After the victory against Ecuador, Lionel Messi shares Argentina's great goal towards 2026

Argentina and Lionel Messi managed to smile once again in an official match where the local team placed in an important way and beat a great team from Ecuador thanks to a free kick goal by Inter Miami player, Lionel Messi. Now, the player shares what the team's big goal is heading into the 2026 World Cup.

The Argentine National Team started the South American Qualifiers on the right foot towards the 2026 World Cup. The Albiceleste, which had Cuti Romero as a great figure, won 1-0 against Ecuador with a great goal from Lionel Messi in a frictionless match that was in progress towards a goalless draw. However, La Pulga showed why he is the best player in the world and beat Hernán Galindez with an exquisite free kick execution.

Lionel Messi was substituted at the end of the match, where Argentina already won in a big way thanks to his goal. After finishing the game, Messi shared his impressions, but what the footballer said about what is coming for the Argentine National Team towards 2026 caught our attention.

What did Messi say about the great objective of the Argentine National Team?

“Being able to continue winning is what we all want and we recently became world champions and it seems like a long time ago,” he added. Furthermore, he indicated that “our goal is to continue competing in this way. We have to go game by game to get to the World Cup. What we did is behind us and we have to look forward.”