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The Argentine star and captain of the national team that won the World Cup in Qatar 2022, Lionel Messi, said that this was “in principle” his last participation in a World Cup, in an interview with a Chinese media broadcast on Tuesday. “I said it a few times, I think not (on whether he will be in the World Cup to be jointly organized by Mexico, the United States and Canada in 2026), that this was my last The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner is currently in Beijing with the ‘Albiceleste’, where he will take part in a friendly match against Australia on Thursday, and where his presence provokes widespread popular enthusiasm. At the beginning of February, Lionel Messi had already been pessimistic about a further participation in a World Cup. “Because of my age, I think it’s very difficult,” he had told the Argentine newspaper Olé. “I love playing soccer, I love what I do, and as long as I’m well and feel physically fit and continue to enjoy this I’m going to do it, but it seems like a lot until the World Cup next year,” he added then. More than satisfied with his career In the same interview for the Chinese media, Messi also referred to the Ballon d’Or award, for which he starts as one of the great favorites along with Manchester City’s Norwegian striker Erling Haaland. “I always said that individual awards were not what called me, but the collective awards were always the most important thing for me,” he revealed. “And the most important award in recent times was the World Cup...

The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar saw a total of 32 top national teams from five different confederations vie for the title of football world champions from November 20 to December 18. The 2022 FIFA World Cup followed a familiar format with the 32 teams divided into eight groups - Group A to H - of four teams each. The teams in each group competed in a single-headed round-robin format in the group stage of the competition. The groups at the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022: Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea After the group stage, top two teams from each of the eight groups moved on to the knockout phase, which began with the Round of 16. The final was played on December 18 while the third-place match happened on December 17. All matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022 were played across eight Get all Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup results, points tables and standings for each group and all scores for the knockout rounds, including the final, here: FIFA World Cup 2022: Results, scores and group stage points table FIFA World Cup 2022 Group A points table Group A Position Team Played Won Draw Lost Points GF GA GD 1 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 7 5 1 +4 2 Senegal 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 +1 3 Ecuado...

Lionel Messi will soon be playing games in the U.S., but he will not take the field in the country during the globe’s biggest soccer tournament three years from now. The 2022 World Cup champion announced Tuesday that he does not plan to play in the next edition of the tournament across the U.S., Canada and Mexico in 2026. “I think not,” he told Chinese sports outlet Titan Sports, via Messi said ahead of the 2022 event that it would be his Jun 8 After finally claiming World Cup glory, Messi said he would continue playing with Argentina The next stop in Messi’s career is Miami. The 35-year-old announced last week that he is joining MLS club Messi is currently in China with the Argentinian national team for an international friendly against Australia on Thursday. La Albiceleste will then head to Jakarta for a friendly against Indonesia on Monday.