I always supported the idea that if you are going to do a world cup, then you do it in a nation filled with football history and culture. There is nothing else you need, it could be even a poor nation and they would still have everything you need.
Argentina is famously a poor nation, they had record breaking inflation after inflation and you could stay at a five star hotel literally for 10 bucks a day, that is the cheapness level and poverty level they have, and yet if you do a world cup there, between the amazing stadiums and the football culture and people who would love to watch it, you are going to end up with a lot of fans and a great world cup. Wealth doesn't equal a good world cup, love of football does equal it without a doubt though.
In fact sometimes when they let a country with a bad financial situation host the world cup they will allow the country to have visitors from all over the world these visitors will bring more demand to that country, and that's another reason when I say I think letting Qatar host the world cup was not a good experience but next time in America, Canada, and Mexico we will have a better experience and there will be a good chance or these countries.
If this is Lionel Messi's last World Cup, then this World Cup will be a remarkable achievement of his life. I think Lionel Messi's achievements are no longer lacking. But in the next World Cup, I think Brazil will be the favourite. Because the Brazil team has some young players who will take themselves to unique heights come the next World Cup.
Messi was under a lot of pressure from the public in Argentina for a long time because they compared him to Maradona and said that he cannot be the greatest Argentine footballer of all time without the title of world champion in football.
Now Messi has finally managed to bring the title of world champion to Argentina, but for many football fans, including me, Maradona will remain the greatest football player in the history of football. What Maradona showed at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico has never been repeated by anyone, it was football perfection.
As for Brazil, they have been the main favorites at every World Cup for the past 20 years, but they always lack something to go all the way and become world champions.