Leo Messi won it all with Pep Guardiola at FC Barcelona. The Argentine, who today plays for an Inter Miami team that is one step away from winning the MLS crown if it beats Thomas Müller’s Vancouver in the final, has spoken about the Catalan Manchester City coach in an interview on ESPN in which he also explains the options he sees for Argentina in the 2026 World Cup.
For Leo, Guardiola has been the best coach of his career, without a doubt: “For me he is unique. There are extraordinarily good coaches, but he has something different. For me he is the best of all. When it comes to seeing things, preparing the games, transmitting to the players… he is very complete. He went to other places and continued winning. Not only by winning but by the way his teams play.”
The forward, who looks strong enough to play next Worldbelieve that Argentina He can repeat the title, but he issued a warning: “The National Team is a group that is going to try again, to leave everything and fight. Then, due to small details you can be left out, a World Cup is very difficult, any team can complicate things for you, hitting the post and leaving, hitting the post and entering and you were eliminated, losing on penalties…”.
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And he gave a very clear example to validate his statement: “We, both against Holland and against France, were very superior and ended up going to penalties; then we had the beast of Drawing (Emiliano Martínez) who made us win, but it could be that you get to penalties and don’t win. It is very difficult to win a World Cup,” he insisted.
