Lionel Messi continues his recovery after muscle injury that he suffered in the last month and that prevented him from being called up for the Argentine national team friendlies during the FIFA date. However, on TV Saudi Arabia An interview was broadcast with the soccer star where he talked about everything: from which television series he watches Antonela Roccuzzo and what new sport he learned to understand recently, until the date of his retirement.
The interview was recorded during the tour of Inter Miami through Asia, where the Florida team lost decisively against Al Nassr of Cristiano Ronaldoand had a lackluster game in Hong Kong against a local team, without Messi, which earned him criticism from the local press for not entering the match.
Asked about the present he lives in Miami after his departure from France, the flea reflected on the routine tasks that keep him entertained outside of training: ”I try to enjoy my family a lot. Nothing specific, I play with my children. To the ball or to video games, what any parent can do. The truth is that the three of them (Thiago, Mateo and Ciro) at this moment love playing ball. When they are not at school, it is playing games”.
In that sense, he recalled that it was not easy to leave Barcelona, and that if the titles with the team did not come with the consecration of the 2021 Copa América, perhaps he would have stepped aside. “The move to Paris was difficult because I didn’t expect it, I thought of continuing in Barcelona.” “If things had not turned out the way they did, I would have left the teambecause I was about to take another step in my career, change clubs again and things would have changed, surely,” he said in dialogue with the Riyad Season podcast.
On the other hand, he referred to his history. From his childhood in Rosario to the trip to Spain: “As a child, when I lived in Rosario, surrounded by family and friends, he did what I liked, which was playing soccer. Going to live in Spain was a difficult change. I was young and it was starting from scratch, new school, new friends. But Barcelona always treated me spectacularly, and the fact of doing what I like at Barcelona was impressive, I focused on that and enjoyed it a lot; without having been easy, because it was a resounding change.”
In another part of the interview, he seemed a little more relaxed and the interviewer inquired into some particularities of Lionel’s private life. “I see everything, I like tennis, paddle tennis and basketball“, he said about the sports he likes to watch and revealed that there is a new one that began to catch his attention: “In the United States I am learning a lot about football, which I didn’t give so much importance to before. Today, understanding it more and being close, I look at it and enjoy it more.”
Likewise, he responded about his skill in the kitchen and the series he enjoys watching with Antonella. “I’m very right in the kitchen. I know how to cook, but little. I cook, but I’m not good, I can get away with it,” she admitted with a laugh. “I’m going to choose one, because lately I’ve been seeing a lot of [series]. I can tell you Game of Thrones, I really liked it and I saw it more than once.”
He also answered what the secret is to maintaining validity at 36 years old, despite no longer competing in Europe: “Mentality is the most important thing for a player. “If you have the skills and ability to be professional, but you don’t have a strong mindset, the work and sacrifice become very difficult.” Furthermore, he added: “I always ate well and trained, but as I got older I realized that physical effort becomes more and more difficult. “As you get older, things get more difficult.” “Luckily, I already achieved everything in my career,” she speculated.
Finally, he was asked about how he handles the criticism, which in recent years has been limited to his level in Paris, after failing to win the UEFA Champions League with PSG. “Everyone has the right to express their opinion and if the criticism is about football I have no problem. I am the first critic of myself, it is part of the game,” he said and added about his eventual retirement: “No, I still think about that. The moment I feel that I am not going to benefit my team, I will leave. When the time comes, I will find my way to what fulfills me.”