Scaloni on Messi: If this is his last qualifier, let’s savour it | OneFootball

LIONEL SCALONI, coach of the Argentina National Team, gave the usual press conference before the World Cup Qualifiers match with Venezuela this Thursday, and everything was going normally until he broke down. After answering a journalist who asked him about the impact of Lionel Messi, he saw him moved and asked if he was okay. "You gave me the greatest joy of my life," he replied, which caused the coach's own emotion: "I think we're going to have to cut here," he joked amid his tears.

About the captain, he had stated that "I played with him and it was something beautiful at that time. And then being able to have been in a World Cup with him and that he won it is exciting. Over time we will realize much more of all this. Everything he generates when he enters the premises is something I have not seen in anyone. To understand it you have to be in this position and it's a pleasure. Today he is here and we have to enjoy it", he expressed.

He added that "I spoke with Leo when he arrived and a while this morning, but nothing about what the match means to him. He has already said it and we stick with that".

He was referring to the fact acknowledged by the captain himself that it will be his last time for points with the Albiceleste in the country. "It's a match for what Leo has already declared that it's going to be emotional, special, beautiful, because if it's true that it's the last for Qualifiers we have to enjoy it, and I'm the first. It's a pleasure to have him and we hope that the people in the stadium enjoy it".

However, the coach emphasized that "surely it will not be his last match in Argentina, it is evident that it will be so. We will make sure he plays another match because he deserves it".

He also assured that for the moment the idea is that Messi will also travel to Ecuador, like all the other members of the squad.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.