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Lionel Messi’s candid truths about his first steps
Earlier than the opening of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Argentine striker Lionel Messi seemed again on his debut with Paris Saint-Germain.
12 targets this season
Lionel Messi could have taken his time. Recruited free by Paris Saint-Germain in August 2021, the Argentine striker first skilled a combined first train within the tricolor capital. However this season, the previous FC Barcelona participant has returned to his finest degree below the orders of Christophe Galtier. Creator in all competitions of 12 targets and 14 assists in 19 video games, together with 7 targets and 10 assists in 13 Ligue 1 video games, the native of Rosario took benefit of an interview given to CONMEBOL, the South American Soccer Confederation, to debate his first steps with the reigning French champion, earlier than the launch of the 2022 World Cup which he’s about to play with Lionel Scaloni’s Albiceleste. The “Pulga” acknowledged that leaving Barça was troublesome to digest.
“Every little thing was abrupt”
“I like Paris far more, I uncover the town and I discover it magnificent. Within the first yr, there was an enormous change. Issues occurred very abruptly, it was not my aim to depart Barcelona and the whole lot was abrupt. After this lengthy interval and troublesome instances, I’m comfortable to dwell the place I dwell and my household and I are having fun with Paris. It was laborious, we stayed all our lives in the identical place, I had by no means moved and I didn’t know what it was like to depart. We didn’t anticipate this, it occurred in a short time and we needed to depart Barcelona in a single day. We discovered ourselves in a brand new atmosphere. We had our life in Barcelona, our mates, our habits, and we discovered ourselves in a special place, with one other language, one other soccer, one other local weather, I suffered so much from that. It was laborious. However immediately I get pleasure from the whole lot together with soccer.”
