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Lionel Messi of Argentina and his team-mates participate in a training session in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires on Thursday. France Media Agency
Lionel Messi "still loves" the Argentinian national team despite more than a decade of disappointment, said his international teammate Sergio Aguero on Thursday as the duo was preparing for the Copa America in neighboring Brazil.
Despite the trophies laden with club awards, Messi and Aguero have suffered a lot from the heart with the Argentine national team.
Messi, Argentina's all-time leading scorer, and Aguero were among the Argentinian teams who lost three major finals in consecutive years at the 2014 World Cup, the 2015 Copa America and the 2016 Copen America Centenario.
Messi was also a runner-up in the 2007 continental tournament.
The frustrations of the national team of the winner of the Ballon d'Or five times are well known and, at age 31, he quickly misses opportunities to win a great international honor with his country.
He has already retired from international duties once before – albeit brief – and took eight months off after the last World Cup World Cup, a little less than a year ago.
"We all know Leo 's desire when he comes here," said Aguero, of the Argentine training base located just outside Buenos Aires.
"The happiness he conveys to us is fundamental to us because we know very well how much he loves the national team." Despite his victory in the Spanish Liga for the tenth time this season, he was disappointing for Messi, even at the club level.
He did not hide his desire to win the Champions League this season, admitting even before the start of the campaign how much he wanted to bring back this "beautiful cup to Camp Nou".
He has won four times with the Barca, but not since 2015, and in the last three seasons, the Catalan giants have been eliminated after defeating – the last two despite a three-goal advantage in their last three seasons. matches back. leg at Camp Nou.
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