The national team played four finals but did not get the title. Lionel Messi is desperate to stave off the deficit in winning the World Cup. According to Argentina captain, if they can not win the World Cup then they will never be able to.
Argentina's Messi did not appear in the title three consecutive three finalists. In the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil, they had a 1-0 defeat to the West Indies in extra time. Then, in 2016 and 2016, the team has to rate rates to Chile twice in the Copa América final. World Cup champions twice in the 2007 Copa América final.
Argentina will face Spain in a friendly match in Spain on Tuesday at the same time. Messi said, "It was difficult because we could not raise the trophy and it was very difficult to go by the side of the World Cup trophy," Messi recalled Fox Sports Argentina last World Cup.
"We want to get rid of this bad experience, we want to win the World Cup. It was disappointing for all of us not to get very close to the previous competitions."
"We always play with our hundredths, we have been in the final three times."
"We think the World Cup can not win this time anymore ... ... we have to think that this is the team's final World Cup."
But the road to winning the World Cup will not be easy, believes Messi believes that Messi will not be easy. Russia sees four more countries as clean favorites in five World Cup footballers of the year
"At the moment we are not in the race to win the World Cup, there are better teams like Spain, Germany, Brazil and France."