"The World Cup was not as expected, but it was a very good year personally, in my club. Taking the World Cup was a very good year"
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi arrived in Argentina on Thursday to celebrate the holidays with his family and close at home a year "very good", as he told reporters.
"The World Cup was not as expected, but it was a very good year personally, in my club. Taking the World Cup was a very good year," said his arrival at Buenos Aires international airport on the outskirts of the capital of Argentina.
He said it is "very difficult" to win back the Golden Ball, because this year the Spanish racing Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta, peers in Barcelona. The award "is not what worries me, but continue this way for the group and personally," he said.
He said America's Cup to be held in Argentina next year, is for him "a very objective important "and expressed his desire to win that tournament.
Messi will spend Christmas in Rosario, his hometown, 350 miles from Buenos Aires, where he remained until January 2, thanks to special permission from the club coach, Pep Guardiola.