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This season the Argentina side is sweating to earn the tickets for Russia 2018, but t Lionel Messi news says that the FIFA president believes that the Argentine superstar will get another chance to win the World cup.
Gianni Infantino The FIFA president expects to see Messi leading Argentine at 2018 World cup and also thinks Messi has to win to Win world cup to prove his greatness.
Lionel Messi news avouched that in the 2014 world cup Messi helped Argentina to reach the final but they faced a defeat against the Germany side in the extra time by 1-0 goal.
Argentine also reached two consecutive finals in the Copa America finals in 2015, and in 2016 but on both the occasions they felt a defeat by their neighbors Chile in Penalty shootouts.
This is Messi only probably last chance to win the world cup for his country and the FIFA president believes that Messi needs to win the world cup to be his name taken in the same breath with the memorable countryman Diego Maradona.
Infantino says: "Messi is extraordinary.
"Messi still has to win a World Cup, we have a lot of great players who did not win the World Cup.
"What made Diego so special to football for me is that he made us all fall in love with the game, of course he also won a World Cup."
Argentina got one match left in their World cup qualification against Ecuador and they need to win it to get a direct chance in the World cup, but their history against Ecuador is not in their side but Argentine team has the quality to beat the Ecuador side on their home turf, and time will tell can Messi confirm Argentina’s ticket to Russia or not.