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Lionel Messi and Lionel Scaloni (R)<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has encouraged Lionel Messi to continue playing for \u201cas long as he can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Messi, 36, who recently completed his first season with MLS side Inter Miami CF, has not given an indication as to when he will retire from football.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe tell him [Messi] to play for as long as he can,\u201d Scaloni told Christian Vieri in a Twitch interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has proved that he doesn\u2019t have an end. You don\u2019t know when he will give [it] up. It\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Scaloni, the football field is a refuge for the player.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is happy on a football pitch,\u201d he said. \u201cOff it, I think it\u2019s hard to be Leo because he goes out of his home and he is surrounded by many people. On the pitch, where the ball is, he is happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
At least for Messi, he has the triumph that had been missing in his career after winning the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n
Messi was voted the player of the tournament in Qatar after scoring seven goals and setting up three more in seven appearances as Argentina won their first world title in 36 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone says the World Cup is the most extraordinary thing for a player,\u201d Scaloni said. \u201cHe was missing [winning] a World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe as good as he is, he also played [in Qatar] with his heart. And then he becomes unstoppable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scaloni still marvels at Messi\u2019s talent, even after coaching him since 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo watch him up close, it is something very difficult to describe,\u201d Scaloni said. \u201cYou have to see him. If I told you the things he does in training, you wouldn\u2019t believe me. It\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Messi has expressed a desire to continue playing for Argentina but unlike teammate \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda, who announced he will retire after the 2024 Copa America, the former Barcelona star hasn\u2019t made a decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he can continue play [for the national team] but the decision is his,\u201d Scaloni said of Messi. \u201cHe can play wherever he wants and the team arranges itself around him. \u201d<\/p>\n
Messi, who has a contract with Inter Miami until December 2025, suffered a muscular injury while playing for Argentina in a 1-0 win at Brazil on November 21.<\/p>\n
In October, the record eight-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner expressed his desire to play football for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if I have a lot or a little left, but after the career I\u2019ve had, the only thing I have left is to continue enjoying it,\u201d Messi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as I am physically well, I will continue competing, hopefully it will be a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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