Argentinian star Lionel Messi is relieved now. The crown of world victory is now on his head. A couple of months ago, the situation was different. The Argentina captain went back to the past. Qatar shared his toughest moment at the World Cup.
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After 36 consecutive matches unbeaten, Argentina entered the queue as favourites. But the Albiceleste suffered a major incident in the first match. They conceded two goals in five minutes in the second half against Saudi Arabia, which is far behind in terms of strength, ability and ranking.
They are in danger of being knocked out from the group stage. The remaining two matches of the group became a life-and-death battle. There was no goal in the first test against Mexico. Finally, Messi set the tone with a wonderful goal in the second half. After that, after 36 years, after overcoming all the obstacles, they tasted the victory of the World Cup, defeating France in the tiebreaker in the final.
In an interview with Argentina's Radio Urban Play on Monday, about a month and a half after that success, Messi said he believed in overcoming all obstacles.
He said the loss against Saudi Arabia was the most difficult moment. The match against Mexico was the most difficult, because we were at risk. It was a match where we played the worst…. But I was confident that we would get off. Our team was quite strong, otherwise I think it would have been very difficult to overcome this situation.
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