French striker Andre Pierre Gignac has revealed his wish for Argentine star Lionel Messi to win the current World Cup, despite his country reaching the semi-finals after defeating England.
France reached the semi-finals of the World Cup with goals from Choameni and Giroud to face Morocco, while a penalty shoot-out decided Argentina’s qualification to the same round after an exciting match against the Netherlands.
Photo courtesy of the Portugal Record website
Gignac, the former striker of France and the current Mexican club Tigres Onal, revealed in an interview with the American “Fox Sports”, which was reported by the Portuguese “Record”: Today in Argentina they want Messi to win the Cup of the world. French, but I would like to see Messi hold the World Cup because he deserves it for what he has done. Throughout his career and today, his actions clearly reflect his leadership.
Player of France and former club of Marseille
Messi will hope to win the World Cup for the first time in his history and the third for the country after 1978 and 1986 after coming close in 2014 before losing to Mario Gotze’s Germany in the second extra-time in the final.
Gignac, 37, played intermittently for the French national team from 2009 to 2016. He participated in the 2010 World Cup and the 2016 European Championship, during which he scored 7 goals in 36 games.
