World Cup 2022: Ousmane Dembele Claims Messi Deserves To Win the Title

World Cup 2022: Ousmane Dembele Claims Messi Deserves To Win the Title

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:20 PM
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  • Ousmane Dembele has claimed that Lionel Messi actually deserves to win the 2022 World Cup
  • The Barcelona forward added that he and teammates in the French national team also want to win
  • Qatar 2022 World Cup final is between France and Argentina and the encounter is expected to be tough

France international Ousmane Dembele has saluted Lionel Messi ahead of the 2022 World Cup final claiming that the Paris Saint-Germain star made him fall in love playing for Barcelona.

Dembele joined Barcelona in 2017 from Borussia Dortmund and played alongside Messi for four seasons before the Argentine moved to PSG.

So far at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Dembele has been incredible for France and the French people will be relying on him and other teammates to shine in the final.

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World Cup 2022: Ousmane Dembele claims Messi deserves to win the title. Photo by Clive Brunskill
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Out of his respect for Messi, Dembele claimed that the former Barcelona captain deserves to win the World Cup adding that they also want to win it again.

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When is the final?

Argentina will go head to head with France in the final of the 2022 World Cup on Sunday, 17 December, which is expected to be a big battle.

The game will also be Messi's last appearance in the World Cup and the Argentine will want to end up winning the title.

This will be the second time that Messi will be reaching the final of the World Cup.

Wives of Argentina stars flee hotel

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how wives of a couple of Argentina stars were reportedly forced to flee from their hotel due to security concerns.

Argentina is set to play France in the final on Sunday at the Lusail Stadium and such news could potentially derail a relaxed mood in the camp.

wives of Lautaro Martinez, Angel Di Maria and Papu Gomez were among those affected when power went off at the Waterfront hotel. The report further states that the children and parents of the Argentina stars had to be taken to a different hotel.

Jorgelina Cardoso, the wife of Juventus star Angel Di Maria; Linda Raff, the wife of Alejandro Gomez; and Agustina Gandolfo, the wife of Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez were among those who were moved.

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