{"id":11257,"date":"2018-01-03T20:21:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T18:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=11257"},"modified":"2018-01-03T20:21:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T18:21:34","slug":"russia-2018-messi-i-hope-football-pays-its-debt-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=11257","title":{"rendered":"Russia 2018.. Messi: &#8220;I hope football pays its debt to me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2922954_full-lnd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2922954_full-lnd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"652\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2922954_full-lnd.jpg 652w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2922954_full-lnd-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mohanad AboArafe<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fi-module-player__content__title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lionel Messi speaks exclusively to FIFA.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Argentina star reflects on his World Cup qualifying heroics<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discusses hitting 30 and Argentina&#8217;s prospects at Russia 2018\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fi-module-player__content__text fi-module-player__content__long\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was just a scare. Argentina qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia\u2122 following a traumatic campaign in which no one suffered more than Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The undisputed leader of the side and their mainstay throughout the preliminaries, only Messi knew where his international future would have lain had his side not made it to Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the end, Argentina landed in Group D with Iceland (<em>&#8220;might seem easy, but they are tough and well organised&#8221;<\/em>), Croatia (<em>&#8220;they give you more room to play but have great players&#8221;<\/em>) and Nigeria (<em>&#8220;one day they score four goals, the next one, they leave plenty of space for you to do anything&#8221;<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secure in the knowledge that he had done his job in guiding his nation to the finals, the Argentina captain spoke to <strong>FIFA.com<\/strong> about <em>La Albiceleste\u2019s<\/em> qualifying travails, his decisive contribution in the final match against Ecuador, how he sees the team evolving and the debt the game owes him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohanad AboArafe Lionel Messi speaks exclusively to FIFA.com The Argentina star reflects on his World Cup qualifying heroics Discusses hitting 30 and Argentina&#8217;s prospects at Russia 2018\u00a0 It was just a scare. Argentina qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia\u2122 following a traumatic campaign in which no one suffered more than Lionel Messi. 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