{"id":11436,"date":"2022-03-26T19:09:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T13:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=207405"},"modified":"2022-03-26T19:09:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T13:39:07","slug":"after-world-cup-im-going-to-rethink-many-things-lionel-messi-on-his-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/after-world-cup-im-going-to-rethink-many-things-lionel-messi-on-his-future\/","title":{"rendered":"After World Cup I\u2019m going to rethink many things: Lionel Messi on his future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionel Messi says he may rethink his football future later this year, but that \u2018many things will change following the World Cup in Qatar this winter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lionel Messi as reported by Fabrizio Romano said, \u201dI don\u2019t know what I will do after the World Cup. I am thinking about what is coming. After Qatar, I will have to reassess many things.\u201dArgentina\u2019s <\/span><\/span>3-0 <\/span><\/span>triumph <\/span><\/span>over <\/span><\/span>Venezuela <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span><\/span>penultimate <\/span><\/span>phase <\/span><\/span>of <\/span><\/span>South <\/span>American <\/span><\/span>World <\/span>Cup <\/span><\/span>qualifiers <\/span><\/span>on <\/span><\/span>Friday <\/span><\/span>fueled <\/span><\/span>Messi\u2019s <\/span><\/span>remarks<\/span><\/span>.<\/span> The <\/span><\/span>Argentine <\/span><\/span>crafted <\/span><\/span>it <\/span><\/span>evident <\/span><\/span>that <\/span><\/span>his <\/span><\/span>doubts <\/span><\/span>had <\/span><\/span>nothing <\/span><\/span>to <\/span><\/span>make <\/span><\/span>with <\/span><\/span>his <\/span><\/span>past <\/span><\/span>disappointment <\/span><\/span>as <\/span>a <\/span><\/span>player <\/span><\/span>of <\/span><\/span>Argentina\u2019s <\/span><\/span>national <\/span>team. In <\/span>the <\/span><\/span>Copa <\/span>America <\/span><\/span>finale <\/span><\/span>over <\/span><\/span>Brazil <\/span><\/span>past <\/span><\/span>year, <\/span><\/span>he <\/span><\/span>earned <\/span><\/span>his <\/span><\/span>first <\/span><\/span>title <\/span><\/span>with Argentina.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Messi has recently struggled at club level, failing to live up to expectations after joining PSG last year and being booed by the fans.\u00a0<\/span>On international duty, though, he was in a better mood and appeared thrilled after scoring the game\u2019s third goal on Friday and earning rousing applause from the crowd at the La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

After a low pass by Rodrigo de Paul, Argentina took the lead in the 35th minute when Nico Gonzalez scored from close range.\u00a0Angel <\/span>di <\/span><\/span>Maria, <\/span><\/span>another <\/span><\/span>sensation <\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span>France <\/span><\/span>who <\/span>has <\/span>been <\/span><\/span>criticized, <\/span><\/span>netted <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>second <\/span><\/span>strike <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span><\/span>79th <\/span><\/span>minute, <\/span><\/span>hurling <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>Venezuelan <\/span><\/span>keeper.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Messi\u2019s game-winning goal came after a brilliant chipped ball from Di Maria, who found him on a perfectly timed run. The 34-year-finish old\u2019s with his weaker right leg was sloppy, but it was the least he deserved.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Barcelona\u2019s Champions League round-of-16 loss to Real Madrid, both Messi and Brazil\u2019s Neymar have experienced criticism in France.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0 in World Cup qualifying, with Messi scoring the third goal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266,"featured_media":33906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[696,2663,238,2717,487,2053,447],"class_list":["post-11436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-angel-di-maria","tag-argentina-fc","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-fifa-world-cup-2022","tag-lionel-messi","tag-neymar-jr","tag-psg"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}