This Friday, striker Lionel Messi chose Real Madrid as the best team in the world today. In addition, he also commented on other issues, such as the possibility of a new partnership with Neymar and Suárez, Argentina’s participation in the 2024 Copa América and his adaptation to the USA, where he plays for Inter Miami.
“The best team is Real Madrid. They are the last winners of the Champions League. If it’s by results, it’s Madrid. If it’s by games, it’s (Pep) Guardiola’s Manchester City”, he said in an interview with Infobae.
Trio MSN
The number 10 also spoke about the chances of re-editing the MSN trio (Messi, Suárez and Neymar), which was marked in the history of football and won the Triple Crown with Barcelona in 2015.
“No, I don’t know. The truth is that it’s difficult now, he’s in Saudi, he still has a year left on his contract, it seems to me. He’s had a difficult year now, where he was injured for a long time, which left him out of the Copa América, where he couldn’t play most of the games in Saudi. And well, now it’s difficult. Afterwards, I don’t know, the truth is that life takes so many turns that anything can happen, but today I don’t think so.”
The last time they played together was in 2017. Since then, Lionel has played with the Brazilian at Paris Saint-Germain and with the Uruguayan center forward for three more seasons at Barça and, now, at Inter Miami. However, the three athletes have not yet met again at the same time.
America Cup
Messi stated that Argentina arrives as one of the favorites for the Copa América and praised the quality of the tournament. The national team led by coach Lionel Scaloni is going through a great phase and has won three consecutive titles: the continental competition itself (2021), the Finalíssima (2022) and the World Cup (2022).
“I think Argentina is always the favorite, in addition to having won all of this, previously, when it was not possible to achieve the objectives, Argentina was also always the favorite. When a championship starts, be it world championship, Copa América or any other, the Argentina is a candidate, as is Brazil, and even more so in this Copa América. But I think that today the South American teams are very strong. Uruguay is great, Colombia, Ecuador.
The Copa América will be held between June 20th and July 14th, in the USA.
Miami
Finally, Messi also spoke about how his experience in the USA has been and whether he is enjoying the city of Miami.
“The truth is that we don’t go out much. We live in the area where the club is located and we are a short drive from Miami. We go out, we’ve gone out a few times, but well, I still don’t know it well”, he reported.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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