Former Uruguayan international, Diego Lugano, has claimed that FIFA helped Lionel Messi and Argentina win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.Messi, 35, won the Golden Ball of the tournament after scoring seven goals and registering three assists.Argentina, meanwhile, was awarded five penalties during the World Cup tournament, four of which Messi converted.However, Lugano believes that Argentina was helped by FIFA due to Messi’s global popularity.“That they [FIFA] gave...

Former Argentina forward, Omar da Fonseca, has chosen Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi in the Greatest player Of All Time (GOAT) debate.Fonseca represented the Argentine national team twice during his professional football career.The debate about who between Ronaldo and Messi is better is a widely discussed one in football.However, given Fonseca is Argentine, one would have expected him to pick his compatriot Messi.But that was not the case, though, when he was a...

Former Real Madrid manager Bernd Schuster has urged Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi to retire from Argentina’s national team.Schuster said (via MARCA): “Messi can still play for a few years, but he should retire from the Argentine national team."“He has to keep that final image of the World Cup with that shirt." "I see it as difficult for him to be in the next World Cup; I don’t know.”“After what Messi did in Europe for 15 years, I wanted him to go up to th...