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- Lionel Messi focused on leading Argentina to Copa América title
Lionel Messi focused on leading Argentina to Copa América title
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. - Lionel Messi has accomplished nearly everything as an individual playing professional soccer.
But the two-time reigning FIFA World Player of the Year still has one huge goal: lead Argentina to an international title.
The dynamic striker will look to accomplish that goal on his native soil when he leads La Albiceleste in Copa América - the most prestigious tournament in South America - from July 1 to 24. Argentina opens pool play against Bolivia on July 1.
Argentina hasn't won a major tournament since claiming the Copa América in 1993 in Ecuador.
"I've had the luck to win everything with Barcelona, win everything as an individual, and my goal now is go win things for the Argentine national team," Messi said at a media conference at an airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he landed after leading his club team, FC Barcelona, to the Champions League title on May 28.
Messi has scored more than 50 goals across all competitions for FC Barcelona this season as he led the Catalans to the La Liga regular season championship before guiding them to a 3-1 win over England's Manchester United in the final of the Champions League.
He was named Man of the Match in the final at Wembley Stadium in London, where he scored the game-winning goal and assisted on another score.
Messi also is expected to be the focal point of Argentina coach Sergio Batista's attack the next few seasons leading to the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. Diego Maradona, the national team's former coach, failed to utilize his elite forward at the World Cup in South Africa, where Messi was virtually a non-factor throughout the tournament, failing to score.
Batista, however, has gone out of his way to emphasize the importance of Messi, making him the roster's centerpiece.
"He's on his way to becoming the best player in history," Batista said at a media conference. "Given what we already know and because he surpasses himself day by day, he's already the best in the world."
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