BEIJING: Lionel Messi on Tuesday (Jun 13) confirmed he 'doesn't think' he will play at another World Cup in an interview with Chinese media, after the 35-year-old led Argentina to victory at last year's tournam
on Tuesday confirmed he"doesn't think" he will play at another World Cup in an interview with Chinese media, after the 35-year-old led Argentina to victory at last year's tournament in Qatar.
"I will see how things go but in theory I don't think I will be around for the next World Cup," he added in Spanish in the video published on the app Kuaishou.where Argentina will play a friendly against Australia on Thursday. Argentina will play Thursday's friendly against Australia at the 68,000-capacity Workers' Stadium in Beijing.
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