L. Messi: 'For the past four years, we have been the best team in the world'

2026-07-16 12:40 © AFP

Lionel Messi together with the Argentina national team reached the second consecutive World Cup final and will defend the title won in 2022 against Spain on Sunday.

On Wednesday, the Argentines were trailing 0:1 against England in the semifinals, but at the end of the match, they scored two goals and broke through to the final.

With both goals assisted by L. Messi, after the match he expressed joy over the team's unity and spoke about the importance of victory.

"This team is special. Together we can do incredible things.

To the fans, I want to say the same thing I said four years ago in Qatar: enjoy it, this team will never let you down. This World Cup has been crazy, and reaching a second final in a row is an indescribable feeling.

Though it was a football match, when the anthems started playing, it felt like it was something more. This is not just an ordinary victory; the people of Argentina deserve it.

For the past four years, we have been the best team in the world, and it doesn't really matter whether people agree with that or what they say. We earned this status with our work on the field; no one gave us anything for free.

We fight until the very end. Even when we were trailing, we simply dominated against the English.

We prepared hard for this championship all year. I spent all of December in Argentina, where I had two intense training sessions every day because I knew what awaited me at the World Cup,” said L. Messi.