World Cup 2026: We’re Ready To Do The Dirty Work For Messi To Excel -Mac Allister

Liverpool star Alexis Mac Allister has disclosed that the Argentina squad is fully dedicated to performing the necessary tasks to ensure Lionel Messi’s comfort and success on the pitch at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Mac Allister, alongside midfielders like Rodrigo De Paul and Enzo Fernández, plays a disciplined, high-energy role in the center of the pitch to shield the defense and regain possession.

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He stated that the team’s collective job is to understand Messi’s movements and cover the ground so the Inter Miami star can conserve his energy for decisive attacking moments.

“If anyone thought this group was better off without Leo, today it became clear that Leo is the most important of them all.

“He may not have the legs of yesteryear and he now plays more in fits and starts, but the rest of the Argentina side are more than happy to do the dirty work and let him turn it on when he wants.”

Messi, who turns 39 on Wednesday, scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Algeria to pull level with Miroslav Klose’s all-time World Cup record of 16 goals.

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The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain wizard dragged his country to World Cup glory four years ago, and the lure of representing his nation once again on the biggest stage proved irresistible.

The impressive air-conditioned home of the Dallas Cowboys for Argentina’s second group game against Austria would be the perfect stage for Messi to break Klose’s record.