🚨🗣️ Pau Cubarsi: "It was a huge privilege to share the field with Messi."
"I also felt sad because he's my role model and I don't like seeing him lose."
🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Lionel Messi not winning the World Cup Golden Ball:
🗣️: “What else did Messi have to do to win it? I genuinely don’t understand the criteria anymore. If you look back at 2018, Luka Modrić won the Golden Ball without winning the World Cup. So what changed now?
“Messi carried Argentina throughout the tournament, delivered when it mattered most, and was once again the player everyone feared. If that wasn’t enough, then tell me what is.
“It feels like the standards are always different when it comes to Messi. Every other player gets judged one way, but with him, people suddenly move the goalposts. It’s always against Messi.
“I’m happy for Rodri, but from a football perspective, I don’t think anyone had a stronger case than Messi.”
🚨📲 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lionel Messi on Instagram:
“The most beautiful thing about all these years was never just the trophies, but the entire journey. Sharing the day-to-day with this group, competing together, getting back up during the difficult moments, and enjoying every step of the way.
Thank you to every one of my teammates, the coaching staff, and everyone who works every single day to make this national team continue to feel like a family.
Whatever happens tomorrow, this group has already written a chapter in history that we will never forget and that no one will ever be able to erase.
Vamos Argentina ❤️🇦🇷”