Lionel Scaloni talked about Messi, the World Cup and Argentina’s coronation in Qatar in a note with Jorge Valdano. This was the coach’s praise for Messi: “He is logically a soccer leader but when he speaks he says the right words. And what it transmits to the partner I have never seen, in any person, it is incredible ”.
In the interview between Argentine world champions for the Movistar Fútbol channel, he added: “I can tell it, but they would have to live it. What he transmits… How his colleagues look at him and the admiration with which they look at him”.
Regarding the possibility of Leo playing in the next 2026 World Cup in Mexico, the United States and Canada, Scaloni considered: “He is happy on a field and with the National Team shirt. Age, for everyone and for him too, is a ‘handicap’ but surely having him in a group and having the 10th in a World Cup will generate something. I would leave it there, then we’ll see”.
The relief he felt after the penalties with France and the moment he broke down in tears
