”

“As long as I feel like I’m okay and can continue contributing, I’m going to do it. Today the only thing I think about is getting to the Copa América well,” which she already won in Brazil in 2021, she said.

“Later time will tell if I am or not. I’m going to arrive at an age that, normally, I wouldn’t be able to play in the World Cup. I said I don’t think I’m going to be there. It seemed that after the World Cup I was retiring and quite the opposite. “Now I want to be there more than ever,” Messi confessed..

AFP

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2023-12-03 00:51:57
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