FC Barcelona playmaker Lionel Messi

Barcelona star Lionel Messi opened up in a rare interview that he gave America TV in Argentina on Sunday. In this interview, he tackles various topics that have been talked about before but rarely has he been so upfront about them.

Below are a series of tweets that were part of a thread on Twitter that translated some of the most important parts of that interview.

On how deals with pressure

On living with fame

On being conscious about what he says in public

On how he handles his emotional and psychological state

On retirement

On the social situation in Argentina

On crying

On his kids playing football in the future

On his grandmother

On how he deals with insults

On where he sees himself in the World Cup final

On this possibly being his last World Cup

On how he's improved as a player

On how he overcame vomiting

On injecting himself as a kid with growth hormone

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