Argentina legend, Diego Maradona has advised his country’s national team captain, Lionel Messi on what he must do to win the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
According to Maradona, the Barcelona star must forget about critics and focus on playing to enjoy himself if he wants to win this summer’s tournament.
He, however, admitted that the Albiceleste are not among the World Cup favourites, but Messi should keep enjoying himself during the competition.
“I would advise Messi to keep playing, to enjoy the game,” Maradona told Omnisport.
“He has to forget about the critics, if he can win the World Cup or not.
“He doesn’t have to demonstrate anything. He has to enjoy the game on the field.
“I don’t know [coach Jorge] Sampaoli, I don’t know how he plays. But, I know a lot of the players and I know they will give everything.
“And I think they have a good opportunity to win. But I don’t choose [Argentina] as a favourite because the favourite one never wins.”
Having beaten Haiti 4-0 in their opening pre-World Cup friendly, and with Messi scoring a hat-trick, Argentina are next in action against Israel on Friday.
Argentina reached the final in Brazil four years ago but were narrowly defeated by Germany, with Mario Gotze scoring the only goal in extra time.
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