Messi reveals photo of swollen ankle ahead of 2022 World Cup opener, Ronaldo gleefully shows off good news

The Argentine press was extremely worried when, during a training session ahead of the match against Saudi Arabia at 17:00 this afternoon, November 22 in Group C, superstar Messi appeared with an unusually swollen right ankle.

Many are worried that such an ankle condition will affect Messi's performance at the 2022 World Cup, and even against Saudi Arabia. However, the superstar directly dispels all worries when confirming that he is in the best condition physically, mentally and in form.

He said: "I feel very good physically. I am reaching my most prolific moment physically and mentally. It is true that I have to practice separately, but just in case, nothing unusual. I've always taken care of myself like I've always done throughout my career."

Messi made the confirmation in his first press conference since arriving in Qatar with Argentina for the 2022 World Cup. Despite this, the image still causes a lot of anxiety for home fans.

In addition, in full spirit, Messi announced he and his teammates will aim for 3 points on the opening day. "I feel very excited and excited about this new start at the World Cup," he stressed. "When the game starts, everyone wants the best for their team and we will try to play the best game to get the best result of 3 points."

The 35-year-old superstar once again confirmed the quote he said a few weeks ago, that Qatar 2022 will be his last World Cup appearance: "I'm glad there are many people who want the same thing as me. This will definitely be my last World Cup, my last chance to achieve what we all want."

According to Marca's research, in fact, the unusually large swelling in Messi's ankle is the fact that he is being treated for Achilles tendinitis as recently announced by PSG club. He has absolutely no ligament or bone damage, and this is just a normal measure that the Argentine superstar is treating by wrapping a bandage with a frozen gel to avoid the use of anti-inflammatory drugs.

Before these images, the Argentine Football Federation has not made any announcement, while Messi went to the training ground completely normal and full with his teammates, as well as no signs of pain or discomfort in his right ankle.

Marca and coach Scaloni both believe that the composition of Argentina against Saudi Arabia at 17pm this afternoon has not changed and changed significantly, with superstar Messi still starting from the start, only the position of midfielder Lo Celso will be replaced by Alexis Mac Allister or Papu Gomez.

Currently, Messi and Argentina are holding an unbeaten record of 36 consecutive matches in all competitions since July 2019 until now. If they don't lose to Saudi Arabia this afternoon, they will equal Italy's longest unbeaten record in history with 37 games.

Earlier, on his social platforms, Lionel Messi encouraged Argentina ahead of the start of the match at the 2022 World Cup. Messi wrote: "There are so many memories, good and not so good moments that I lived, but always proud to represent our country and our national team. Tomorrow we start another World Cup with great desire and excitement. We're going to move forward! Go ahead, Argentina."

After just a few hours of posting, Messi's call received millions of likes and a lot of comments. Everyone sent good wishes to Messi, hoping he would join the Argentina team to "bring the trophy home".

Messi now has more than 476 million followers on social platforms, which is more than the population of South America of 439 million. More specifically, Messi has online followers more than 10 times the population of Argentina (45.8 million). However, Messi is still behind rival Ronaldo.

The Portuguese superstar surpassed many other singers, models and professional athletes to achieve the achievement of reaching 500 million followers on the social network Instagram.

Lionel Messi lộ bản chất thật, bị tố huênh hoang từ khi vô địch World Cup, CĐM đồng loạt quay xe? Keng06:09:48 28/11/2023Cách nhìn của mọi người dành cho cầu thủ Lionel Messi đã khác đi rất nhiều sau thời gian ở PSG và vô địch World Cup cùng ĐT Argentina do siêu sao 36 tuổi thay đổi hành vi .