After the world championship final – L. Messi's message on social media

2026-07-21 12:22 © Getty Images via AFP

Lionel Messi shared his message after the world football championship, where in the final Argentina fell 0:1 to Spain after extra time.

"The pain is very great, and it will take us time to heal this wound, but I want to choose to remember the good things – the matches we turned upside down – the moments that will stay with us forever and all the support from the country along with the work of the whole group that brought us back among the best teams in the world.”

"Today it is very difficult to assess what we have achieved, but we with these guys have been in two world championship finals in a row.”

"I sincerely thank each greeting and each message. We managed to unite once again as a nation, to stand together, sharing great pride in being Argentine. I also want to congratulate Spain on the championship title,” wrote L. Messi.