World Cup 2022: Lionel Messi 'in a great moment' for Argentina legend's final World Cup

Lionel Messi was portion of the Argentina broadside which mislaid the 2014 World Cup last to Germany

Lionel Messi says helium is successful a "great moment" arsenic helium prepares for what is apt to beryllium his last World Cup.

The seven-time Ballon d'Or victor has ne'er won the World Cup, coming closest erstwhile Argentina mislaid the 2014 final.

Messi said: "This is astir apt my past World Cup, my past accidental to execute this large imagination that I have."

The Paris St-Germain guardant says helium has not made immoderate peculiar carnal preparations contempt the tourney being played successful the mediate of the nine season, and helium feels acceptable and ready.

"I consciousness precise bully physically, I deliberation I'm successful a large moment, some personally and physically and I don't person immoderate problems," added Messi, who did airy grooming distant from his team-mates connected Saturday.

"I heard that they said I trained differently. It was due to the fact that I had a sound but determination is thing unusual [happening]. It was conscionable a precaution."

Having won countless trophies astatine nine level with Barcelona and PSG, Messi lone broke his planetary trophy duck past twelvemonth arsenic Argentina lifted the Copa America by beating Brazil successful the final.

"It's a beauteous happening that galore radical extracurricular Argentina privation america to beryllium champions and that it's mostly due to the fact that of me," said Messi.

"I'm grateful for the emotion I've received astir the satellite during my career, and present successful Qatar it's different illustration of that.

"I don't cognize if we get amended than astatine different World Cups, but we've conscionable won [the Copa America] and that decompresses america a lot.

"It makes america enactment successful a antithetic way, without anxiousness astir the nationalist squad and its results, and enjoying ourselves."

After facing Saudi Arabia, Argentina volition besides play Mexico and Poland successful Group C.