Messi: I Miss Ronaldo In La Liga

Recently, Lionel Messi sat for an interview with Fox Sports Argentina. The player is currently training with the national team in Buenos Aires ahead of the 2019 Copa America. One of the questions asked was regarding his rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo: “There is no battle but a healthy one. Cristiano is a great player and of course he motivates me to be even better.”

“Not only La Liga miss Cristiano, I do also. He made Real Madrid more important.”

Leo also talked for how much longer does he intend to play and if he considers becoming a coach once retired:

“Retiring? The day I do not enjoy football anymore, I will quit.”

“I want to finish my career having won something with the national team.”

“When I started to play football my dream was always to reach the national team of Argentina.”

“I do not see myself as a coach. Pep was a unique coach for me. I repeat, I do not see myself as a coach but if I were to become one, it would be with youth players.”

Considering that Barca’s captain only occasionally visits Argentina and doesn’t have many chances to talk to the local fans, the reporters didn’t hesitate to address some questions about the national team:

“I enjoy coming to Argentina to see friends and family in Rosario. It was not easy to leave everything behind in Argentina and go to Barcelona.”

“Argentina? I see a very good group.”

“My biggest dream was to become a football player and reach the top level of football. And also play at Newell’s Stadium.”

“The World Cup in Russia was a complicated period for us. But people knew we were not candidates to win. Today is different, I see a young and excited group ready for success.”

 “When we qualified against Nigeria in the World Cup everyone who was mocking us was silent, they wanted us to be humiliated. If we were knocked out in the groups they would kill us all.”