Lionel Messi would moderately have a trophy with Argentina than 7 Ballon d’Or awards , reveals Emi Martinez

Argentina star goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has revealed that Lionel Messi would swap all of his 7 Ballon d’Or awards for a single trophy with Argentina.

Simply two years in the past, Lionel Messi didn’t have any worldwide trophy to his title. Nevertheless, that has shortly modified, because the ahead not solely gained the Copa America, but in addition led his facet to World Cup glory in Qatar 2022.

Emi Martinez expressed simply how a lot Lionel Messi wished to win a world trophy with Argentina in a latest interview with Purpose:

“It’s beautiful to play with him. It’s one thing I will likely be proud to inform my children and grandkids once we are all older. However , once we are collectively, he’s only one extra. He’s simply Leo. That’s why this group of gamers will get on so nicely. We all know and we’ve to respect all that he achieved in soccer, and all he wished was to win with the nationwide crew.”

“He would say that to me. He would go away all of the Ballon d’Ors for a Copa America. I noticed him saying that once we had been going again to Argentina from Brazil and he was holding the trophy. He mentioned, ‘That is the one factor I wished in my soccer profession’, and I mentioned, ‘So do I!’ I felt pleased with that second, to have helped obtain his dream. He gained all the pieces at membership stage, however nonetheless, he was lacking one thing.”

On the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, Lionel Messi shone the brightest, successful the Golden Ball after scoring seven targets and meting out three assists in seven video games.