Last Monday, in Paris, Lionel Messi once again won the Ballon d’Or. History of rewarding Argentina’s incredible campaign in the World Cup, concluded in the most beautiful way for the Pulga with an emblematic victory against the Blues of Kylian Mbappé. If the latter will have given the Albiceleste a hard time, the Inter Miami playmaker nevertheless confided to France Football never having doubted his team, despite the unexpected equalization of the recent 3rd in the Ballon d’Or. “We really had confidence in ourselves. Deep down, I was convinced that we were going to be world champions, no matter what. This equalizer was a hard blow, but we had already experienced the same scenario against the Netherlands, and, instead of collapsing, the team once again achieved a very good extra time. Of course, it’s terrible to be caught behind like that at the end of the match, but we knew how to stay calm in this situation.”
Lionel Messi also returned to the individual exploit of Emiliano Martinez, who upset Randal Kolo Muani in the final seconds of the match: “When I made it 3-2, I told myself that this time it was over, that we were going to be world champions and that nothing could happen to us because there was not much time left. . But France equalized from the penalty spot and there was this save from “Dibu”… It happened so quickly, I couldn’t see it well from where I was. Especially since after this stop, we immediately went back on a counter-attack. Honestly, I didn’t really realize what had happened at the time. It was only afterwards, when I looked back at the images, that I realized how decisive Dibu had been.”
