Messi says he avoids talking to Mbappe about World Cup final

Argentine playmaker Lionel Messi confessed that he avoids talking to French striker Kylian Mbappé at Paris Saint-Germain about the 2022 World Cup final, which ended with Argentina’s victory on penalties over France, but clarified that the two maintain a good relationship as teammates.

“I was on the other side too. I lost a World Cup final (Brazil 2014) and I didn’t want to know anything about it, what had happened and anything that had to do with the World Cup at that time”, Messi told the newspaper Olé about his reunion with Mbappé in Paris.

Now, “I also avoid talking and touching on the subject. But the truth is that there is no problem with Kylian, on the contrary”, clarified the Argentine.

Mbappé was world champion in 2018 with France, after eliminating Messi’s Argentina in the round of 16.

Four years later, in Qatar, the two met again in an emotional final, in which the Frenchman scored three goals and the Argentinean two, and which was decided on penalties.

“I was very calm in the final in general. I don’t know why, I felt like we were going to be champions,” said Messi.

In addition, the Argentine team did not lose focus even when they suffered a 3-3 draw, which was “the hardest blow of all”, he revealed.

Argentina won 3-2 in extra time and Mbappé equalized with a penalty “at the last minute, with the move they made. Nobody expected it, it was terrible”, he recalled.

In the interview, the star did not guarantee, but he also did not rule out playing in the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

“By age, it seems to me that it is very difficult to reach. I love playing football, I love what I do and as long as I’m in good shape, I feel in physical condition and continue to enjoy it, I will continue. But it seems like a lot until the next World Cup”, he said. Messi.