The star of PSG and the Argentine national team, Leo Messi, has said that the Qatar World Cup, which will start in November, will surely be his last. Messi has played in 4 different World Cups, managing to score 6 goals and 5 assists in a total of 19 appearances.
In 2014, "the flea" lost the big final against Germany, and the World Cup is the only trophy missing from his extraordinary career. We remember that the 35-year-old striker won the Copa America with Argentina last year. In an interview with ESPN, Messi said:
"This will be my last World Cup, for sure. I'm counting down the days to the World Cup. There is anxiety and nerves at the same time. The desire to play the games now, the question marks of what will happen, and how it will end in the end. In the World Cup, anything can happen. All matches are very strong. Favorites don't always win."
Messi added:
"I don't know if we are the favourites, but Argentina is always a candidate because of its history. Now even more because of the moment where we are, but we are not favorites. I think there are other teams that are above us."
Messi made his professional debut with Argentina in 2005. Since that moment, the PSG forward has scored 90 goals in 164 appearances with the national team. Qatar's World Cup will be the Argentine's fifth, and it means he will break his previous record, which he shared with Diego Maradona and Javier Mascherano.
In the ranking of FIFA national teams, Argentina holds the third place. Messi and his friends are part of group C in the World Cup, and will play against Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Poland.
