FC Barcelona and Spain legend Andrés Iniesta is sure that the victory of Lionel Messi and the Argentina national football team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup will not end the debate about who is the best player of all time. time.
Lionel Messi inspired the Argentina national soccer team to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup title in Qatar 2022 as the South American heavyweights added a third World Cup trophy to their cabinet. Argentina’s title win also means Lionel Messi has finally won the only trophy that has eluded him in his trophy-filled career.
Lionel Messi is widely considered to be one of the best footballers in the world, with many viewing Argentina as the greatest player of all time. The victory in the World Cup title has earned him to be considered the GOAT (the greatest of all time).
But Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi’s former teammate, has insisted that Argentina’s 2022 FIFA World Cup victory will not end the GOAT debate.
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The GOAT debate is not over yet, insists Andrés Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta also stressed that for him Lionel Messi is the best in the world regardless of whether or not he won the FIFA World Cup title.
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“I’m sure anyone who doesn’t see Messi as the best will find an excuse to keep seeing him that way, regardless of whether he won the World Cup or not,” Iniesta told ESPN.
“For me, Messi is the best with or without [winning] a world cup I think that the fact that I have won a World Cup, more than what other people [think], is a great source of happiness for himself. Not only for him, but for Argentina as a country.
“They’re always in the race and the fact that they won it the way they did makes it totally deserved.”
Lionel Messi was sensational for Argentina at Qatar 2022. The 35-year-old scored seven goals for Argentina in the latest edition of FIFA’s flagship event. That includes the two goals he scored in the Argentina vs France 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
Meanwhile, the 2022 FIFA World Cup final was decided on penalties after the two teams remained level at the end of regulation time and extra time. Argentina topped France 4-2 on penalties, with Lionel Messi among those who converted the South American nation’s penalty kicks.
