Messi Speaks On Retiring After Winning World Cup

Argentina captain and playmaker, Lionel Messi has said he will not be hanging up his international boots after leading Argentina to win the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Messi finally achieved his World Cup dream on Sunday in Qatar as Argentina beat France to lift the trophy for the third time in their history.

The Argentina captain scored twice for La Albiceleste as an exciting game finished 3-3 after extra time and went all the way to penalties. Messi then coolly converted his spot-kick as Argentina won the shoot-out 4-2 to be crowned world champions.

In a chat with reporters, Messi, who picked up the Golden Ball award as the best player of the tournament, went on to speak about his future after the game.

He said: “No, I’m not going to retire from the Argentina national team. I want to continue playing as a champion.”

The Paris Saint-Germain forward also said he had a feeling he was going to win the tournament this time around.

He said: “It’s crazy that it happened this way. I wanted it very much.

“I knew that God was going to give it to me, I had a feeling that it was going to be this way.

“Now to enjoy. Look at this cup, it’s beautiful. We suffered a lot but we made it. We can’t wait to be in Argentina and to see how crazy it’s going to be. This was the trophy I have wanted all of my life. This was my dream since childhood.”