Lionel Messi: "I'm angry with myself"

The group stage of the 2022 World Championship has ended successfully for the Argentine national team. In Group C, after losing to Saudi Arabia in the opening round, the Argentine national team won two matches in a row and took the first place in the playoffs with 6 points.

After the 2:0 win against the Polish national team, the captain of the Argentinian national team and one of the best players of all time, Lionel Messi, commented that he could not use a penalty in the match.

“We have to be calm and develop from match to match. Now another World Cup starts and hopefully we can continue what we did today.

The match against Australia will be very difficult. All teams are better than each other. We have to prepare for the match as best as we always do.

I’m angry with myself for not taking the penalty, but after that moment the team started to play better. We knew that the first goal would change the course of the game”, said the owner of 7 Ballon d’Or.

The Argentine team will face the Australian team in the 1/8 finals of the current World Cup in Qatar. The meeting will be held on December 3 and will start at 23:00 Tbilisi time.