of last summer's World Cup final defeat to
Germany and claimed he would pay just to watch
several of their opponents play football
Argentina talisman Lionel Messi claims winning th
Copa America in July would erase the memory of
their 2014 World Cup final loss to Germany.
The Albiceleste skipper is currently in Chile
preparing for their tournament opener against
Paraguay on Saturday and expects his team to
justify their tag as one of the favourites to
claim the trophy.
Importantly, the 27-year-old is hoping to exorcise
the memory of Argentina's defeat on penalties in
the World Cup final a year
ago and acknowledged his incredible run of form i
recent months.
"I’d love to win the Copa America for everything it
would mean for us after enjoying a spectacular
World Cup and coming so close," Messi told
reporters.
"This Argentina generation wants to win and we’re
aware that we are the favourites. As a team, we
deserve to win something. We know that it would
be the best thing ever to end the season by lifting
the Copa America.
"I don’t know if this has been my best year, but I
feel fine myself, and very happy. With the national
team we are all in good shape and we have some
great players who can help us to achieve what we
want.
"We’re going into this in better shape than we did
at the World Cup because we had a few players
injured. It’s important for us, and for Argentina
because it’s been a while since we last won it."
The star is lso hoping he and his compatriots at
Barcelona will be carried into the Copa America b
the momentum of securing a treble with the club.
"We [Barcelona] won every competition we entere
and it’s incredible to do the treble again," he
continued.
"Thankfully, we were able to fulfil our objectives
with our club and hopefully we can now gain mor
success with the national team which is what we
all want.
"But all of our rivals are going to be difficult; this
is one of the closest tournaments in a long time. I
love good football and would pay to watch Brazil,
Colombia and Chile."
Apart from Paraguay, Argentina have been drawn
with holders Uruguay and Jamaica in Group B.
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