Lionel Messi, the captain of the Argentine national team, revealed his enthusiasm for playing the next Copa América because he will be able to meet again with his teammates from the national team in a contest that will be “different” due to the situation that the world is going through as a result of the pandemic of coronavirus.
“Yes, we are with the whole group with a lot of desire, excited to be able to play this Cup. It has been a long time since we got together too, the last time we could not go because of the virus and that makes us want to get together more” said the crack of Barcelona in an interview he gave to the sports newspaper Ole.
However, not only the reunion with his teammates mobilizes the Rosario who was not alien to the context in which this Copa América will take place, which in principle was going to be organized by Argentina and Colombia and today it would be held only in our country since in Colombia the climate of social unrest made its implementation unfeasible.
“It is a special Copa América, different, because of the fact that surely there will not be people. But, even so, personally I really want to be there again” said the Olympic champion in Beijing 2008, in clear allusion to the stadiums empty of public, the framework that it offers since last year generated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Messi always enjoys his returns to Argentina and especially to Rosario, his native land. The years pass but that satisfaction for the return home is renewed and that feeling deserved a mention and a justification on the part of the star who will turn 34 next June 24.
“Although I came to Barcelona as a child, I never left there (Argentina) either. Everything that happened to me was always related, my family and friends were always there,” he said and about the reason for his desire to return, he added “I don’t know. what it is, I don’t know how to explain it. I love going to Rosario, being with my people. There I meet again with friends, family, eat barbecue with them, get together. I don’t know, maybe the fact of leaving so young too and not having I enjoyed everything as I would have liked, the country or my friends, it makes me want to keep coming back, that I want to be there. “
Barcelona had an atypical season as it barely achieved a title, the Copa del Rey, the 35th. won by Messi with the Barça jacket, and it did not go unnoticed that his celebration was special, more eloquent than in other larger achievements with the Catalan club.
“Whenever I compete I do it to win and try to achieve all the objectives. The truth is that the last Copa del Rey was special for the moment we were also, the club comes from a couple of years where we had not been having a good time for different Results and titles. Because it is a very young dressing room, with many people, and new people, and this Copa del Rey was a turning point, very important “said the footballer, who in the next few hours will return to Argentina to join the selected “albiceleste”.
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