Argentinian star Lionel Messi expressed his great happiness after qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup final, defeating his Croatian counterpart with a clean three-goal victory. Messi stated in his remarks after the match: "I feel a lot of things at this moment; it's wonderful to see all of this, to see these people and my family during the World Cup journey, it has been amazing."
He added: "Now we are going to the last match of the World Cup, which is what we wanted from the beginning. We are all enjoying this; this group is truly amazing. I think of my family in these moments, and we reached the World Cup final despite stumbling at the start."
He continued: "I don't know if this is the best World Cup for me or not, but I've been enjoying this for a long time; we trust ourselves as a group. We know who we are and ask people to believe in us."
Messi went on: "Argentina is once again in the World Cup final, let's enjoy that. We have experienced some difficult situations and other good ones; we are now experiencing something exceptional and enjoying it with the fans here and in Argentina. I see it as something crazy."
He concluded his remarks by saying: "We knew we were not the favorites, but we gave everything we had, and we showed that match after match."