What Luis Enrique said about Lionel Messi and the World Cup, it surprised everyone

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is close, and Lionel Messi and the Argentine team starts as one of the favorites to win the title. Alongside with Brazil, France, Spain, Germany pr Belgium, the team led by Lionel Scaloni is a candidate in the Middle East and even more with Lionel.

In this context, Luis Enrique, Spain's coach, referred to Lionel Messi, one of Paris Saint-Germain's main strikers, who is part of one of the favorite national teams to become World Champions and his words surprised everyone, at least on social media. In fact, alongside Brazil, they are the two candidates.

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The top winner of the Ballon d'Or (7) is focused on the group stage, where the Copa América champion will face Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. The 'Flea' will play its fifth World Cup and there is an illusion that it will obtain the Cup that eluded it eight years ago, when it lost the final against Germany, at the Maracana.

Now, Luis Enrique, Spain's coach and Lionel Messi's former technical director at FC Barcelona, showed his admiration for the Albiceleste's 10 and said: 'If Spain doesn't win the World Cup, I would like Argentina to win it. It would be unfair for a player like Leo Messi to retire without winning one'.

The relationship between Luis Enrique and Lionel Messi:

Months ago, Adriano, a former ‘culé’ player, revealed that Leo and Luis Enrique had a strong discussion that almost caused the rupture of their relations. However, both protagonists indicated that the situation was resolved immediately. What's more, the DT said that Messi is the best player in history and the 'Flea' admitted that the Spaniard was one of the best coaches he had in his career.