{"id":13325,"date":"2023-12-02T08:13:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=378348"},"modified":"2023-12-02T08:13:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:43:45","slug":"lionel-messi-hints-at-playing-2026-world-cup-speaks-on-his-sole-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/lionel-messi-hints-at-playing-2026-world-cup-speaks-on-his-sole-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi hints at playing 2026 World Cup; speaks on his sole focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi admits his sole focus after winning the FIFA World Cup 2022 that he wants to defend Argentina\u2019s Copa America crown that is to be played next year (2024).<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Argentina\u2019s triumph in the FIFA World Cup 2022, Lionel Messi has revealed his determination to defend his nation\u2019s Copa America crown in 2024. The football icon, whose performance played a role in securing Argentina\u2019s World Cup victory, expressed his sole focus on the upcoming tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Messi, known for his humility and dedication to the sport, emphasized his commitment to representing Argentina with the same passion and skill that led to their recent World Cup success. \u201cWinning the World Cup was an incredible experience, but my journey doesn\u2019t end here. I want to defend our Copa America title next year,\u201d Messi stated in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>The Copa America, scheduled for 2024, presents a fresh challenge for Messi and his teammates, and the football world eagerly awaits the prospect of witnessing this star-studded Argentine squad for yet another prestigious title. While addressing the possibility of participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Messi shared his aspirations, saying, \u201cI want to be there more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi admits his sole focus after winning the FIFA World Cup 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":32833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3468,1019,487,2095],"class_list":["post-13325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-argentina-football-team","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-lionel-messi","tag-mls"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13325","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\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}