Diego Maradona has offered Barcelona pro Lionel Messi some counsel in front of the World Cup in Russia this late spring. Messi will convey Argentina’s expectations on his shoulders in Russia and the weight on the 30-year-old to win the World Cup for his nation will be extreme.
Argentina have not won the World Cup since 1986, when Maradona enlivened the group to triumph in Mexico, and he’s advised Messi to just live it up.
“I would encourage Messi to continue playing, to appreciate the amusement,” he told Omnisport. “He needs to disregard the commentators, on the off chance that he can win the World Cup or not.
“He doesn’t need to show anything. He needs to appreciate the diversion on the field. “I don’t know [coach Jorge] Sampaoli, I don’t know how he plays. Be that as it may, I know a ton of the players and I know they will give everything.
“What’s more, I think they have a decent chance to win. Be that as it may, I don’t pick [Argentina] as a most loved in light of the fact that the most loved one never wins.”