Yes, I talked about retiring with Leo, but not only with him, with others too. Even before the World Cup final.
The way the people around you make you feel is also a factor, and my teammates make me feel important for them. And I’ll try to be important as long as they make me feel this way. Obviously for that to happen, the coach has to keep calling me up.
Javier Mascherano when asked about Messi’s reaction when he told him about thinking about retiring from the national team:
- He told me ‘Stop it. We have the Copa America, we have this, the other one’.
Маске, нет! TT кто будет прикрывать наши голые попы на поле? кто будет смотреть за детьми?
Маске, посмотри на них, эти идиоты без тебя пропадут
кто ещё сможет так
кто ещё сможет ТАК
не уходи. мы не готовы, совсем не готовы.