"We're really up for it. I think I've learned from what I did wrong at previous tournaments so I won't make the same mistakes again. There's no doubt people are buzzing: we have a very solid group of players and haven't lost for a while", the Barcelona star stated.
Messi stressed the lengths he'd go to in order to win: "[On the pitch] I'm a completely different person to who I am at home. I like winning and if I have to fight or argue my way to victory, I'll do it", he noted, adding that he is "transformed" when he steps onto the pitch.
The pint-sized forward is bullish about his country's prospects of lifting the World Cup trophy, which he said would be a "dream". "Judging by how things have been coming together recently, I believe we can do it", he stated ahead of Argentina's opener against Bosnia on Sunday.
Asked about the final, he replied that "Hopefully I can face Neymar in it, but if not him, I'd be happy to take on any other team".
As for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he called it a "fantastic" experience, as it was his first World Cup. "But after we got knocked out, people were very unfair to me, because the team had played very well", he continued.
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