Rafael Nadal said he cried when Leo Messi scored the third goal during the World Cup final

Rafael Nadal is incredibly passionate about soccer and it is obvious that he is a huge Leo Messi fan, in addition to having a great relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo, who is his biggest rival. The Spanish sensation recently admitted in an interview that he broke down in tears when the Argentine legend scored the third goal in a thrilling World Cup final.

Recently, Nadal commented: “When Messi scored the third goal, tears came to my eyes. It was because of the emotion of seeing someone so great achieve what was missing, having suffered so much to achieve it.”

Lionel Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini

Forwarder, Midfielder

ArgentinaArgentina

Age: 37

170 cm

72 kg

Season 2024
Played 6 4 Missed
Minutes 494 82.3 Avg
Goals 7 1.2 Avg
Assist 3 0.5 Avg
Attempt 21 3.5 Avg
Passes 282 47.086.2% AvgSucc
Yellow 0 0.0 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 13 times for 1132 minutes for Ligue 1.

Lionel Messi scored 7 goals for Paris Saint Germain. He procured 10 assists. He received no yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 1st in Ligue 1. In the last match Paris Saint Germain won 3-1 against Quevilly Rouen. The next match in Ligue 1 will be against Strasbourg.

The last time the teams played each other, the score was 3-1 for Paris Saint Germain.

Paris Saint Germain performance and stats

Paris Saint Germain

Manager: Luis Enrique
Rank 1st
Win 19
Draw 9
Loss 1
Goals 69-25
Diff 44
Rank 2nd
Win 2
Draw 2
Loss 2
Goals 9-8
Diff 1

Paris Saint Germain is currently 1st in the Ligue 1 with 41 points.

In the last 15 games, it has won 13 times and drawn twice. In its last match, Paris Saint Germain won 5-0 against Auxerre.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 43 goals and conceding 9.​

Paris Saint Germain will play the next match in Ligue 1 against Strasbourg on Wednesday 28th of December in Paris. The prediction is Paris Saint Germain winning the match.​

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