On October 18, Beijing time, the well-known Spain media "Marca" held an award ceremony for Messi at Miami's home stadium, and they awarded Messi a special award - Marca United States Award, which is a tribute to Messi becoming the most champion player in history.
Previously, Messi won the MLS regular season championship with Inter Miami this season, which also made Messi the first person in football history to win the championship with 46 titles, in addition to 56 individual honorary titles.
And after completing the award, Messi also gave an interview and talked about his feelings. Messi said: "What regrets do I have left in my football career? Thank God, I can say that I have achieved every dream of mine and it has been very satisfying. My biggest dream is to win the World Cup, and not only me, but every player's dream is to win the World Cup. I've won everything for the club at Barcelona, I've won the title at PSG and I can't ask for anything else. As for the personal titles, I never counted them, because I never cared about them. ”
On the question of whether to play in the 2026 World Cup, Messi once again said that it is still undecided: "I believe that if this decision is made, there is a reason, now I just want to live every day." Now I feel good and when that time comes, we'll see. I don't want to say anything in advance, I enjoy everything every day. ”
Messi bluntly said that he really enjoys the current situation: "In any case, Argentina and Barcelona are my home. Now in Miami, I'm also in a place where I feel very happy, and this is a new stage in my life. I think the day I retire is coming and I'm enjoying and cherishing every moment as much as I can. ”
For 2024, Messi lamented: "It's been a long year, I've had to go through major injuries. I probably didn't play for almost three months after I got injured in the Copa America final, but I'm back now and I feel good on a physical level, I'm feeling good. I'm not coming to Miami to retire, we're so close to continuing to win championships and we're going to keep fighting!" ”