🚨🗣️New: Lionel Messi on why he started crying after receiving the silver medal despite the World Cup final defeat to Spain:
“I wasn’t just thinking about losing a final. I was thinking about everything that brought me here… every sacrifice, every difficult moment, every time people doubted us, and every time this shirt gave me the strength to continue.
“When I heard the Argentina fans chanting my name after the defeat, that was the moment that broke me. We had just lost the biggest game, but they didn’t turn their backs on us. They didn’t see a silver medal… they saw the journey. They saw the heart, the fight, and the pride we gave them.
“I looked into the stands and I saw families who travelled thousands of miles, people who dreamed with us, people who cried with us. That love is bigger than any trophy. Football gives you many victories, but moments like that remind you why you play.
“I cried because I felt the weight of the shirt, the love of my country, and the responsibility of wearing this badge. A medal can be silver, but the memories, the connection with the people, and the pride of representing Argentina… those things are priceless.
“Sometimes football gives you the perfect ending, and sometimes it gives you a painful chapter. But I learned that greatness is not only measured by lifting trophies. It is also measured by how you stand when your heart is broken.
“And hearing Argentina sing my name after losing a World Cup final… that was a victory of another kind. I will carry that moment with me forever.”
—🎙️Mixed Zone
2021 - Copa América
2022 - Finalissima
2022 - Copa Mundial
2024 - Bicampeones Copa América
2026 - Sub campeones del mundo
Gracias Selección, Gracias Argentina 🇦🇷
nunca pensé ver así a scaloni teniendo que abandonar la conferencia porque no dejaba de llorar, con todo y fallas es y será el mejor dt que tuvimos, AIMAR POR FAVOR CONVENCELO DE QUEDARSE
Nos malacostumbraste tanto a ganar que ahora no sabemos cuándo volveremos a vivir algo igual
No queda más que agradecerte por ser argentino y por nunca rendirte
Messi podría no haber jugado este mundial pero decidió hacerlo y llevarnos hasta la final.
Yo vi a Messi hacer un hat trick en un mundial
Yo vi a Messi ganarle a los Ingleses
Gracias Messi, te vamos a extrañar no sabes cuanto 😭
6 سنوات كانت رحلة عظيمه حققو فيها جميع البطولات ، لجيل لم يكونو افضل الاعبين بالعالم لكن كانو يلعبون بروح وقتاليه من اجل الارجنتين وميسي لكن لكل بدايه نهايه وهاهي النهايه لجيل عظيم لن ينسى 🙏🏻🇦🇷💙