As the holders try to retain the trophy when they play Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup final, France’s Ousmane Dembele has stated there isn’t any situation for sentiment for Lionel ‘Messi’.
‘Messi’, who is now 35, has one more chance to win football’s top honor in the championship game because he has already said he won’t participate in another World Cup.
“With the great career he has had it would be good if he won the World Cup, but we also want to win it,” Dembele, who played alongside Messi for four years at Barcelona, told reporters on Friday.
“We are France, we are fighting for our country, for our team, to finish the job after all we have done to get here.
“It is true that this is the trophy he is missing, but we are also here to make our country proud. I hope France win it.”
“There are some similarities, but 2018 was something else. There were more crazy guys in the team,” he joked.
“We have a great atmosphere this time, but 2018 was our first final in 20 years, it’s not the same.
“There is much more calmness, more experience after 2018. We were a bit more euphoric at the time after we beat Belgium in the semi-final.
“This time our thoughts immediately turned to Sunday.”
Leo Messi, also known as Lionel Andrés Messi, is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. His Spanish name is Lionel Andrés Messi, born on June 24, 1987). Messi, who is recognized as one of the best players of all time, has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and was selected for the Ballon d’Or Dream Team in 2020.
